This service includes the manufacture of chemical substances in accordance with basic procedures such as thermal cracking and distillation. These processes normally result in separate chemical elements or chemical compounds.
This service includes:
- Manufacture of organic chemical basic materials:
- Saturated and unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons
- Saturated and unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons
- acyclic and cyclic alcohols
- Monocarboxylic and polycarboxylic acids including acetic acid
- Other compounds with oxygen groups including aldehydes, ketones, chinones, and compounds with two or more oxygen groups
- Synthetic glycerin
- Organic compounds with nitrogen groups, including amines
- Fermentation of sugarcane, corn, or similar agricultural products for the production of alcohol and esters
- Other organic compounds including products from wood distillation (e.g. charcoal) etc.
- Manufacture of synthetic flavors
- Distillation of coal tar
This service does not include:
- Manufacture of plastics in primary forms (see 20.16.0)
- Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms (see 20.17.0)
- Manufacture of crude glycerin (see 20.41.0)
- Manufacture of essential oils (see 20.53.0)
- Manufacture of salicylic and o-acetylsalicylic acid (see 21.10.0)
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt