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The Chemicals industry plays a fundamental role in the modern economy by transforming raw inputs into more than 70,000 products for intermediate or final consumption. As an enabling industry, it stands at the beginning of the value chains of numerous sectors, such as agriculture, food & beverages, consumer goods, construction and pharmaceuticals. It also plays a vital role in promoting human and economic development, improving food security and public health, and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources.
Activities associated with Chemicals are manufacturing of petroleum and coal products, basic chemicals, resins, polymers and speciality chemicals, industrial gases, fertilisers, paints and coatings, adhesives, plastics and rubber products. A number of consumer goods are also included, such as pharmaceuticals, hygiene and personal care products, cleaning compounds and toiletries.
The Malaysian healthcare and pharmaceuticals sector has been growing strongly as a result of factors including one of the highest population growth rates in the ASEAN region, increasing affluence, and growing access to healthcare funding. In ...
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Thailand is the second-largest pharmaceutical market in South East Asia, with sales of THB 152.9bn in 2015. The pharmaceutical industry specialises in generic drug production and this is the largest segment on the market. Spending on health is ...
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In 2015, the total Hungarian healthcare expenditure amounted to HUF 2,373.4bn, or 7.04% of GDP. Public financing schemes made up 67.1% of the healthcare spending. By regional standards, the Hungarian health spending as a percentage of GDP is high, ...
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China is the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical market, after the US, and the largest producer and exporter of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) globally. Since it is the world’s most populous country, with a large ageing ...
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In 2015, Chile was the sixth largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in terms of sales volume, with 278mn units sold, and the seventh biggest in terms of sales value, with USD 1.53bn, based on ex-factory prices (USD 2.32bn, based on retail ...
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The Russian healthcare and pharmaceutical sector is suffering under the impact of ongoing recession in the Russian economy and depressed domestic demand. The healthcare system is in dire need of financing as lower oil prices and a sharply devalued ...
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The Czech pharmaceutical sector is very attractive for international pharmaceutical manufacturers due to the favourable cost-efficiency ratio. The pharmaceutical sector generated a GVA of CZK 17.9bn in 2015, accounting for 0.4% of the total GVA. ...
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The Polish chemical industry represents around 4% of the value of the European chemical market according to MarketLine data for 2015, which covers specialty chemicals, commodity chemicals, agricultural chemicals and pharmaceutical chemicals. The ...
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China is the world’s second largest pharmaceutical market, after the U.S., and the largest producer and exporter of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) globally. Since it is the world’s most populous country, with a large ageing ...
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China is the world's most populous country and the largest producer of grain, fruits and vegetables, which makes it also the world’s largest producer and consumer of fertilisers, required to satisfy its demand for crops and other agricultural ...
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