Plasticizer market value worldwide 2015-2029 | Statista
The global plasticizer market was valued at 14.33 billion U.S. dollars in 2025 - an increase of roughly 3.6 percent compared with the previous year. The market is projected to reach a value of...
Plasticizer global market volume 2015-2029 | Statista
In 2025, market volume of plasticizers worldwide amounted to nearly 10.4 million metric tons. It is forecast that the market volume of this compound will grow to over 13.9 million tons worldwide in...
Chemicals – Analysis - IEA
High-value chemicals: being key precursors to most plastics, high-value chemical demand has grown 3.2% annually over the past decade but its growth slowed down in 2025 due to the Covid-19 crisis. The United States, China and the Middle East are the largest producers today, together accounting for 54% of global production.
The Future of Petrochemicals – Analysis - IEA
Petrochemicals are rapidly becoming the largest driver of global oil demand. The growth in demand for petrochemical products means that petrochemicals are set to account for over a third of the growth in oil demand to 2030, and nearly half to 2050, ahead of trucks, aviation and shipping.
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- How many people work in the chemicals industry in Argentina?
- Today, Argentina’s chemicals industry employs more than 100,000 people, around 8% of Argentina’s industrial workforce (4). In 2012, Argentina’s chemicals and petro-chemicals industries generated revenues of $30.2 billion. Total exports by the chemicals industry were $7.12 billion, while total imports were $12.14 billion (1).
- What is the global chemical industry?
- The global chemical industry is a complex and important part of the global economy and supply chain network. The production of chemicals involves converting raw materials such as fossil fuels, water, minerals, metals, and so on, into tens of thousands of different products that are central to modern life as we know it.
- Why did the chemicals industry slow down in 2012?
- This recent growth has placed increasing demands on the chemicals sector, and has exposed challenges related to the need for increased investment and the availability of raw materials. Such factors contributed to a slowing of the industry’s growth to only 3.7% in 2012.
- What petrochemicals are produced in Buenos Aires?
- Another petrochemical site in the Buenos Aires province is located near Campana. At that location, Cabot produces carbon black, Dow produces plastics and derivatives, Virid-ian (the domestic branch of Eastman Chemical) produces polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Petrobras produces poly-styrene, and Bunge Argentina produces ammonia and urea.
- When did petrochemicals start in Argentina?
- Argentina’s petrochemicals industry was launched dur-ing World War II, with the establishment of two pioneering Latin American operations. In 1942, Argentina’s Ministry of Defense and its General Directorate of Military Industries (DGFM) opened the first petrochemical plant in Argentina, which produced toluene for use in trinitrotoluene (TNT).
- Who makes ammonia thiosulfate in Argentina?
- Another new company, Profertil, became a major supplier of ammonia and urea. Toward the end of the decade, Petrobras built a new plant for ammonia thiosulfate and extended its capacity for styrene and aromatics. Today, Argentina’s chemicals industry employs more than 100,000 people, around 8% of Argentina’s industrial workforce (4).
