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Article: Chemical industry in Pakistan.(Industry Overview)
- Article from:
- Economic Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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Global Outlook: The world Chemical industry is one of the most basic and important manufacturing business globally. Its total turnover approaches $1,000 billion, giving it a size comparable to that of other large international industries such as the automotive, steel, mechanical engineering and electronic industries. To add the sheer scale of the industry is the degree to which its activities permeate a large number of other industries to which it provides both products and services.
Typically, in most countries the chemical industry sells roughly half its turn-over to other manufacturing operations rather than directly to the consumer. These commercial areas include ...