ks ag said thursday that secondquarter earnings jumped as higher average prices compensated for increased costs and backed its 2022 outlook despite a possible reduction in natural gas availability at german sites the german chemical companys earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization spiked in the reporting period to 7064 million euros 7276 million up from the eur1115 million it reported the previous year on revenue that more than doubled to eur151 billion in the second quarter of 2021 the company had reported revenue of eur6642 million the companys performance was driven by its agriculture customer segment whose secondquarter revenue climbed to eur124 billion up from eur4737 million a year ago despite continuing constraints in logistics sales volumes remained virtually stable yearonyear the company said of its agriculture unit pricerelated declines in demand in western europe were more than compensated for by higher sales volumes in eastern and northern europe revenue at the companys industry customer segment unit rose 40 in the second quarter to eur2657 million looking ahead the company said it is now for the first time assuming a 25 reduction in natural gas availability at its german sites and higher gas prices in the fourth quarter the company said reduced gas availability paired with a german government gas levy would reduce earnings by a low tripledigit million euro amount it nevertheless maintained its outlook for the rest of the year expecting its 2022 fullyear ebitda in the range of eur23 billion to eur26 billion