Tosoh Corporation operates within the Alkalies and chlorine sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Tosoh with three other chemical manufacturers in Asia: Tokuyama Corporation (2020 sales of 316.10 billion Japanese Yen [US$2.94 billion] of which 29% was Chemicals), GHCL Limited of INDIA (33.05 billion Indian Rupees [US$442.89 million] of which 66% was Inorganic Chemicals), and Tata Chemicals Limited which is also based in INDIA (103.57 billion Indian Rupees [US$1.39 billion] of which 77% was Basic Chemistry products).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2020, sales at Tosoh were ¥786.08 billion (US$7.32 billion). This is a decrease of 8.7% versus 2019, when the company's sales were ¥861.46 billion. The sales level in 2020 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2015, Tosoh had sales of ¥809.68 billion. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 13.5% decline in Petrochemical Group, from ¥183.93 billion to ¥159.14 billion. There were also decreases in sales in Chloral Alkaline (down 11.9% to ¥297.36 billion) and Specialty Products (down 6.3% to ¥185.04 billion) and Other (down 1.7% to ¥43.05 billion) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Engineering (up 2.6% to ¥101.50 billion) .