Business Review by Segment Overview (XLSX:) XLS Segment overview (Million €) Sales Income from operations before depreciation and amortization(EBITDA) Income from operations (EBIT) before special items 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Chemicals 8,071 9,532 1,237 1,545 445 791 Materials 10,736 11,466 1,556 1,691 835 1,003 Industrial Solutions 7,644 8,389 1,099 1,327 822 820 Surface Technologies 16,659 13,142 900 1,120 484 722 Nutrition & Care 6,019 6,075 1,152 1,189 773 793 Agricultural Solutions 7,660 7,814 1,582 1,647 970 1,095 Other 2,360 2,898 –1,032 –334 –769 –581 BASF Group 59,149 59,316 6,494 8,185 3,560 4,643 Income from operations (EBIT) Assets Investments including acquisitionsa 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Chemicals –192 622 7,896 8,978 871 1,108 Materials –109 973 9,118 8,782 1,957 784 Industrial Solutions 630 889 6,402 6,903 331 426 Surface Technologies –587 663 11,691 11,773 585 565 Nutrition & Care 688 644 6,214 6,399 510 595 Agricultural Solutions 582 928 14,840 16,530 459 320 Other –1,203 –518 24,131 27,585 156 299 BASF Group –191 4,201 80,292 86,950 4,869 4,097 a Additions to property, plant and equipment (of which from acquisitions: €559 million in 2020 and €3 million in 2019) and intangible assets (of which from acquisitions: €691 million in 2020 and –€37 million in 2019) Contributions by segment Contributions to total sales by segment Contributions to EBITDA by segment Contributions to EBIT before special items by segment Development by quarter (XLSX:) XLS Salesa (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Chemicals 2,350 2,548 1,791 2,180 1,783 2,429 2,147 2,375 Materials 2,874 2,931 2,143 2,961 2,657 2,894 3,062 2,680 Industrial Solutions 2,098 2,186 1,819 2,141 1,844 2,130 1,883 1,932 Surface Technologies 4,328 3,022 3,099 3,161 4,142 3,325 5,090 3,634 Nutrition & Care 1,582 1,561 1,555 1,495 1,427 1,519 1,455 1,500 Agricultural Solutions 2,819 2,649 1,766 1,796 1,474 1,561 1,601 1,808 Other 702 699 507 744 484 698 667 757 BASF Group 16,753 15,596 12,680 14,478 13,811 14,556 15,905 14,686 a Quarterly results not audited (XLSX:) XLS Income from operations (EBIT) before special itemsa (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Chemicals 174 306 –2 119 46 251 227 115 Materials 209 323 –80 334 217 266 489 80 Industrial Solutions 273 264 163 243 186 205 200 108 Surface Technologies 220 151 –151 129 200 206 215 236 Nutrition & Care 254 222 256 220 143 225 120 126 Agricultural Solutions 809 740 120 121 26 73 15 161 Other –299 –256 –80 –171 –237 –170 –153 16 BASF Group 1,640 1,750 226 995 581 1,056 1,113 842 a Quarterly results not audited (XLSX:) XLS Income from operations (EBIT)a (Million €) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Chemicals 170 302 –18 –37 –504 248 160 109 Materials 119 321 –102 319 –546 262 420 71 Industrial Solutions 240 407 133 228 78 207 179 47 Surface Technologies 217 144 –176 125 –803 192 175 202 Nutrition & Care 244 124 255 207 86 224 103 89 Agricultural Solutions 787 772 95 29 –304 43 4 84 Other –321 –291 –128 –364 –645 160 –109 –23 BASF Group 1,456 1,779 59 507 –2,638 1,336 932 579 a Quarterly results not audited More in this chapter: ChemicalsMaterialsIndustrial SolutionsSurface TechnologiesNutrition & CareAgricultural Solutions back next