Finland's chemicals output falls 16.4% in May
10 July 2009 10:28 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (ICIS news)--
Capacity utilisation was 75.1%, down from 76.0% in April.
Production of wood and paper products, the key end-user market for the domestic chemicals industry, dropped 29.5% year on year in May and was 1.4% down on April.
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