{"id":351,"date":"2011-05-17T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/chemical-industry-outlook-may-2011-by-zacks-equity-research\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T14:13:00","slug":"chemical-industry-outlook-may-2011-by-zacks-equity-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/chemical-industry-outlook-may-2011-by-zacks-equity-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Industry Outlook &#8211; May 2011 (By Zacks Equity Research)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">I have these reports on my reader feed, they are so useful:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Share Chemicals are generally used to make a wide variety of consumer goods and are also used in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and service industries. <u>The chemical industry itself consumes 26% of its own output<\/u>. Major industrial customers include rubber and plastic products, textiles, apparel, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, and primary metals.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">The chemical industry has shown rapid growth for more than fifty years. The fastest-growing areas have involved the manufacture of synthetic organic polymers used as plastics, fibbers and elastomers. Globally, the chemical industry is mainly concentrated in three areas of the world: Western Europe, North America and Japan. The European community is the largest producer, followed by the U.S. and Japan.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Chemicals are a nearly $3 trillion global business, and the European Union (EU) and U.S. chemical companies are the world&#8217;s largest producers.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">The US chemical industry produces 19% of the world&#8217;s chemicals output, amounting to $689 billion. The industry directly employs over 800,000 people nationwide. A total of nearly 5.5 million additional jobs are supported by the purchasing activity of the chemical industry and by the subsequent expenditure-induced activity. In addition, the US chemical industry is responsible for 10% of US merchandise exports, totalling $145 billion annually, as well as 11% of all US patents.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Complete Report:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zacks.com\/commentary\/17726\/Chemical+Industry+Outlook+-+May+2011\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">http:\/\/www.zacks.com\/commentary\/17726\/Chemical+Industry+Outlook+-+May+2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have these reports on my reader feed, they are so useful: Share Chemicals are generally used to make a wide variety of consumer goods and are also used in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and service industries. The chemical industry itself consumes 26% of its own output. 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