IHS Markit: Base chemicals to lose a full year of demand growth

摘要

The collapse in demand from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will set back base chemicals growth by a full year, and will shrink the market in 2020, says Dewey Johnson, vice president/base chemicals at IHS Markit in a recent report and webinar for The Chemical Pulse. This will prolong oversupply in the industry—already a concern before demand sank—through 2022, Johnson says.