Dutch chemicals output surges 10% in April

09 June 2006 09:56  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Dutch average daily chemicals production surged 10% in April in the strongest year-on-year growth so far in 2006, Statistics Netherlands said on Friday.

Output was 1.5% higher compared with March this year, added Statistics Netherlands, a department of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Basic chemicals output rose 8.3% year-on-year in April. Daily average production of chemical end products was up 11.2%.

Month-on-month, basic chemicals production in April rose by 1.5%. Chemical end products output was up 3.4%.

Dutch chemicals output

	April 2006 vs April 2005 (%)	April 2006 vs March 2006 (%)
Total chemicals output	+10	+1.5
- Basic      chemicals	+8.3	+1.5
- Chemical products	+11.2	+3.4

Source: Statistics Netherlands

By: Anna Jagger
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