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Projected production growth in U.S. chemical industry by product type 2016-2019

Projected production growth in the U.S. chemical industry from 2016 to 2019, by product type

The data displays the projected production growth in the United States chemical industry from 2016 to 2019, by product type. It is projected that in 2019, the U.S. production of organic chemicals will increase by 5.6% compared to the year before.

Inorganic chemicals	3.8	3.9	3.6	2.7
Organic chemicals	4.9	7.5	7.3	5.6
Plastic resins	4.6	6.8	6.6	5.3
Synthetic rubber	3.8	5.2	5	3.8
Man-made fibers	0.5	1.8	1.9	1.3
Specialty chemicals	4.5	4.1	3.5	3.2
Consumer chemicals	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Agricultural chemicals	4.9	7.2	4.8	2.7
Total chemicals (excluding pharmaceuticals)	4	5.2	4.8	3.8
Pharmaceuticals	3.5	4	4.6	4.4
Total chemistry	3.9	4.8	4.7	4

Projected production growth in U.S. chemical industry by product type 2016-2019

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