Chemical consumption: Worldwide, EU, Germany 2022

This statistic illustrates the consumption of chemicals worldwide, in the European Union, and in Germany from 2004 to 2022. In 2022, the chemical consumption in the countries of the European Union had a value of around 1,094.6 billion euros.

Chemical consumption worldwide, in the EU, and in Germany from 2004 to 2022 (in billion euros)

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2004 to 2022

Special properties

* Total chemical industry, including pharmaceuticals; ** Data refers to EU-28 from 2004 to 2016 and to EU-27 from 2017 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the formula for chemical consumption consists of the following components: consumption = revenue - export + import.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
VCI stands for "Verband der Chemischen Industrie" (German Association of the Chemical Industry).

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