Shipments of industrial chemicals were down 4% in the 1st quarter of 2018 compared to the first quarter of 2017. Within the industry, the performance was highly variable. Other organic chemicals showed strong-growth, while the other three main sub-segments all showed declines. Exports for industrial chemicals were up 3% in the 1st quarter of 2018 […]
Highlights: Industrial chemicals continued to show improved performance compared to 2016, but the rate of growth was lower after three quarters compared to where it stood after the first half of the year. Shipments of industrial chemicals were up 6% after nine months. The overall performance was driven by very strong growth in petrochemicals and […]
Highlights Overall, industrial chemicals had a strong first half. In the second quarter, all metrics were up except for railcar loadings which was down slightly. Data mostly points to the performance being led by improvements in product pricing. Shipments increased 13% in Q2, the second successive quarter of 13% growth. This performance was driven by […]