[Industry Focus]：The report card of the world's 50 major chemical enterprises for fiscal year 2022 has been released! Sales performance is still generally achieving growth

recently, BASF, Dow, Wanhua and other large chemical enterprises have released the 2022 fiscal year performance report. The report shows that the sales performance of these companies is still generally achieving growth, but due to factors such as the global economic depression and high energy and raw material costs, the profits of some companies have been impacted.

Rongsheng Petrochemical achieved operating income of 289.095 billion billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 57.91; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 3.34 billion billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 74.76.

Hengli Petrochemical achieved operating income of 222.324 billion yuan in 2022, up 12.3 percent year-on-year, while net profit of 2.318 billion yuan, down 85.07 percent year-on-year.

Wanhua Chemical achieved operating income of 165.565 billion billion yuan in 2022, up 13.76 percent year-on-year, while its net profit was 16.234 billion billion yuan, down 34.14 percent year-on-year.

China Chemical achieved operating income of 157.716 billion billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 14.88 percent over the same period last year, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent company of 5.415 billion billion yuan, an increase of 16.88 percent over the same period last year.

Hengyi Petrochemical achieved operating income of 152.05 billion billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 17.26; the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was -1.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year profit to loss.

Sinochem International achieved operating income of 87.449 billion billion yuan in 2022, up 8.25 percent year-on-year, and achieved net profit of 1.311 billion billion yuan, down 39.15 percent year-on-year.

Yuntianhua achieved operating income of 75.313 billion yuan in 2022, up 19.07 percent year-on-year, and net profit of 6.021 billion yuan, up 65.33 percent year-on-year.

Oriental Shenghong achieved operating income of 63.822 billion billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 21.13 percent over the same period last year, while net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 0.548 billion billion yuan, down 88.02 percent from the same period last year.

Tongkun's operating income in 2022 was 61.993 billion billion yuan, up 4.79 percent from the same period last year, while the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 0.13 billion billion yuan, down 98.26 percent from the same period last year.

Zhongtai Chemical's operating income in 2022 was about 55.911 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.1; the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was about 0.714 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 74.02.

Xinfengming's operating income in 2022 was about 50.787 billion yuan, an increase of 13.44 percent over the same period last year, while the net profit loss attributable to shareholders of listed companies was about 0.205 billion yuan, down 109.09 percent from the same period last year.

Blonde Technology achieved operating income of 40.412 billion billion yuan in 2022, up 0.53 percent year-on-year, and net profit of 1.992 billion billion yuan, up 19.89 percent year-on-year.

Huayi Group achieved operating income of 38.511 billion yuan in 2022, down 2.97 percent year-on-year, and net profit of 1.281 billion yuan, down 56.83 percent year-on-year.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation's (SABIC)2022 net profit fell 28% year-on-year to 16.53 billion Saudi riyals (about 30.4 billion yuan; sales revenue increased 13% from 2021 to 198.47 billion Saudi riyals (about 364.9 billion yuan).

South Korea's LG Chem's net profit in 2022 was 2.2 trillion won ($1.8 billion), down 44.5 per cent from a year earlier, while sales were 51.87 trillion won, up 21.7 per cent from a year earlier.

South Korea Lotte Chemical's sales in 2022 were 22.28 trillion won, up 22.9 percent year-on-year, while net profit was 41 billion won, down 97.1 percent year-on-year.

Hanwha solutions sales of 13.6 trillion won and operating profit of 966.2 billion won in 2022, up 27.3 per cent and 30.9 per cent, respectively, compared with the same period last year. Net profit fell 38.7 percent YoY to KRW 378 billion due to losses at naphtha cracking subsidiary.

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. achieved revenue of 13090 trillion yen (approximately RMB 67.676 billion) in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 31.1; net profit attributable to owners of the parent company was 79.4 billion yen (approximately RMB 4.104 billion), a year-on-year increase 19.3%.

Thailand's Indorama achieved revenue of $18.7 billion in 2022, up 28% year-on-year; Core EBITDA was $2.3 billion, up 31% year-on-year.

BASF's sales volume in 2022 increased by 11.1 per cent year-on-year to € 87.3 billion; earnings before interest and tax excluding special items decreased by 11.5 per cent to € 6.9 billion per cent from the same period last year; net income was negative € 0.627 billion, compared with € 5.5 billion in 2021.

Bayer Group sales rose 8.7 percent to 50.739 billion billion euros in fiscal 2022. Net earnings amounted to € 4.15 billion, compared to € 1 billion in 2021. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, excluding exceptional items, rose 20.9 percent to 13.513 billion billion euros.

Linde's sales in 2022 were $33.4 billion, up 8% year-on-year; operating profit was $7.9 billion, up 10% year-on-year.

Syngenta Group's operating income in 2022 was US $33.4 billion, an increase of US $5.2 billion over the previous year, an increase of 19% year-on-year; EBITDA in 2022 was US $5.6 billion, an increase of 20% year-on-year.

Air Liquide's sales in 2022 reached 29.9 billion euros, an increase of 7%; net profit of 2.759 billion euros, an increase of 7.3.

Henkel Group's sales in 2022 reached 22.4 billion billion euros, an organic increase of 8.8 percent; adjusted operating profit reached 2.319 billion billion euros, a year-on-year decrease of 13.7 percent. Among them, the sales of the adhesive technology business unit increased by 16.6 in nominal terms to 11.242 billion million euros.

Evonik's sales in 2022 increased by 24% to 18.5 billion euros, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased by 4% to 2.49 billion euros, and adjusted net income increased by 7% to 1.05 billion euros.

Covestro's sales in 2022 were 18 billion euros, up 13% year-on-year. EBITDA was 1.6 billion euros, down 47.6 percent year-on-year. Full-year loss of 0.272 billion euros, while 2021 net profit reached 1.6 billion euros.

Solvay's net sales in 2022 were € 13.4 billion, up 32.9 percent year-on-year, and its underlying net profit amounted to € 1.743 billion, up 67.6 percent compared to 2021.

Arkema's sales in 2022 reached 11.5 billion million euros, up 21.3 percent year-on-year; adjusted net income was 1.167 billion million euros, up 30.2 percent.

Akzo Nobel's sales in 2022 were 10.846 billion euros, up 13% year-on-year. Adjusted operating profit was 0.789 billion euros, compared with 1.092 billion euros in the same period in 2021.

WACKER Group had sales of € 8.21 billion in fiscal year 2022, up from one-third of the previous year; EBITDA was € 2.09 billion (2021: € 1.54 billion), up 35% year-on-year; and full-year profit was € 1.29 billion, up 55% year-on-year.

LANXESS's sales in 2022 increased by 32.6 percent year-on-year to 8.088 billion euros, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation within the regular business increased by 14.1 percent to 0.93 billion euros.

Norion's sales in 2022 are about $5.8 billion, up 17% year-on-year, and adjusted EBITDA is up 15% year-on-year to $1.24 billion.

Dow achieved net sales of $56.9 billion in 2022, down 3.45 percent from a year earlier, and net profit fell more than 27 percent to $4.64 billion; in the fourth quarter, it achieved net sales of $11.859 billion, down 17.6 percent from a year earlier; and net profit of $0.647 billion, down 64.05 percent from a year earlier.

Lian de Basser had sales of $50.45 billion in 2022; net profit of $3.9 billion, compared to $5.6 billion in the previous year; and EBITDA of $6.3 billion, compared to $8.7 billion in the previous year.

Nutrien sales in 2022 reached $37.884 billion, up 37% year-on-year; EBITDA was $12.2 billion, up 71% year-on-year; net profit was $7.7 billion, up 142 percent year-on-year.

Xuanwei achieved net sales of US $22.149 billion (approximately RMB 149.5 billion) in 2022, an increase of 11.1 year-on-year. Net profit was $2.0201 billion billion, up 8.35 percent year-over-year.

Maxine's 2022 revenue was $19.1 billion, up 55 percent year-over-year; adjusted EBITDA was $6.2 billion, up 73 percent from 2021; and net income was $3.6 billion, up 120 percent from 2021.

PPG Industrials net sales of $17.7 billion in 2022, up about 5% from 2021; net profit of $1.028 billion, down 28% from 2021.

Codiva's full-year 2022 net sales increased 11% year-over-year to $17.46 billion; GAAP net profit was $1.22 billion, down 33%; and adjusted EBITDA was $3.22 billion, up 25%.

Westlake Chemical Group had net sales of $13.4 billion and net profit of $3.35 billion in 2022.

DuPont's net sales in 2022 increased 8% year-over-year to $13 billion; EBITDA was $3.26 billion, up 3%;GAAP net profit was $1.06 billion, down 12%.

Air Products had sales of $12.7 billion in fiscal year 2022, compared with $10.3 billion in the previous year; net profit attributable to the company was about $2.3 billion, compared with $2.1 billion in the previous year.

Eastman's full-year sales of $10.58 billion in 2022 were essentially the same as in 2021; EBIT was $1.159 billion, slightly lower than the previous year's $1.281 billion; and adjusted EBIT was $1.339 billion, down 18% from 2021.

CF Industrials will have net sales of $11.19 billion in 2022, compared to $6.54 billion in 2021. Net profit was $3.35 billion and adjusted EBITDA was $5.88 billion.

Celanese's net sales in 2022 were $9.7 billion, an all-time high, up 13% from 2021; achieved a consolidated operating profit of $1.4 billion and adjusted EBIT of $2.2 billion.

Huntsman's revenue in 2022 is $8.023 billion, net income attributable to parents is $0.46 billion, adjusted net income is $0.636 billion, and adjusted EBITDA is $1.155 billion.

ABP's net sales for the full year 2022 were more than $7 billion, more than double the 2021 results; adjusted EBITDA was about $3.5 billion, nearly four times the prior year's.

Fumei Real earned $5.802 billion in sales in fiscal year 2022, up 15.01 percent from a year earlier, while total profit attributable to its parent was $0.7365 billion, down 0.42 percent from a year earlier.

Comu's net sales in 2022 were $6.8 billion, up 7% year-over-year; adjusted EBITDA was $1.361 billion, up 4% year-over-year; and net profit was $0.578 billion.