1、Half-Year Financial Report2023BASF Group Half-Year Financial ReportOn the cover and this page:BASF is driving sustainable electromobility with innovative battery materials and state-of-the-art technology.With the startup of a cathode active materials plant at the BASF site in Schwarzheide,Germany,BA

2、SF now produces these materials in all three main markets worldwide:Europe,Asia and North America.Around 400,000 fully electric vehicles in the midsize segment per year will be equipped with BASF battery materials from Schwarzheide in the future.Employees of the startup and maintenance teams check t

3、he functioning of the fully automatic high-bay warehouse for the provision of raw materials required for production during the gradual startup of the plant.H1 23Key Figures:BASFGroup H12023 4Consolidated Interim Managements Report 2023 5Significant Events 5Results of Operations H1 2023 6 Segment sal

4、es and EBIT before special items 7Net Assets and Financial Position 9 Net assets 9 Financial position 9Economic Environment and Outlook 11Information on Q22023 13BASF Group 13Chemicals 16Materials 17Industrial Solutions 18Surface Technologies 19Nutrition&Care 20Agricultural Solutions 21Other 22Regio

5、ns 23Condensed Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements 2023 24Statement of Income 24Statement of Income and Expense Recognized in Equity 25Balance Sheet 26Statement of Cash Flows 28Statement of Changes in Equity 29Segment Reporting 30Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements 31Res

6、ponsibility Statement 41Selected Key Figures Excluding Precious Metals 42BASF Group Half-Year Financial Report 2023ContentsAt a GlanceSales H12023Sales by segment and Other H1 2023Outlook for the BASF Group37.3billion(H1 2022:46.1billion)Adjusted outlook for the 2023 business year(previous forecast