You can access the Chemicals Monthly Briefing prepared by Dr Moncef HADHRI, Economic Affairs Manager at Cefic here.
The key findings are;
EU27 chemicals business slightly improves.
Destocking in chemicals is coming to an end.
Assessment of overall order books showed gradual improvement until March-2024.
EU27 chemicals prices: 34% above the pre-crisis levels.
2024 shows a weak start for most EU27 sectors.
EU27 manufacturing output in 2024: 4.1% below 2023 level.
Germany reached the highest output level since July-2022.
EU27 chemicals output in Q1-2024: 0.6% above Q1-2023.
EU27 chemicals prices (2024): 34% above the pre-crisis levels.
China continue to report a high level of chemical production.
Global chemicals production, up by 5.8% in Q1-2024.
You can also acces the extended Chemicals Monthly Report (CMR) here.