Results of operations by segment

Please refer to our section "Reports" for updates on a quarterly basis.

Segment overview

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Million €	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006
Chemicals	3,489	2,239	3,660	2,443	3,597	3,442	3,416	3,448
Plastics	3,348	3,091	3,480	3,168	3,361	3,256	3,307	3,260
Performance Products	2,826	2,147	3,010	2,197	2,990	2,959	2,871	2,830
Agricultural Products & Nutrition	1,375	1,376	1,429	1,389	1,039	973	1,146	1,196
Thereof Agricultural Products	897	928	957	924	574	509	709	718
Fine Chemicals	478	448	472	465	465	464	437	478
Oil & Gas	2,970	2,985	2,269	2,481	2,185	2,116	3,093	3,105
Other ¹	624	677	808	644	791	553	867	635
	14,632	12,515	14,656	12,322	13,963	13,299	14,700	14,474

	Income from operations (EBIT)		Assets		Capital expen- ditures ²
Million €	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006
Chemicals	1,995	1,380	10,219	10,473	866	3,539
Plastics	1,236	1,192	6,737	6,911	532	631
Performance Products	704	669	9,431	9,727	482	4,490
Agricultural Products & Nutrition	660	381	5,605	6,054	151	466
Thereof Agricultural Products	489	447	4,157	4,458	83	88
Fine Chemicals	171	(66)	1,448	1,596	68	378
Oil & Gas	3,014	3,250	7,057	5,434	2,280	545
Other ¹	(293)	(122)	7,753	6,692	114	368
Thereof corporate research costs	(323)	(258)	-	-	-	-
	7,316	6,750	46,802	45,291	4,425	10,039

Information on the composition of �Other� can be found in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Additions to property, plant and equipment (thereof from acquisitions: €17 million in 2007 and €1,754 million in 2006) and intangible assets (thereof from acquisitions: €1,779 million in 2007 and €5,860 million in 2006).

Sales by segment

Million €			%
1	Chemicals	14,162	24.44
2	Plastics	13,496	23.29
3	Performance Products	11,697	20.18
4	Agricultural Products & Nutrition	4,989	8.61
5	Oil & Gas	10,517	18.15
6	Other	3,090	5.33
	Total	57,951	100.0

Sales by quarter

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Million €	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006
Chemicals	3,489	2,239	3,660	2,443	3,597	3,442	3,416	3,448
Plastics	3,348	3,091	3,480	3,168	3,361	3,256	3,307	3,260
Performance Products	2,826	2,147	3,010	2,197	2,990	2,959	2,871	2,830
Agricultural Products & Nutrition	1,375	1,376	1,429	1,389	1,039	973	1,146	1,196
Thereof Agricultural Products	897	928	957	924	574	509	709	718
Fine Chemicals	478	448	472	465	465	464	437	478
Oil & Gas	2,970	2,985	2,269	2,481	2,185	2,116	3,093	3,105
Other ¹	624	677	808	644	791	553	867	635
	14,632	12,515	14,656	12,322	13,963	13,299	14,700	14,474

Income from operations (EBIT) before special items by quarter

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Million €	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006
Chemicals	628	317	602	351	470	444	314	592
Plastics	325	332	362	315	295	316	345	253
Performance Products	229	248	260	209	217	239	136	152
Agricultural Products & Nutrition	257	224	264	183	33	(46)	99	74
Thereof Agricultural Products	225	213	235	165	(12)	(54)	51	54
Fine Chemicals	32	11	29	18	45	8	48	20
Oil & Gas	845	848	708	868	657	749	804	780
Other ¹	(168)	(104)	(166)	(16)	33	(87)	65	16
	2,116	1,865	2,030	1,910	1,705	1,615	1,763	1,867

Income from operations (EBIT) by quarter

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Million €	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006
Chemicals	618	317	593	263	501	229	283	571
Plastics	325	331	361	314	293	306	257	241
Performance Products	219	247	251	209	206	180	28	33
Agricultural Products & Nutrition	248	290	265	227	36	(81)	111	(55)
Thereof Agricultural Products	220	280	235	164	(12)	(55)	46	58
Fine Chemicals	28	10	30	63	48	(26)	65	(113)
Oil & Gas	845	848	708	868	657	754	804	780
Other ¹	(245)	(184)	(171)	(84)	(4)	50	127	96
	2,010	1,849	2,007	1,797	1,689	1,438	1,610	1,666

Information on the composition of �Other� can be found in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

	Chemicals
	Plastics
	Performance Products
	Agricultural Products & Nutrition
	Oil & Gas

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