In the advanced plastics category, despite higher sales of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and polyglycolic acid (PGA) products used in the process of shale oil and gas fracking, lower sales of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), used as a binder material for lithium-ion secondary batteries, and other processed plastics products caused revenue and operating profit to decline.

Revenue and operating profit rose in the carbon products category as sales of heat insulating material for high-temperature furnaces increased.

In the agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals category, although revenue rose on higher sales of agricultural and horticultural fungicides and Kremezin, a treatment for chronic renal failure, operating profit declined due to higher R&D and other expenses.

In the industrial chemicals category, sales of inorganic and organic chemicals increased, and both revenue and operating profit in this category increased.

In the consumer goods category, both revenue and operating profit increased due to higher sales of New Krewrap plastic wrap for household use and Seaguar fluorocarbon fishing lines.

In the commercial food packaging materials category, revenue and operating profit were flat year on year.

In Construction, revenue and operating profit rose due to an increase in private-sector construction projects.

In the environmental engineering category, revenue increased but operating profit declined mainly due to higher expenses. In the logistics category, revenue and operating profit declined. In the hospital operations category, revenue increased and operating loss declined.