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Brussels, 5 October 2018 – Growing for the fifth quarter running, employment in the EU chemicals sector was up 1.7% from January to June 2018. The sector chalked up moderate output growth of 0.6% from January to July 2018, with chemicals prices rising 3% during the same period. Exports jumped 3.2% and imports 5.0% from January to June 2018, while the trade surplus was €0.2 bn down during the same period.
