Industry Top Trends 2019: Chemicals

November 12, 2018

The chemical sector's rating outlook swung into positive territory briefly in 2018, after years of negative bias. Prices for especially volatile commodity chemicals, including titanium dioxide, and fertilizers were stable to improving in 2018. Some commodity chemicals prices have benefitted from the closure of capacity in China as part of the government's focus on environmental issues. Agricultural markets in general in 2018 have been in better shape relative to 2017, especially in Latin America.

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