CPR

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Chemicals Trends Report Top Indicators Dr Moncef
Hadhri Chief Economist mha_at_cefic.be Survey
date November 2008
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Indicator 1 Chemicals Production
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Production trend Last update (September 2008)
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Chemicals September 08 -3.0 y-o-y growth
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Pharmaceuticals September 08 6.3 y-o-y growth
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Petrochemicals September 08 -4.0 y-o-y growth
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Polymers September08 -3.5 y-o-y growth
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Basic Inorganics September 08 -4.5 y-o-y
growth
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Specialty Chemicals September 08 -3.2 y-o-y
growth
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Consumer Chemicals September 08 0.2 y-o-y
growth
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Overall chemicals September 08 0.1 y-o-y
growth
including pharmaceuticals
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Indicator 2 Chemicals Prices
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Price trend Last update (October 2008)
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Chemicals October 08 11.2 y-o-y growth
excluding pharmaceuticals
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Chemicals producer prices by sector
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Oil price
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Indicator 3 Chemicals sales
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Chemicals sales September 08 8.2 y-o-y growth
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Indicator 4 Chemicals Confidence
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EU confidence Indicators Chemicals versus total
manufacturing
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EU confidence Indicators Chemicals
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EU manufacturing Comparing the current situation
with the expectations
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Indicator 5 Business and Consumer Climate
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Global perception of the economic situation in
the EU
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Perception on the EU economic situation broken
down by sector
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A global perspective of the economic climate
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Cefic classification versus Eurostat Nomenclature
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1. Eurostat Classification NACE
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2. Cefic Classification