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The chemical industry contributed 2.7% to Brazilian GDP in 2012 and established itself as the fourth largest sector in the manufacturing industry. Despite registering one of the largest sales in the sector in the world, the Brazilian chemical industry, in 2012 and 2013, saw a strong transfer of production abroad, with a drop in national ...
Chemical & Engineering News publishes an annual list of the world's largest chemical producers by sales, excluding formulated products such as pharmaceutical drugs and coatings. [1] In 2018, sales of the top fifty companies amounted to US$ 951,000,000,000, an increase of 11.8% compared to the top fifty producers of 2017. [ 2 ]
In the food industry, in 2019, Brazil was the second largest exporter of processed foods in the world. [90] [91] [92] In 2016, the country was the 2nd largest producer of pulp in the world and the 8th producer of paper. [93] [94] [95] In the footwear industry, in 2019, Brazil ranked 4th among world producers.
Fertilizer companies of Brazil (1 P) U. Ultrapar (6 P) Pages in category "Chemical companies of Brazil" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
With 36 industrial plants spread across Brazil, United States, Mexico and Germany, the company produces over 16 million tons of thermoplastic resins and other petrochemicals per year. Braskem is the world’s leading biopolymers producer with its 200,000 tons Green PE plant that produces polyethylene from sugarcane -based ethanol .
According to Brazilian water regulator ANA, three trucks carrying a total of 76 metric tons of sulfuric acid and about 25,000 liters of agricultural pesticides plunged into the river.
In 2012 the data from the European Chemical Industry Council shows that five European countries account for 71% of the EU's chemicals sales. These are Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. [22] The chemical industry has seen growth in China, India, Korea, the Middle East, South East Asia, Nigeria and Brazil.
[46] [47] [48] In 2018, the chemical industry of Brazil was the 8th in the world. [49] [50] [51] In textile industry, Brazil, although it was among the 5 largest world producers in 2013, is very little integrated in world trade. [52] In the aviation sector, Brazil has Embraer, the third largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, behind Boeing ...