BASF with strong start to 2021 business year Sales growth of 16% to €19.4 billion EBIT before special items increases 42% to €2.3 billion 2021 outlook for EBIT before special items raised to between €5.0 billion and €5.8 billion (previously: between €4.1 billion and €5.0 billion) Business Review Key data Quarterly Statement Q1 2021 at a Glance Sales € 19,400 million Q1 2020: €16,753 million EBIT before special items € 2,321 million Q1 2020: €1,640 million EBIT € 2,311 million Q1 2020: €1,456 million Earnings per share € 1.87 Q1 2020: €0.97 All Key Figures at a Glance Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Chemicals Considerable sales growth due to significantly higher prices and volumes in the Petrochemicals and Intermediates divisions Read more Sales €2,736 million Q1 2020: €2,350 million Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Materials Sales considerably higher year on year, primarily as a result of higher prices and volumes in the Performance Materials and Monomers divisions Read more Sales €3,447 million Q1 2020: €2,874 million Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Industrial Solutions Sales at the level of the prior-year quarter: growth from higher volumes offset by negative currency effects and lower prices Read more Sales €2,108 million Q1 2020: €2,098 million Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Surface Technologies Considerable sales growth due to significantly higher prices and volumes, partially offset by currency effects Read more Sales €5,947 million Q1 2020: €4,328 million Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Nutrition & Care Slight decline in sales amid higher volumes, mainly as a result of negative currency effects Read more Sales €1,533 million Q1 2020: €1,582 million Key figures Q1 2021 Segments Agricultural Solutions Slight sales increase due to higher volumes and prices partially offset by significantly negative currency effects Read more Sales €2,846 million Q1 2020: €2,819 million BASF has set itself even more ambitious climate protection goals: Based on the most recent progress in developing low-emission and CO2-free technologies, BASF’s new target for 2030 is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared with 2018 – despite targeted growth and the construction of a large Verbund site in southern China. By 2050, BASF aims to achieve net zero emissions. Read more Services & Tools (PDF:) Entire Quarterly Statement Q1 2021 (XLSX:) All tables from the Quarterly Statement Q1 2021 All downloads at a Glance At a Glance Outlook Statement of Income Balance Sheet Statement of Cash Flows Financial Calendar