据ICIS网站9月4日伦敦报道 贸易集团VCI周三表示，由于销售停滞和产能利用率下降，德国国内工业增长放缓，4-6月德国化工和制药产量与一季度相比下降0.7%，与去年相比下降8.8%。
德国工业连续第四季度下滑，限制了该国化学品和药品生产商的新订单。随着欧元区经济持续走弱，海外订单减少加剧了这种情况。
同比产量下降的程度是由制药行业困境所推动，化工行业的降幅放缓至3.9%。
VIC总裁Hans Van Bylen表示，德国和欧元区经济的现状意味着，预计今年下半年化工行业需求的反弹尚未显现。
他说：“预计下半年德国工业整体复苏并没有实现。”
“目前，这些公司已经不指望德国和欧洲的化工业务会回升。由于地缘政治风险，与美国和亚洲的贸易很可能不会产生增长动力。”
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
Germany's Q2 chemicals production drops as sales stagnate
German chemicals and pharmaceutical production dropped 0.7% in April-June, compared with the first quarter, and 8.8% year on year on the back of the domestic industrial slowdown as sales stagnated and capacity utilisation fell, trade group VCI said on Wednesday.
The fourth consecutive quarter of German industrial decline weighed on new orders for chemicals and pharmaceuticals producers in the country, exacerbated by fewer overseas orders as the eurozone's economy continued to weaken.
The extent of the year-on-year production fall was driven by woes in the pharmaceutical sector, with the fall for the chemicals sector alone moderating to 3.9%.
The current state of the German and eurozone economies means that a rebound in chemicals sector demand, expected for the second half of the year, has yet to be felt, according to VCI's president Hans Van Bylen.
“The recovery of German industry overall, which was anticipated for the second half of the year, is not materialising," he said.
"At present, the companies are no longer expecting German and European chemical business to pick up. Only few growth impulses are likely to come from trading with the US and Asia due to the geopolitical risks."
