ISGuides: Chemical and Process Engineering: Chem Eng Market Research

Market Research for Chemical-related Products

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
To find market research in Nexis Uni:
Search for your product.
At the left of the results, click on "company and financial".
Then, at the left of the results under "category", click on "analyst reports"

Chemical Economics Handbook
The Chemical Economics Handbook is an important source of chemical market analysis for those working in industry. These reports are very expensive (typically $7,500 to $9,500 each), but summaries are available for free on their website and may contain useful information for students.

Mintel This link opens in a new window
Alternative login route: Use https://www.mintel.com/ then click "LOGIN" on the home page and then "Need federated login?"

A database of UK consumer market research reports and related material with detailed analysis. Provides access to global market data including market size and share via Mintel Market Sizes.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier includes company and market reports from Marketline. These reports have information about companies' plans and data on market sizes, which might be useful for chemical engineering projects.

Business Source Premier also includes journal articles (trade and academic) about business-related topics.

Process Engineering
Process Engineering highlights technical and management challenges in process engineering. Many of the articles include useful information about production costs and markets.

Information about Countries

Political Risk Yearbooks
The Political Risk Yearbooks give detailed economic and demographic information about different countries, and include 18 month and five year forecasts.
World Legal Information Institute
Links to legal information for different countries. (Although this website looks old-fashioned, it is still being updated - checked Dec 2021.)

Trends in Prices

Producer price indexes track the changes in the payments producers receive for their output.

The UK Producer Price Index is produced by the Office of National Statistics. This index is based around prices in 2010 being set at "100" - if the current value is higher than 100, prices have gone up, if it is lower, prices have gone down. Monetary values are not available - the index can only be used to track trends in sectors.

The USA Producer Price Index is more detailed (and easier to use) than the UK version, but is based on output values from the United States.