Is chemical production growing faster than global GDP?

摘要

BASF expects chemical production to continue to grow well above global GDP until 2020. However, the business environment has changed. "Major markets did not grow as fast as anticipated. The oil price has been unpredictable and has decreased sub-. stantially. Geopolitics have contributed to higher volatility," said Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, at the BASF Investor Day 2015 in Ludwigshafen.