Global
Factbook
Business Review by Segment
Segment overview
| Million € | Sales | EBITDA before special items |
EBITDA | EBIT before special items |
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Chemicals | 14,895 | 13,579 | 2,774 | 3,8421 | 2,771 | 3,8821 | 1,956 | 3,0921 |
| Materials | 18,443 | 15,214 | 2,686 | 3,208 | 2,660 | 3,162 | 1,840 | 2,418 |
| Industrial Solutions | 9,992 | 8,876 | 1,437 | 1,343 | 1,443 | 1,344 | 1,091 | 1,006 |
| Surface Technologies | 21,283 | 22,659 | 1,464 | 1,277 | 1,264 | 1,243 | 902 | 800 |
| Nutrition & Care | 8,066 | 6,442 | 1,067 | 909 | 1,055 | 967 | 618 | 497 |
| Agricultural Solutions | 10,280 | 8,162 | 1,928 | 1,375 | 1,922 | 1,358 | 1,220 | 715 |
| Other | 4,368 | 3,666 | −594 | −6071 | −368 | −6021 | −749 | −7611 |
| BASF Group | 87,327 | 78,598 | 10,762 | 11,348 | 10,748 | 11,355 | 6,878 | 7,768 |
Segment overview
| Million € | EBIT | Assets | Investments including acquisitions2 | Research and development expenses | ||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Chemicals | 1,758 | 3,1151 | 10,481 | 10,4821 | 1,701 | 1,157 | 93 | 97 |
| Materials | 1,776 | 2,345 | 10,864 | 11,286 | 880 | 709 | 201 | 193 |
| Industrial Solutions | 1,097 | 965 | 6,318 | 6,302 | 322 | 361 | 172 | 175 |
| Surface Technologies | 612 | 761 | 14,899 | 13,769 | 740 | 1,469 | 335 | 296 |
| Nutrition & Care | 605 | 554 | 8,038 | 7,231 | 642 | 654 | 172 | 172 |
| Agricultural Solutions | 1,221 | 696 | 17,071 | 15,305 | 414 | 347 | 944 | 904 |
| Other | −523 | −7591 | 16,803 | 23,0071 | 268 | 183 | 381 | 378 |
| BASF Group | 6,548 | 7,677 | 84,472 | 87,383 | 4,967 | 4,881 | 2,298 | 2,216 |
1 BASF’s ethylene value chain was reorganized internally as of January 1, 2022. In this connection, the polyolefins and styrenics businesses of the joint venture BASF-YPC Company Ltd., Nanjing, China, which were previously reported under Other, were allocated to the Petrochemicals division. The prior-year figures have been adjusted.
2 Additions to property, plant and equipment (of which from acquisitions: €332 million in 2021) and intangible assets (of which from acquisitions: €392 million in 2021); there were no acquisitions in 2022.