Chemical industry business confidence vs Total chemical consumption in European Union

Chemical industry business confidence (monthly) and Total chemical consumption (annual) in European Union. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.

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European Union. Chemical industry business confidence is published as monthly figures and total chemical consumption as annual ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, clipped to undefined, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.

Chemical industry business confidence

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Chemical industry business confidenceChemical industry business confidence. 2 observations from October 2025 to April 2026, ranging from -19% to -9%. Latest value -9% (April 2026). % -20 -15 -10 -5 0 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Dec 2025 Feb 2026 Mar 2026 Apr 2026 2026 -19% -9%
Chemical industry business confidenceChemical industry business confidence. 2 observations from October 2025 to April 2026, ranging from -19% to -9%. Latest value -9% (April 2026). % -20 -15 -10 -5 0 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Dec 2025 Feb 2026 Mar 2026 Apr 2026 2026 -19% -9%
Chemical industry business confidenceChemical industry business confidence. 2 observations from October 2025 to April 2026, ranging from -19% to -9%. Latest value -9% (April 2026). % -20 -15 -10 -5 0 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Feb 2026 Apr 2026 2026 -19% -9%
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Chemical industry business confidence
Period Type Value
October 2025 Actual -19%
April 2026 Actual -9%
Source: Cefic · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Total chemical consumption

Unit: million tonnes · 4 observations

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Total chemical consumptionTotal chemical consumption. 4 observations from 2007 to 2024, ranging from 220 million tonnes to 322 million tonnes. Latest value 232 million tonnes (2024). million tonnes 0 100 200 300 400 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 322 232
Total chemical consumptionTotal chemical consumption. 4 observations from 2007 to 2024, ranging from 220 million tonnes to 322 million tonnes. Latest value 232 million tonnes (2024). million tonnes 0 100 200 300 400 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 322 232
Total chemical consumptionTotal chemical consumption. 4 observations from 2007 to 2024, ranging from 220 million tonnes to 322 million tonnes. Latest value 232 million tonnes (2024). million tonnes 0 100 200 300 400 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 322 232
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Total chemical consumption
Period Type Value
2007 Actual 322 million tonnes
2020 Actual 270 million tonnes
2023 Actual 220 million tonnes
2024 Actual 232 million tonnes
Source: Eurostat · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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No period lines up: chemical industry business confidence is monthly and total chemical consumption is annual. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.

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Chemical industry business confidence

Survey-based measure of business confidence in the chemical sector, expressed as a percentage balance.

2 observations charted in European Union · source organisations: Cefic

Total chemical consumption

Total volume of chemicals consumed in a given year.

4 observations charted in European Union · source organisations: Eurostat

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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