Chemical industry worldwide 2007

In year 2007 the global demands on chemical products had continued increasing,and the chemical industrial production in the head countries of chemical industry had increased at different degrees:in U.S.A.it is a 1.4% of increase,in Europe.2.6%,in South Korea,7.3%,and in Japan,1.9%.But the prices of petroleum and chemical raw materials rose more than that.Though the product prices got boosting,the go-up of product sale didn't bring much benefits for the producers because the increasing extents of the product prices were lower than the of raw materials.The depreciation of U.S.dollar has made the U.S.chemical trade present surplus at first time since 2001.By the go-up of product sale in majority of chemical companies they can keep up the investment,while the number of employees in this industry kept falling.