Segment Reporting (XLS:) XLS H1 (Million €) Sales EBITDA before special itemsa EBITDAa Income from operations (EBIT) before special itemsb 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– a For an explanation of this indicator, see the BASF Report 2019, Results of Operations b For an explanation of this indicator, see the BASF Report 2019, Value-Based Management Chemicals 4,141 4,728 (12%) 607 791 (23%) 596 771 (23%) 172 425 (60%) Materials 5,017 5,892 (15%) 562 999 (44%) 459 986 (53%) 129 657 (80%) Industrial Solutions 3,917 4,327 (9%) 623 720 (13%) 560 853 (34%) 436 507 (14%) Surface Technologies 7,427 6,183 20% 304 495 (39%) 290 487 (40%) 69 280 (75%) Nutrition & Care 3,137 3,056 3% 719 645 11% 711 626 14% 510 442 15% Agricultural Solutions 4,585 4,445 3% 1,288 1,208 7% 1,242 1,148 8% 929 861 8% Other 1,209 1,443 (16%) (295) (331) 11% (360) (555) 35% (379) (427) 11% BASF Group 29,433 30,074 (2%) 3,808 4,527 (16%) 3,498 4,316 (19%) 1,866 2,745 (32%) (XLS:) XLS H1 (Million €) Income from operations (EBIT) Research and development expenses Assets Investments including acquisitionsc 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– 2020 2019 +/– c Additions to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets Chemicals 152 265 (43%) 49 53 (8%) 8,642 9,058 (5%) 513 572 (10%) Materials 17 640 (97%) 86 95 (9%) 9,831 9,174 7% 1,506 321 369% Industrial Solutions 373 635 (41%) 88 96 (8%) 6,983 7,193 (3%) 135 182 (26%) Surface Technologies 41 269 (85%) 103 102 1% 11,700 11,378 3% 220 228 (4%) Nutrition & Care 499 331 51% 74 73 1% 6,584 6,386 3% 206 209 (1%) Agricultural Solutions 882 801 10% 407 398 2% 16,736 17,348 (4%) 136 116 17% Other (449) (655) 31% 167 204 (18%) 29,893 27,860 7% 74 147 (50%) BASF Group 1,515 2,286 (34%) 974 1,021 (5%) 90,369 88,397 2% 2,790 1,775 57% (XLS:) XLS Other in H1d (Million €) 2020 2019 +/– d For more information on Other, see Note 4 Sales 1,209 1,443 (16%) Income from operations (EBIT) before special items (379) (427) 11% of which costs for cross-divisional corporate research (156) (197) 21% costs of corporate headquarters (111) (124) 10% other businesses 51 85 (40%) foreign currency results, hedging and other measurement effects 3 (38) . miscellaneous income and expenses (166) (153) (8%) Special items (70) (228) 69% Income from operations (EBIT) (449) (655) 31% back next