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Specialty Chemicals Start Year on a Soft Note

Stays almost flat with few expansions.

The Specialty Chemicals Market Volume Index, a tool created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), fell in January, dropping 0.5 percent on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis after a 0.1 percent decline in December. Weakness in 2015 was centered in oilfield chemicals and a few other segments that, combined, weighed on overall volumes. Of 28 specialty chemical segments monitored, only 10 expanded in January, with none experiencing large gains (1.0 percent and over) in market volumes.   ...

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