9 – Noncontrolling interests

Noncontrolling interests (Million €)

 

 

H1

 

 

2019

2018

Noncontrolling interests in profits

 

44

139

Noncontrolling interests in losses

 

(35)

(17)

Noncontrolling interests

 

9

122

Noncontrolling interests in profits declined year on year in the first half of 2019, especially at BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC, Port Arthur, Texas, mainly due to the scheduled turnaround of the steam cracker, and at Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Company Ltd., Shanghai, China, primarily as a result of lower TDI and MDI sales prices and margins.