Emerging Economies Provide Dow Chemical Strong Fourth-Quarter Sales

SUGAR LAND--February 3, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dow Chemical Corporation (NYSE:DOW) (Midland, Michigan) recently reported earnings for the fourth quarter of the company's 2009 fiscal year. Dow's quarterly net sales of $12.47 billion were 10% higher than 4Q08 and 3% higher than the previous quarter. While sales volumes in North America declined, emerging economies presented strong sales growth, resulting in higher overall sales for the quarter. Industrial Info is tracking slightly more than $1.5 billion of Dow's projects throughout the world.