Key facts

Chemical sciences companies in Scotland generate £9.3 billion of revenue

There are more more than 200 chemical sciences companies in Scotland, many of them SMEs

Chemical sciences accounts for 25 percent of Scottish manufacturing by turnover and six percent of Scottish manufacturing employment

The chemical sciences sector is one of Scotland's top exporters, winning overseas manufacturing exports valued at £3 billion a year

In Scotland there are 13 universities and five colleges which have research and teaching excellence in chemistry and engineering

The basic chemicals sector in Scotland comprises 26 manufacturers

The nationwide Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) gave EastCHEM research collaboration between the universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, the best power rating of any chemistry unit in Britain

WestCHEM research collaboration, which brings together Glasgow and Strathclyde, was ranked eighth by the nationwide Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

Seventy percent of fine chemicals are sold to the chemicals industry

FujiFilm’s Scottish business is the world leader in inkjet dyes

Chemical sciences has the second highest GVA per employee of any industry in Scotland with each employee contributing on average £161,000 to the economy

Chemical sciences accounts for 6.7 percent of Scottish manufacturing employment

Chemical sciences is one of Scotland’s highest value industries — employing 14,000 skilled staff, many of them graduates

Around 70,000 jobs in Scotland are directly dependent on the chemical sciences sector

The world's leading chemical/pharma companies have businesses located in Scotland, including INEOS, Syngenta, Exxon, GlaxoSmithKline, DOW, FujiFilm, and BASF

Scotland's highly-rated universities (in both chemical science and engineering disciplines) produce around 1,300 graduates per year. Further education colleges also produce high-calibre technical staff and ongoing professional training for chemical businesses.

Scotland’s 24 percent corporation tax is the lowest of the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States) making Scotland attractive to business investors

Scotland attracts significant inward investment with overseas-owned chemical companies making up around 42 percent of Scotland’s chemicals industry

The nationwide Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) recognised that four of the UK’s top 10 research departments are in Scotland, including WestCHEM and EastCHEM collaborations