Change in tonnage production in selected sectors, first half of 2020 vs first half of 2019

Sources

MoSPI, IIP; St. Louis Fed, Industrial Production; Trading Economics, Euro Area Industrial Production, China Industrial Production; World Steel Association, Statistics; Global Cement, Chinese cement output falls by 4.8% to 1Bnt so far in 2020, Indian cement production falls by 85% in first half of 2020; St Louis Fed, Cement and Concrete Product; IFC, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cement Industry; Platts, Global Polyolefins Outlook 2020; Investing, Chinese Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI; Quandl, PMI Composite Index; FXEmpire, India Manufacturing PMI, United States Manufacturing PMI, accessed 27 August 2020.

Notes

Ethylene is taken as a proxy for petrochemicals. When no reported data are available, estimates have been made.