Specialty Chemicals Market Overview
The global specialty chemicals industry stood at almost $600
billion in 2018. Specialty polymers, industrial and institutional
cleaners, electronic chemicals, surfactants, and flavors and
fragrances were the largest sectors. Specialty chemicals are
consumed in a wide variety of end use industries and growth is very
much dependent on the health of the economy.
China is the largest market for specialty chemicals and will
continue to advance the growth of the global specialty chemicals
industry over the next five years.
The
Overview of the Specialty Chemicals Industry from IHS Markit
provides a high-level look into the status of the industry in 2018,
highlight events influencing the markets, and provides an outlook
by market and geography through 2023.
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