Midland, MI - December 03, 2007

Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") is announcing a $0.07 per pound increase in list and off-list prices for all grades of Chloroform, Methylene Chloride and Methyl Chloride, and $0.04 per pound in list and off-list prices for all grades of Perchloroethylene and Trichloroethylene, including DOWPER™ solvent in North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) and Latin America. This increase applies to all bulk and packaged product grades and all solvents and intermediate applications. The present increases are in addition to those announced on November 1.

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Jeannine Sohayda
The Dow Chemical Company
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