chemical and plastic industry in sweden facts & figures september 2006 the purpose of this survey is to give general inform ation about using latest available statistics will be updated once a year avail able on our homepage www plastkemiforetagen se for further information contact mikael möller swedish plastics chemicals federation phone no 46 8 783 81 44 fax 663 63 23 or e mail moller 1 c o n t s introduction 2 economic 3 foreign trade 5 industrial structure environment 6 climate change technology research 7 historic milestones today inorganic 9 explosives 11 mineral oil based wood organic 12 from agriculture 13 fine 14 other thermosetting paints intermediates 15 pharmaceuticals 16 appendix 18 19 note i crown sek equals average eur 0 1085 usd 1181 gbp 0749 msek million musd