Chemicals in South Africa

Chemicals in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the South Africa chemicals market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The chemicals market consists of specialty chemicals, commodity chemicals, agricultural chemicals, and other chemicals (which includes products such as pharmaceutical chemicals). Market values are taken at producer selling price (PSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2013 annual average exchange rates.

The South African chemicals market generated total revenues of $19.2bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% between 2010 and 2014.

The commodity chemicals segment was the market's most lucrative in 2014, with total revenues of $12.3bn, equivalent to 64.1% of the market's overall value.

The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 9.9% for the five-year period 2014 – 2019, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $30.8bn by the end of 2019.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the South Africa economy

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What was the size of the South Africa chemicals market by value in 2014?

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What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Africa chemicals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Companies mentioned

AECI Limited, BASF SE, Sasol Limited and The Dow Chemical Company

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 6

Market definition 6

Market analysis 6

Market Data 7

Market value 7

Market Segmentation 8

Category segmentation 8

Market Outlook 9

Market value forecast 9

Five Forces Analysis 10

Summary 10

Buyer power 11

Supplier power 12

New entrants 13

Threat of substitutes 14

Degree of rivalry 15

Leading Companies 16

AECI Limited 16

BASF SE 19

Sasol Limited 23

The Dow Chemical Company 26

Macroeconomic Indicators 30

Country Data 30

Appendix 32

Methodology 32

Industry associations 33

Related MarketLine research 33

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: South Africa chemicals market value: $ billion, 201014 7

Table 2: South Africa chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2014 8

Table 3: South Africa chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 201419 9

Table 4: AECI Limited: key facts 16

Table 5: AECI Limited: key financials ($) 16

Table 6: AECI Limited: key financials (ZAR) 17

Table 7: AECI Limited: key financial ratios 17

Table 8: BASF SE: key facts 19

Table 9: BASF SE: key financials ($) 21

Table 10: BASF SE: key financials (€) 21

Table 11: BASF SE: key financial ratios 21

Table 12: Sasol Limited: key facts 23

Table 13: Sasol Limited: key financials ($) 24

Table 14: Sasol Limited: key financials (ZAR) 24

Table 15: Sasol Limited: key financial ratios 24

Table 16: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 26

Table 17: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 27

Table 18: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 28

Table 19: South Africa size of population (million), 201014 30

Table 20: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201014 30

Table 21: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201014 30

Table 22: South Africa inflation, 201014 31

Table 23: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 201014 31

Table 24: South Africa exchange rate, 201014 31

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: South Africa chemicals market value: $ billion, 201014 7

Figure 2: South Africa chemicals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 8

Figure 3: South Africa chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 201419 9

Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 10

Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 11

Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 12

Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 13

Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 14

Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 15

Figure 10: AECI Limited: revenues & profitability 18

Figure 11: AECI Limited: assets & liabilities 18

Figure 12: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 22

Figure 13: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 22

Figure 14: Sasol Limited: revenues & profitability 25

Figure 15: Sasol Limited: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 16: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability 28

Figure 17: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities 29

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