Growth at risk. The report shows that, in 2006, in Europe, this key sector for the European economy accounted for approximately 100,000 enterprises in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals rubber and plastics industry. They employed 3.75 million persons, i.e. 1.7% of overall EU employment for sales amounting to €322 billion divided among large groups mostly located in Germany, France, Italy or the UK. The report gradually focuses on the chemistry sector alone, in the broadest sense of the word and reads: “Despite being a global leader in exports, the EU chemicals industry's competitiveness is under threat due to relatively high cost of production, low market growth, less than optimal innovation performance, delocalization of user industries and the build-up of efficient large-scale capacity elsewhere in the world.”
The report shows that, in 2006, in Europe, this key sector for the European economy accounted for approximately 100,000 enterprises in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals rubber and plastics industry. They employed 3.75 million persons, i.e. 1.7% of overall EU employment for sales amounting to €322 billion divided among large groups mostly located in Germany, France, Italy or the UK. The report gradually focuses on the chemistry sector alone, in the broadest sense of the word and reads: “Despite bei
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