Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
chemicals
Subsidy Total:
$10,456,480,725
Number of Awards:
4,707
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1992. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2011.
Notes:
The dollar total above adjusts for the fact that there is an overlap between the amounts in one or more Megadeal entries and those of one or more of the other entries. The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
| Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Sasol | $1,851,232,180 | 68 |
| Dow Inc. | $1,598,981,545 | 410 |
| Air Products & Chemicals | $883,484,390 | 221 |
| Bayer | $836,779,739 | 121 |
| CF Industries | $810,715,945 | 59 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical | $474,724,219 | 47 |
| Westlake Chemical | $413,558,702 | 222 |
| Wacker Chemie | $371,855,523 | 24 |
| BASF | $341,147,322 | 270 |
| DuPont de Nemours | $294,056,735 | 177 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value |
Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $793,853 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $793,843 | property tax abatement | |
| LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY | LyondellBasell Industries | United States | federal | 2017 | $793,808 | federal grant | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $793,500 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $793,072 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $792,835 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Chemical OpCo LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $792,210 | property tax abatement | |
| Chemtura Corporation | Lanxess | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $791,985 | property tax abatement | |
| Lion Copolymer, LLC | Lion Elastomers | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $791,766 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $790,482 | property tax abatement | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $790,079 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $789,778 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $789,721 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $788,429 | property tax abatement | |
| Evonik Stockhausen Louisiana, Inc. | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $788,299 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $788,019 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $787,650 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $787,307 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $786,038 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $785,061 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $784,158 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $784,044 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $783,768 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $783,355 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $782,694 | property tax abatement | |
| TORAY COMPOSITE MATERIALS AMERICA, INC. | Toray Industries | Washington | state | 2017 | $781,697 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $781,576 | property tax abatement | |
| W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn. dba Grace Davison | W.R. Grace | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $780,228 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Chemical OpCo LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $779,603 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $779,342 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $779,073 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $779,000 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $778,883 | property tax abatement | |
| Sabic Innovative Plastics US LLC | SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries) | United States | federal | 2009 | $778,355 | federal grant | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $778,187 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $777,718 | property tax abatement | |
| W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn. dba Grace Davison | W.R. Grace | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $777,716 | property tax abatement | |
| Cytec Industries, Inc. | Solvay | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $777,558 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $776,072 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $775,177 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $774,744 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $774,464 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $773,184 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $772,675 | property tax abatement | |
| Evonik Cyro, LLC | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $772,396 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $772,159 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $772,113 | property tax abatement | |
| Nalco Company | Ecolab | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $771,475 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $770,855 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $770,717 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemicals , LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $768,244 | property tax abatement | |
| Evonik Corporation | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $767,831 | property tax abatement | |
| Albemarle Corporation | Albemarle | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $767,758 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $767,681 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $766,639 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $766,061 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $764,726 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $764,537 | property tax abatement | |
| Evonik Cyro, LLC | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $764,361 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $764,146 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $764,016 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $763,496 | property tax abatement | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $763,397 | property tax abatement | |
| ECO Services Operations, LLC | PQ Group Holdings | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $763,143 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $762,826 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $762,220 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $761,999 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $761,818 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | PPG Industries | United States | federal | 2011 | $761,163 | federal grant | |
| Westlake Chemical OpCo LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $759,513 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $759,066 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $758,964 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $758,775 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC RESEARCH & TECH | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2002 | $758,000 | federal grant | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $757,730 | property tax abatement | |
| Becker Underwood | BASF | Iowa | state | 2007 | $756,996 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $756,657 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $755,856 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $755,573 | property tax abatement | |
| AXIALL LLC | Westlake Chemical | United States | federal | 2016 | $755,341 | federal grant | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $755,068 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $753,426 | property tax abatement | |
| ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2005 | $753,395 | federal grant | |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $753,204 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $751,633 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $750,991 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $750,354 | property tax abatement | |
| Rubicon, LLC | Rubicon LLC | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $750,068 | property tax abatement | |
| Genencor International, Inc. | DuPont de Nemours | Iowa | state | 2005 | $750,000 | infrastructure assistance | |
| Hercules Incorporated | Ashland Inc. | Pennsylvania | state | $750,000 | grant | ||
| Ineos USA LLC | Ineos | Texas | state | 2005 | $750,000 | grant | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Florida | state | 2012 | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| EI DUPONT DENEMOURS & CO | DuPont de Nemours | Ohio | state | 2011 | $750,000 | grant | |
| So.F.teR.US, Inc. | Celanese | Tennessee | state | 2013 | $750,000 | grant | |
| So.F.teR. US, Inc. | Celanese | Tennessee | state | 2013 | $750,000 | grant | |
| ARKEMA INC | Arkema | United States | federal | 2008 | $750,000 | federal grant | |
| THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2005 | $750,000 | federal grant | |
| BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE LLC | Bayer | United States | federal | 2010 | $750,000 | federal grant | |
| Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. | Calumet Specialty Products | Indiana | state | 2019 | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $749,013 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $748,311 | property tax abatement |
