最近几年,许多资本主义国家的化学工业的发展速度有些下降。英国化学产品的年平均增长率已显著下降。年份 1958～1964 1966～1967增长率,% 7.6 3.3某些部门发展速度的放慢,使英国化学产品的销售量,在发达的资本主义国家中从不久前的第二位下降到第四位(美、日、西德)。为了对比需指出,1966年美、英化学工业的商业交易额各为三百八十七亿和六十七亿两千万美元。 In recent years, the chemical industry in many capitalist countries has experienced some declines. The average annual growth rate of British chemical products has dropped significantly. Year 1958-1964 1966-1967 Growth Rate,% 7.6 3.3 The slowdown in the growth of some sectors has led to the decline in the sales of British chemical products from the second to the fourth in the advanced capitalist countries United States, Japan, West Germany). For the sake of comparison, the commercial transactions of the chemical industry in the United States and Britain in 1966 were 38.7 billion and 67.2 million respectively.