date:Jul 25, 2014
ased slightly. On balance, portfolio measures increased sales by 1%. Continuing negative currency effects (minus 4%) and a considerable decline in sales in Other dampened sales growth for the BASF Group.
At around 2.1 billion, income from operations (EBIT) before special items surpassed the level of the second quarter of 2013 by 221 million. Earnings increased considerably in the chemicals business and the Oil Gas segment. Earnings declined considerably, however, in the Agricultural Solutions