Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products Sector counts some 510 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 123 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity	TE*	OTE*	Total
Basic chemical industries	9	12	21
Pharmaceutical industries	14	54	68
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	36	36
Plastics industries	76	184	260
Rubber and tires Industries	6	19	25
Agrochemical products	0	3	3
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	8	62	70
Petroleum refining	0	2	2
Other chemical products (essential oils, industrial gases, explosives)	13	28	41

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Employment

The Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 55,521 jobs of which 27,862 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 27,659 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Basic chemical industries	12,617	593	13,210
Pharmaceutical industries	3,872	9,431	13,303
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	2,053	2,053
Plastics industries	10,295	10,122	20,417
Rubber and tires Industries	1,651	1,294	2,945
Agrochemical products	0	97	97
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	256	4,043	4,299
Petroleum refining	0	67	67
Other chemical products (essential oils, industrial gases, explosives)	705	882	1,587

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Exports / Imports

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Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 50 project ideas and 9 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 154 , 84 are 100% foreign owned. 91 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (72)	Italie (39)	Allemagne (12)	Belgique (2)	Autres (55)

Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - September 2025