FRANCE'S CHEMICAL industry association (UIC) concocts that the growth of chemicals output in the land will almost triple this year.

FRANCE'S CHEMICAL industry association (UIC) concocts that the growth of chemicals output in the land will almost triple this year, following a pickup in demand in the summer after the Iraqi war.
Production according to France, Europe's second largest chemicals maker after Germany, is look forward toed to go up by 29 percent compared to a 11 percent gain in 2002 Without pharmaceuticals, the rise would be 17 percent against a globule of 0.9 percent last year.
"We drew up these forecasts a scarcely any months ago on the basis of the scenarios of the major companies in each sector,"

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