TOPIC PAGE: Coronavirus, oil price crash – impact on chemicals

摘要

Chemicals trade group Cefic is downbeat on European chemical industry performance running into the year end, highlighting the seriousness of the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak and its expected impact. Chemicals output in the EU fell 4.4% in January-September, year on year, while the recovery started in the third quarter has stalled as new restrictions to mobility hit consumer confidence, trade group Cefic said this week.