accounted for over 45 percent of the global petrochemical sales that year. Meanwhile, the United States ranked second, but by a wide margin, with sales amounting to some 81.6 billion euros.
In 2021, China was the world's largest selling country of petrochemicals, with sales surpassing 443 billion euros. The East Asian country Sales of petrochemicals worldwide in 2021, by leading country (in billion euros)
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Statistics on Chemical industry in South Korea
Global overview
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- Premium Statistic Revenue of the global chemical industry 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Revenues of the ten leading chemical markets 2021
- Premium Statistic Sales market share of world regions in the chemical industry 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Consumption of chemicals by world region 2021
- Premium Statistic Global planned and announced petrochemical capacity additions by country 2019-2030
- Premium Statistic 2022 global list of leading chemical companies based on revenue
- Premium Statistic Global market share of the chemical industry in South Korea 2017-2020
- Premium Statistic Global leading chemical companies based on market capitalization 2023
Domestic industry
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- Premium Statistic Global petrochemical production capacity 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic Production capacity of domestic chemical products in South Korea 2021
- Premium Statistic Petrochemical industrial complex production value South Korea 2022, by district
- Premium Statistic Petrochemical production in South Korea 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Local demand for petrochemicals in South Korea 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Para xylene production volume in South Korea 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Ethylene production volume in South Korea 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Production volume of propylene in South Korea 2010-2021
Market leaders
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- Premium Statistic LG Chem's revenue 2009-2021
- Premium Statistic Lotte Chemical's global sales revenue 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Annual sales revenue of SK geo centric 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Annual sales revenue of Hanwha Total 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic GS Caltex Corporation sales revenue 2014-2022
Trade
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- Premium Statistic Value of global chemical shipments 2001-2021
- Premium Statistic Global leading chemical exporters based on value 2021
- Premium Statistic EPI of chemical goods in South Korea 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Petrochemicals exported from South Korea 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Petrochemical exports from South Korea 2021, by destination country
- Premium Statistic Petrochemicals imported into South Korea 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of petrochemical imports into South Korea 2021, by origin
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- Annual petrochemicals sector sales from GS Caltex 2021, by product
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- Sales value of petrochemical products Japan 2021, by commodity
- Sales value of propylene oxide Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of styrene monomer Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of propylene oxide Japan 2016-2021
- Sales value of styrene monomer Japan 2016-2021
- Sales value of low-density polyethylene Japan 2017-2021
- Sales value of para-xylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales value of polypropylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales value of xylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of para-xylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of ethylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of xylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales volume of polypropylene Japan 2016-2021
- Sales quantity of petrochemical products Japan 2020, by commodity
- Net sales from operations of Versalis 2013-2021
- Global petrochemical revenue distribution 2021, by country
- Sales value of polyethylene Japan 2016-2020
- Sales value of synthetic rubber Japan 2016-2020
- Sales volume of polyethylene Japan 2016-2020
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VCI. "Sales of petrochemicals worldwide in 2021, by leading country (in billion euros)." Chart. July 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344821/global-petrochemical-sales-by-country/
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VCI. "Sales of Petrochemicals Worldwide in 2021, by Leading Country (in Billion Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344821/global-petrochemical-sales-by-country/
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Sales of petrochemicals worldwide in 2021, by leading country (in billion euros) [Graph], VCI, July 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344821/global-petrochemical-sales-by-country/