During the second quarter of this year, all of BASF's segments posted positive earnings before special items. The Oil & Gas segment did particularly well with sales increasing almost 30 per cent compared with 2000. In the Agricultural Products & Nutrition segment, second-quarter sales in the Agricultural Products division were up more than 40 per cent and income from operations before special items climbed almost 17 per cent to E133 million ($119 million) compared to 2000.

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