Business Review by Segment Overview (XLS:) Download Segment overview (Million €) Sales Income from operations before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) Income from operations (EBIT) before special items 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 1 Additions to property, plant and equipment (of which from acquisitions: €1,425 million in 2018 and €8 million in 2017) and intangible assets (of which from acquisitions: €5,540 million in 2018 and €235 million in 2017) Chemicals 16,501 16,331 4,432 5,374 3,386 4,233 Performance Products 15,812 16,217 2,205 2,427 1,376 1,416 Functional Materials & Solutions 21,435 20,745 1,917 2,251 1,307 1,617 Agricultural Solutions 6,156 5,696 985 1,282 734 1,033 Other 2,771 2,234 (373) (569) (450) (654) BASF Group 62,675 61,223 9,166 10,765 6,353 7,645 Income from operations (EBIT) Assets Investments including acquisitions1 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 Chemicals 3,360 4,208 13,264 13,233 1,325 1,149 Performance Products 1,338 1,510 14,903 14,432 765 800 Functional Materials & Solutions 1,235 1,545 17,654 17,364 872 1,056 Agricultural Solutions 591 1,015 16,992 8,096 7,110 185 Other (491) (691) 23,743 25,643 663 1,174 BASF Group 6,033 7,587 86,556 78,768 10,735 4,364 Contributions by segmentContributions to total sales by segment Contributions to EBITDA by segment Contributions to EBIT before special items by segment Contributions to EBIT by segment Development by quarter (XLS:) Download Sales1 (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 1 Quarterly results not audited Chemicals 4,286 4,105 4,132 4,045 4,309 4,023 3,774 4,158 Performance Products 3,991 4,260 3,949 4,142 3,989 3,983 3,883 3,832 Functional Materials & Solutions 5,139 5,198 5,540 5,261 5,238 4,975 5,518 5,311 Agricultural Solutions 1,728 1,855 1,501 1,526 1,243 987 1,684 1,328 Other 556 609 661 475 827 548 727 602 BASF Group 15,700 16,027 15,783 15,449 15,606 14,516 15,586 15,231 (XLS:) Download Income from operations (EBIT) before special items1 (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 1 Quarterly results not audited Chemicals 1,134 958 1,074 1,120 851 1,102 327 1,053 Performance Products 470 515 409 405 360 385 137 111 Functional Materials & Solutions 333 531 338 422 347 397 289 267 Agricultural Solutions 423 533 278 272 (5) 21 38 207 Other (79) (239) (127) (99) (83) (203) (161) (113) BASF Group 2,281 2,298 1,972 2,120 1,470 1,702 630 1,525 (XLS:) Download Income from operations (EBIT)1 (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 1 Quarterly results not audited Chemicals 1,126 974 1,064 1,119 846 1,089 324 1,026 Performance Products 482 499 402 363 348 567 106 81 Functional Materials & Solutions 325 521 326 427 337 357 247 240 Agricultural Solutions 417 531 259 270 (39) 20 (46) 194 Other (87) (233) (145) (129) (97) (209) (162) (120) BASF Group 2,263 2,292 1,906 2,050 1,395 1,824 469 1,421 More in this chapter: ChemicalsPerformance ProductsFunctional Materials & SolutionsAgricultural Solutions back next