Hanwha Chemical Corporation operates within the Plastics materials and resins sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Hanwha Chemical with three other
plastic manufacturers in Asia:
SK Discovery Co Ltd
(2017
sales of 6.75 trillion Korean Won [US$6.32 billion]
of which 94%
was Gas),
Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co.,Ltd.
of China
(41.05 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$6.53 billion]
of which 75%
was chlor alkali chemical industry), and
Formosa Plastics Corporation
which is
based in Taiwan
(206.71 billion Taiwanese Dollars [US$7.04 billion]
of which 36%
was Plastic).
Sales Analysis.
During the year ended December of 2017, sales at
Hanwha Chemical were 9.34 trillion Korean Won (US$8.75 billion).
This
is
a very small
increase of 0.9%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were 9.26 trillion Korean Won.
Sales of Raw Materials Segment saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
12.1% in 2017, from
3.58 trillion Korean Won to 4.01 trillion Korean Won.
Hanwha Chemical also saw significant increases in sales in
Manufacturing Segment (up 1.9% to 753.35 billion Korean Won)
and
Distribution Segment (up 6.0% to 677.52 billion Korean Won)
.
Not all segments of Hanwha Chemical experienced an increase in sales in 2017:
sales of Solar Energy fell 13.4% to 2.46 trillion Korean Won.
Hanwha Chemical also experienced decreases in sales in
Other (down 1.4% to 1.44 trillion Korean Won)
.