August 2026 Chlorine production

02 Oct 2026

In August 2026, the European Chlorine production stood at 590,109 tonnes. With 19,036 tonnes, the August 2026 average daily production was 8.0% lower than in the previous month (July 2026: 20,688 tonnes) and 14.2% lower than in August 2025 (22,191 tonnes).

With 183,079 tonnes, the August 2026 Caustic Soda stocks were 7.8% lower than in the previous month (July 2026: 198,553 tonnes) and 69,530 tonnes below the level of August 2025 (252,609 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 in August 2026.

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

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2025	2026	% change	2025	2026
January	721,147	637,100	-11.6%	73.7%	64.4%
February	680,105	621,711	-8.6%	77.0%	69.5%
March	652,361	626,343	-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%
1^st Half Year	3,911,225	3,850,283	-1.6%	68.5%	66.6%

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2025	2026	% change	2025	2026
July	688,347	641,314	-6.8%	70.4%	64.8%
August	687,912	590,109	-14.2%	70.3%	59.6%

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	198,553
August	252,609	183,079

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.