BASF SE is a Germany-based chemical company. It diversifies its activities into five business segments: Chemicals, providing basic products and specialties including nitric acid and methanol, among others; Performance Products, providing products for the coatings and paints industry, cosmetics, detergents, products for the paper industry and performance chemicals, among others; Functional Materials & Solutions that develops coating products, catalysts and construction chemicals, among others; Agricultural Solutions, providing active ingredients and formulations for the improvement of crop health and yields, and Oil & Gas segment (exploration, production and natural gas trade).

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