Chemicals in South Africa

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 6

Market definition 6

Market analysis 6

Market Data 7

Market value 7

Market Segmentation 8

Category segmentation 8

Market Outlook 9

Market value forecast 9

Five Forces Analysis 10

Summary 10

Buyer power 11

Supplier power 12

New entrants 13

Threat of substitutes 14

Degree of rivalry 15

Leading Companies 16

AECI Limited 16

BASF SE 19

Sasol Limited 23

The Dow Chemical Company 26

Macroeconomic Indicators 30

Country Data 30

Appendix 32

Methodology 32

Industry associations 33

Related MarketLine research 33

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: South Africa chemicals market value: $ billion, 2010-14 7

Table 2: South Africa chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2014 8

Table 3: South Africa chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2014-19 9

Table 4: AECI Limited: key facts 16

Table 5: AECI Limited: key financials ($) 16

Table 6: AECI Limited: key financials (ZAR) 17

Table 7: AECI Limited: key financial ratios 17

Table 8: BASF SE: key facts 19

Table 9: BASF SE: key financials ($) 21

Table 10: BASF SE: key financials (€) 21

Table 11: BASF SE: key financial ratios 21

Table 12: Sasol Limited: key facts 23

Table 13: Sasol Limited: key financials ($) 24

Table 14: Sasol Limited: key financials (ZAR) 24

Table 15: Sasol Limited: key financial ratios 24

Table 16: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 26

Table 17: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 27

Table 18: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 28

Table 19: South Africa size of population (million), 2010-14 30

Table 20: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2010-14 30

Table 21: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2010-14 30

Table 22: South Africa inflation, 2010-14 31

Table 23: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 2010-14 31

Table 24: South Africa exchange rate, 2010-14 31

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: South Africa chemicals market value: $ billion, 2010-14 7

Figure 2: South Africa chemicals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 8

Figure 3: South Africa chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2014-19 9

Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 10

Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 11

Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 12

Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 13

Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 14

Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the chemicals market in South Africa, 2014 15

Figure 10: AECI Limited: revenues and profitability 18

Figure 11: AECI Limited: assets and liabilities 18

Figure 12: BASF SE: revenues and profitability 22

Figure 13: BASF SE: assets and liabilities 22

Figure 14: Sasol Limited: revenues and profitability 25

Figure 15: Sasol Limited: assets and liabilities 25

Figure 16: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues and profitability 28

Figure 17: The Dow Chemical Company: assets and liabilities 29