Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products Sector counts some 513 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 124 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	14	23
Pharmaceutical industries	15	54	69
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	37	37
Plastics industries	76	183	259
Rubber and tires Industries	6	19	25
Agrochemical products	0	3	3
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	8	63	71
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 55,472 jobs of which 28,053 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 27,419 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Basic chemical industries	12,617	599	13,216
Pharmaceutical industries	3,846	9,416	13,262
Paints, glues, resins and inks	0	2,085	2,085
Plastics industries	10,503	9,982	20,485
Rubber and tires Industries	1,503	1,290	2,793
Agrochemical products	0	107	107
Soaps, detergents, cleaning products, perfumes and cosmetics	287	3,887	4,174
Petroleum refining	0	67	67
Other chemical products (essential oils, industrial gases, explosives)	705	901	1,606

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

Exports / Imports

For further information, please click the link below:  National Institute of Statistics

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 157 , 86 are 100% foreign owned. 92 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (73)	Italie (40)	Allemagne (12)	Belgique (2)	Autres (57)

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

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