The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe’s fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Union’s (EU’s) $900 billion overall chemical pro..
The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe’s fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Union’s (EU’s) $900 billion overall chemical production and 12% of extra-EU chemical export sales.1 In world terms, the UK is ranked tenth (with China, the US and Japan holding the top three places), and is the source of about 2% of global chemical production.
Domestically, the chemical sector is one of the most important segments of the UK manufacturing industry, accounting in 2010 for 14% of the nation’s manufacturing gross value added and 1.3% of the total UK gross domestic product (GDP).
In 2010, the country had chemical sales of $
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