The August 2025 European chlorine production reached 690,587 tonnes. With 22,277 tonnes, the August 2025 average daily production was 0.2% lower than in the previous month (July 2025: 22,324 tonnes) but 2.6% higher than in August 2024 (21,707 tonnes). With 279,795 tonnes, the August 2025 caustic soda stocks were 27.0% higher than in the previous month (July 2025: 220,309 tonnes) and 67,236 tonnes above the level of August 2024 (212,559 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 from January to August 2025.  Chlorine production & capacity utilisation - EU 27 + Norway/Switzerland/UK

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2024	2025	% change	2024	2025
January	697,470	724,059	+3.8%	68.6%	74.0%
February	705,739	683,036	-3.2%	74.1%	77.3%
March	690,693	655,288	-5.1%	67.9%	67.0%
April	666,297	609,463	-8.5%	67.7%	64.4%
May	685,505	602,878	-12.1%	67.4%	61.6%
June	666,270	654,010	-1.8%	67.7%	69.1%
1st Half Year	4,111,972	3,928,734	-4.5%	68.8%	68.8%
July	698,806	692,055	-1.0%	68.7%	70.8%
August	672,913	690,587	+2.6%	66.1%	70.6%

 Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

	2024	2025
January	227,914	244,749
February	256,987	254,802
March	244,224	208,165
April	222,151	181,285
May	212,016	189,566
June	214,178	198,841
July	234,365	220,309
August	212,559	279,795

For more information please contact: Dr Richy Mariner, Director, Euro Chlor, +32 499 05 51 81 or rma@cefic.be  About Euro Chlor Euro Chlor represents 38 member companies producing chlorine at 61 manufacturing locations in 19 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..