July 2026 Chlorine production

02 Sep 2026

In July 2026, the European chlorine production reached 641,209 tonnes. With 20,684 tonnes, the July 2026 average daily production was 0.8% lower than in the previous month (June 2026: 20,852 tonnes) and 6.8% lower than in July 2025 (22,205 tonnes).

With 198,552 tonnes, the July 2026 caustic soda stocks were 10.5% lower than in the previous month (June 2026: 221,916 tonnes) but six tonnes above the level of July 2025 (198,546 tonnes).

The following tables give the details of chlorine production and caustic soda stocks in the EU-27 countries plus Norway, Switzerland, and the UK July 2026.

Chlorine production & capacity utilisation - EU 27 + Norway/Switzerland/UK

Month

Production (tonnes)

Capacity Utilisation (%)

 

2025

2026

% change

2025

2026

January

721,147

637,099

-11.6%

73.7%

64.4%

February

680,105

621,711

-8.6%

77.0%

69.5%

March

652,361

626,342

-4.0%

66.7%

63.3%

April

606,539

629,756

+3.8%

64.1%

65.7%

May

599,953

709,821

+18.3%

61.3%

71.7%

June

651,120

625,552

-3.9%

68.8%

65.3%

1st Half Year

3,911,225

3,850,282

-1.6%

68.5%

66.6%

Month

Production (tonnes)

Capacity Utilisation (%)

 

2025

2026

% change

2025

2026

July

688,347

641,209

-6.8%

70.4%

64.8%

Caustic Soda stocks (tonnes)

 

2025

2026

January

244,917

208,348

February

254,976

235,479

March

208,473

196,617

April

181,429

204,552

May

189,712

236,682

June

180,048

221,916

July

198,546

198,552

For more information please contact:

Dr Richy Mariner, Director, Euro Chlor, rma@cefic.be 

About Euro Chlor
Euro Chlor represents 37 member companies producing chlorine at 60 manufacturing locations in 18 countries.

Note to editors:
Some of the totals for each month may vary slightly compared with figures used earlier. Please rely on the most recent information since it sometimes happens that we have to estimate when a producer is late in providing data. This is subsequently adjusted when the actual figure becomes available.