MUTTENZ, Switzerland – Specialty chemicals provider Clariant announced continuing operations sales for the first half of 2019 of CHF 2.229 billion compared to CHF 2.224 billion in the first half year 2018. This corresponds to an organic growth of 4% in local currency. Both higher volumes and pricing contributed to this expansion.
For the first half of 2019, almost all regions contributed to the continuing operations sales growth in local currency. Sales in Latin America grew the strongest by 10%, followed by the Middle East and Africa at 8%. In Asia and Europe, the sales development was 5% and 4%, respectively. China, however, was down by 9% while North America reported a slight contraction of 3%.