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£2.6bn
GVA
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£2.8bn
Exports
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10,065
Employment
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125
Businesses
Top three chemical sectors in the North East
By Business Number:
- Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
- Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations
- Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations
- Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
By Employment:
- Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
- Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
- Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical preparations
GVA
This region is responsible for 7.7% of all gross value added by the national chemical industry.
Within the North East the chemical industry is responsible for 4.9% of gross value added from all industries and 28.4% of all manufacturing gross value added in the region.
Exports
This region’s export make up 4.8 % of all chemical exports
Chemicals are 20.7% of all exports from the region and are exported in similar quantities to EU and non-EU countries (53-47).
Roughly 30% of all exported chemicals from the North East are medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations. The second most exported type of chemicals is organic chemicals (roughly 20%).