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 120 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	13	53	66
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	36	36
Plastics industries	72	172	244
Rubber and tires Industries	7	17	24
Agrochemical products	0	3	3
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	6	57	63
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 56,657 jobs of which 28,160 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 28,497 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Basic chemical industries	12,597	608	13,205
Pharmaceutical industries	3,819	9,640	13,459
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	2,060	2,060
Plastics industries	10,285	9,709	19,994
Rubber and tires Industries	1,666	1,270	2,936
Agrochemical products	0	97	97
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	230	3,730	3,960
Petroleum refining	0	67	67
Other chemical products (essential oils, industrial gases, explosives)	754	927	1,681

* 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 148 , 82 are 100% foreign owned. 86 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (72)	Italie (36)	Allemagne (11)	Belgique (2)	Autres (51)

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

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - August 2026