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Iris.

Delivering clarity to the chemical industry.

Cadence Monthly
Source Eurostat · Comext
Latest Apr 2026
Editions 5
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April 2026

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Published 2026-07-02
Apr 2026

EU27 chemical output sits 16% below pre-crisis levels in April 2026, as prices jump 6.7% YoY

The EU27 chemical industry remains in fragile stabilisation rather than recovery, with output at 81.2 in April 2026 (index 2021=100), down 1.6% year-on-year and 16% below its pre-crisis benchmark (2014-2019 average). Sentiment stays subdued…

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What Iris is

Iris turns the raw statistical pulse of European chemistry (production indices, producer prices, trade flows) into a monthly narrative. Each edition opens with a macro brief, drills into the products, partners and sectors that moved the needle, and closes with a retrospective check against prior reads.

27
EU member states tracked every month
~1,400
CN8 product codes in the Comext cube
2014
Baseline reference period for pre-crisis comparisons
T+6w
Typical lag between reference month and publication
Data and methodology

How Iris is built

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Iris is reproducible from public Eurostat data end-to-end. Behind every figure on the site lives a precise filter, a documented calculation, and a scheduled pipeline step.

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