Western Europe continues to bear the brunt of external economic headwinds. Chinas slowing growth, coupled with ongoing global market volatility, is a cause for concern for Europe's developed economies. Sustained political issues also take their toll. Yet in some quarters there is a notion that Europe's economy is in its best shape for more than half a decade and, while it is undoubtedly the cause of much of that market volatility, the low price of oil is a relatively good thing for the region. This is reflected in the industrial gases business. Though noticeable disparities exist throughout Western Europe's industrial gas markets-with a number of Nordic markets annually expanding at around 5% on average while, on the other hand, the likes of Portugal, Spain and Italy face contractions-there is a surprisingly robust outlook across the region. Here, we explore some of the notable trends right now in Western Europe's gases business, according to gasworld Business Intelligence.
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机译：西欧继续受到外部经济不利因素的冲击。中国经济增长放缓，加上全球市场持续波动，令欧洲发达经济体担忧。持续的政治问题也造成了损失。然而，在某些季度中，有一种观念认为，欧洲经济在过去五年多的时间里处于最佳状态，尽管毫无疑问，这是造成市场波动的主要原因，但油价低廉对该地区而言是一件相对好的事情。 。这反映在工业气体业务中。尽管整个西欧的工业气体市场之间都存在明显的差距-北欧许多市场的年均扩张速度约为5％，另一方面，葡萄牙，西班牙和意大利等国的经济却面临萎缩-整个欧洲的前景令人吃惊该区域。根据Gasworld Business Intelligence的资料，在此，我们将探讨西欧天然气业务目前的一些显着趋势。
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