VOL. XLVI

No 47

24-November-2003

QATAR

QAPCO 2002 Profits Slip On Softer Sales, Prices

Like all large industries worldwide, Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) faced a downswing in its sales in 2002, according to its chairman, Energy Minister and Second Deputy Prime Minister Abd Allah al-Attiyah, in an introductory statement to the companysAnnual Report 2002. The beginning of the year saw the lowest realized price for LDPE [low density polyethylene], the flagship product of QAPCO, he continued....