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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2011 | $750,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2009 | $750,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2010 | $750,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Montgomery Chemicals, LLC | Montgomery Chemicals | Pennsylvania | state | 2015 | $703,968 | loan | |
| Pmc Group, Inc. | PMC Group | United States | federal | 2008 | $650,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | United States | federal | 2009 | $630,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Glasforms, Inc. | PolyOne | United States | federal | 2011 | $600,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Glasforms, Inc. | PolyOne | United States | federal | 2010 | $600,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Montgomery Chemicals, LLC | Montgomery Chemicals | Pennsylvania | state | $500,000 | loan or bond financing | ||
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2008 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2012 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Kmco, L.l.c. | KMCO | United States | federal | 2007 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Aquatech International Corporation | Aquatech International | United States | federal | 2010 | $495,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. | Bayer | United States | federal | 2008 | $490,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Haldor Topsoe, Inc. | Haldor Topsoe | United States | federal | 2013 | $388,755 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Wilbur Ellis Company | Wilbur-Ellis | United States | federal | 2012 | $360,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Pmc Group, Inc. | PMC Group | United States | federal | 2007 | $350,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Spectra-Tone Paint Corporation | PPG Industries | United States | federal | 2007 | $300,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| CFM Consolidated, Inc. | RPM International | United States | federal | 2016 | $300,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| CFM Consolidated, Inc. | RPM International | United States | federal | 2015 | $300,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Haldor Topsoe, Inc. | Haldor Topsoe | United States | federal | 2014 | $286,245 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Evonik Corporation | Evonik Industries | North Carolina | local | 2004 | $198,000 | loan or bond financing | |
| Ecolab Inc. | Ecolab | North Carolina | local | 2015 | $193,768 | loan or bond financing | |
| Ecolab Inc. | Ecolab | North Carolina | local | 2014 | $166,980 | loan or bond financing | |
| Montgomery Chemicals, LLC | Montgomery Chemicals | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | loan or bond financing | ||
| Sasol USA Corporation | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $1,481,995,559 | property tax abatement | |
| Hemlock Semiconductor (controlled by Dow Corning) | Dow Inc. | Tennessee | multiple | 2008 | $479,400,000 |
MEGADEAL  |
|
| Bayer CropScience | Bayer | Alabama | multiple | 2013 | $429,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Hemlock Semiconductor (controlled by Dow Corning) | Dow Inc. | Michigan | state | 2008 | $372,300,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| CF Industries | CF Industries | Louisiana | local | 2013 | $366,380,700 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| CF Industries Nitrogen, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $360,380,700 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Ltd. | Sasol | Louisiana | multiple | 2013 | $272,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2010 | $253,249,926 | federal grant | |
| Orascom Construction Industries | OCI N.V. | Iowa | multiple | 2012 | $251,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC | CF Industries | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $215,833,426 | property tax abatement | |
| Wacker Chemie | Wacker Chemie | Tennessee | multiple | 2009 | $210,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Shintech | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2012 | $187,200,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Lotte Chemical Louisiana LLC | Lotte Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $180,459,628 | property tax abatement | |
| Monsanto Company & Subsidiaries | Bayer | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $172,428,750 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech Louisiana, LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $168,563,569 | property tax abatement | |
| Yuhuang Chemical, Inc. | Shangdong Yuhuang Chemical | Louisiana | multiple | 2015 | $162,328,482 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Shintech Louisiana, LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $153,381,115 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | multiple | 2009 | $153,381,115 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2010 | $141,870,000 | federal allocated tax credit | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2017 | $133,666,559 | federal grant | |
| Dow Chemical | Dow Inc. | Michigan | multiple | 2010 | $129,300,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Yuhuang Chemical, Inc. | Shangdong Yuhuang Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $129,120,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Wacker Polysilicon North America LLC | Wacker Chemie | United States | federal | 2010 | $128,482,287 | federal allocated tax credit | |
| Eastman Chemical | Eastman Chemical | Tennessee | multiple | 2007 | $100,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Sasol North America, Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2014 | $84,752,896 | Tax Credit/Rebate | |
| Iowa Fertilizer Company LLC | OCI N.V. | Iowa | state | 2012 | $84,110,000 | grant | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $82,291,884 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | multiple | 2014 | $82,291,884 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| CF Industries | CF Industries | Iowa | multiple | 2012 | $75,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Westlake Chemical OpCo LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $74,459,870 | property tax abatement | |
| Methanex USA LLC | Methanex | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $72,255,995 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2010 | $71,700,000 | federal grant | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $70,687,976 | property tax abatement | |
| Methanex Louisiana, LLC | Methanex | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $65,291,070 | property tax abatement | |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Texas | local | 2014 | $59,803,072 | property tax abatement | |
| Monsanto | Bayer | Missouri | multiple | 2013 | $56,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| DuPont | Chemours | North Carolina | state | 1999 | $55,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | DuPont de Nemours | United States | federal | 2010 | $50,730,000 | federal allocated tax credit | |
| INEOS NEW PLANET BIOENERGY LLC | Ineos | United States | federal | 2010 | $50,000,000 | federal grant | |
| CELGARD, LLC | Asahi Kasei | United States | federal | 2010 | $48,702,132 | federal grant | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $43,928,979 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $34,356,523 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC | CF Industries | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $33,707,786 | property tax abatement | |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $32,546,124 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries Nitrogen | CF Industries | Iowa | state | 2012 | $32,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Shintech Louisiana, LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $32,448,362 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $31,339,487 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2010 | $30,041,071 | federal grant | |
| Westlake Vinyls, Inc. | Westlake Chemical | Kentucky | state | 2001 | $29,987,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Pioneer Americas LLC | Olin | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $28,489,818 | property tax abatement | |
| ROCKWOOD LITHIUM INC. | Albemarle | United States | federal | 2010 | $28,425,258 | federal grant | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $27,757,743 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Corning - Solar Silane | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2010 | $27,300,000 | federal allocated tax credit | |
| Huntsman Petrochemical LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $27,138,226 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2014 | $27,030,036 | Tax Credit/Rebate | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $26,678,829 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $25,267,080 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $25,248,600 | property tax abatement | |
| Bayer HealthCare LLC and Affiliates | Bayer | New Jersey | state | 2011 | $25,000,000 | grant | |
| HALDOR TOPSOE, INC. | Haldor Topsoe | United States | federal | 2010 | $25,000,000 | federal grant | |
| HALDOR TOPSOE, INC. | Haldor Topsoe | United States | federal | 2017 | $24,999,926 | federal grant | |
| BASF CATALYSTS LLC | BASF | United States | federal | 2010 | $24,604,782 | federal grant | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $24,492,789 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $24,165,188 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2010 | $24,000,000 | federal grant | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $23,468,250 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $23,067,995 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $22,950,499 | property tax abatement | |
| Yuhuang Chemical, Inc. | Shangdong Yuhuang Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $21,958,482 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Westlake Vinyls, Inc. | Westlake Chemical | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $20,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Eastman Chemical Company | Eastman Chemical | Tennessee | state | 2014 | $20,000,000 | grant | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $18,742,042 | property tax abatement | |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2010 | $17,814,621 | federal allocated tax credit | |
| Shintech Louisiana, LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $17,120,061 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $17,032,096 | property tax abatement | |
| INEOS New Planet BioEnergy LLC | Ineos | United States | federal | 2012 | $16,915,175 | federal grant |
