BASF Half-Year Financial Report 2020 These pages provide information on our business development in the second quarter and first half of 2020. BASF Group Business Review Q2 2020 BASF Group Business Review H1 2020 Sales Q2 2020 €12,680 million Q2 2019: €14,478 million EBIT beforespecial items Q2 2020 €226 million Q2 2019: €995 million EBIT Q2 2020 €59 million Q2 2019: €507 million Earnings per share Q2 2020 –€0.95 Q2 2019: €6.48 Key figures BASF Group Q2 2020: EBIT before special items declines due to weaker demand as a result of the corona pandemic Sales of €12.7 billion (minus 12%), mainly due to lower sales volumes resulting from lockdowns EBIT before special items of €226 million (minus 77%) Net income of minus €878 million due to a non-cash-effective impairment of the shareholding in Wintershall Dea Key figures Q2 2020 Chemicals Sales €1,791 million Q2 2019: €2,180 million Key figures Q2 2020 Materials Sales €2,143 million Q2 2019: €2,961 million Key figures Q2 2020 Industrial Solutions Sales €1,819 million Q2 2019: €2,141 million Key figures Q2 2020 Surface Technologies Sales €3,099 million Q2 2019: €3,161 million Key figures Q2 2020 Nutrition & Care Sales €1,555 million Q2 2019: €1,495 million Key figures Q2 2020 Agricultural Solutions Sales €1,766 million Q2 2018: €1,796 million New service for our customers on the way to more climate protection: With our own digital application, we will be able to provide CO2 footprints for all our products in the future. The “Product Carbon Footprint” covers all greenhouse gas emissions until the BASF product leaves the factory gate – from the purchased raw material to the use of energy in production processes. By the end of 2021, we want to calculate the data for the entire portfolio of around 45,000 sales products. Read more At a glance Significant Events Outlook Statement of Income Balance Sheet Statement of Cash Flows Financial Calendar Downloads Downloads Entire Half-Year Financial Report 2020 (490 kB) All tables from the Half-Year Financial Report (2.1 MB)