Bayer AG - Annual Report 2006 - Performance by Subgroup and Segment

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Performance by Subgroup and Segment

Our business activities are grouped into the HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience subgroups. The following changes apply compared to the 2005 Annual Report: as of the first quarter of 2006, the “Pharmaceuticals, Biological Products” segment was renamed “Pharmaceuticals.” As of the second quarter of 2006, this segment also includes the acquired Schering AG business. Also since the second quarter of 2006, the Diagnostics Division has been reported in the financial statements of the Bayer Group as a discontinued operation. At the same time, the former Consumer Care and Animal Health segments were grouped together with the Diabetes Care Division to form the new segment “Consumer Health.”

Furthermore, the H.C. Starck and Wolff Walsrode activities of Bayer MaterialScience are reported in the 2006 financial statements of the Bayer Group as discontinued operations. The commentaries in this report relate exclusively to continuing operations, except where specific reference is made to discontinued operations or to a total value (total). The 2005 data are restated accordingly.

Sales by Subgroup and Segment	2005	2005 share of Group	2006	2006 share of Group
	€ million	%	€ million	%
HealthCare	7,996	32	11,724	40
Pharmaceuticals	4,067	16	7,478	26
Consumer Health	3,929	16	4,246	14
CropScience	5,896	24	5,700	20
Crop Protection	4,874	20	4,644	16
Environmental Science/BioScience	1,022	4	1,056	4
MaterialScience	9,446	38	10,161	35
Materials	2,837	11	2,925	10
Systems	6,609	27	7,236	25
Reconciliation	1,363	6	1,371	5
Continuing operations	24,701	100	28,956	100