Global chemical production change due to COVID-19 by type 2020

Despite of the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus, global chemical production increased by 2.7 percent in August 2020. In January 2020, chemical production increased in some categories, as compared to December 2019. However, in February compared to January and in March compared to February, chemical production declined in every category. By May compared to April and June compared to May, production finally increased in many categories, though some remained negative. Coatings production increased by the largest margin during August compared to July, at 3.5 percent.

尽管COVID-19冠状病毒的影响，全球化学产业在2020年8月实现了2.7%的增长。相较于2019年12月，2020年1月的化学产业在部分类别中呈现增长。然而，相较于1月与2月，以及2月与3月，化学产业在所有类别中均出现下降。至5月，与4月相比，以及与5月相比6月，多数类别生产量终于实现增长，尽管部分类别仍然呈现负增长。相较于7月，8月份的涂料生产增长幅度最大，达到了3.5%。