BASF Half-Year Financial Report 2019 These pages provide information on our business development in the second quarter and first half of 2019. BASF Group Business Review Q2 2019 BASF Group Business Review H1 2019 Sales Q2 2019 €15,158 million Q2 2018: €15,783 million EBIT beforespecial items Q2 2019 €1,045 million Q2 2018: €1,972 million EBIT Q2 2019 €548 million Q2 2018: €1,906 million Earnings per share Q2 2019 €7.03 Q2 2018: €1.61 Key figures BASF Group sales at prior-year level in H1 2019; EBIT before special items considerably below H1 2018 Sales of €31.3 billion EBIT before special items of €2.8 billion, down 35% from the prior-year period Net income of €7.9 billion includes earnings from the merger of Wintershall and DEA Key figures Q2 2019 Chemicals Sales €2,180 million Q2 2018: €2,792 million Key figures Q2 2019 Materials Sales €2,961 million Q2 2018: €3,506 million Key figures Q2 2019 Industrial Solutions Sales €2,141 million Q2 2018: €2,348 million Key figures Q2 2019 Surface Technologies Sales €3,841 million Q2 2018: €3,508 million Key figures Q2 2019 Nutrition & Care Sales €1,495 million Q2 2018: €1,439 million Key figures Q2 2019 Agricultural Solutions Sales €1,796 million Q2 2018: €1,501 million At a glance Significant Events Outlook Statement of Income Balance Sheet Statement of Cash Flows Financial Calendar Downloads Downloads Entire Half-Year Financial Report 2019 (538 kB) All tables from the Half-Year Financial Report (508 kB) Restated Figures for 2018 and 2017 (1.5 MB)