IHS化学公司总经济师Nariman Behravesh近日表示,尽管2014年日本经济整体依然疲软,但其化工行业实力有了显著增强。日元走软及原油价格下跌使日本化工生产更具成本竞争力,日本化工产品强劲出口也抵消了本土需求不旺的不利因素。在此环境下,日本化工公司将继续以技术或市场优势加快转型,剥离缺乏竞争力的通用化学品业务, Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Chemicals, said recently that despite the overall weakness of Japan’s economy in 2014, its strength in the chemical industry has been significantly enhanced. A weaker yen and declining crude oil prices made Japan’s chemical production more cost-competitive. The strong exports of Japanese chemical products also offset unfavorable domestic demand. In this environment, Nippon Chemical Company will continue to speed up the transformation by technological or market advantages, divest the uncompetitive generic chemicals business,