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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $22,950,499 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $12,414,348 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $7,178,776 | property tax abatement | |
| E I DuPont de Nemours & Company | DuPont de Nemours | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $6,925,803 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $4,302,540 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $3,076,419 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $2,321,551 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Hydrocarbon and Resources LLC (DHR, LLC) | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $2,092,500 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,912,368 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,609,080 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,593,975 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,462,050 | property tax abatement | |
| DuPont Performance Elastomers, LLC | DuPont de Nemours | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,237,938 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,111,403 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,110,547 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,108,968 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,103,254 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,103,137 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,100,095 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,095,100 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,076,401 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,070,886 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,066,061 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,059,797 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $1,021,601 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $990,012 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $980,842 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $906,433 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $876,538 | property tax abatement | |
| BioLab Inc. | KIK Custom Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $874,841 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $865,088 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $852,812 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $841,969 | property tax abatement | |
| W.R. Grace & Company - Conn., Davison Chemical Division | W.R. Grace | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $827,929 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $819,588 | property tax abatement | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $808,527 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $805,633 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $801,580 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $800,955 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $794,518 | property tax abatement | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $793,853 | property tax abatement | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation | Formosa Plastics | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $790,079 | property tax abatement | |
| Cytec Industries, Inc. | Solvay | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $777,558 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $767,681 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $764,537 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $764,016 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $761,818 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $756,657 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $743,930 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $722,182 | property tax abatement | |
| Cytec Industries, Inc. | Solvay | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $696,299 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $691,969 | property tax abatement | |
| Cabot Corporation | Cabot | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $687,142 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Lubricants Co., LP | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $658,648 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $657,624 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $657,006 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $651,400 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $634,295 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $625,371 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Styrene, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $617,954 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $617,760 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $614,774 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $614,302 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $583,443 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $568,841 | property tax abatement | |
| Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $562,321 | property tax abatement | |
| Rubicon, LLC | Rubicon LLC | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $556,952 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $556,844 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $551,971 | property tax abatement | |
| Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $549,748 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $540,002 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $539,702 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $535,778 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $532,265 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $528,957 | property tax abatement | |
| Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $528,395 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $524,814 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $523,920 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Lubricants Co., LP | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $513,497 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $508,773 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $503,931 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $496,990 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $493,399 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $490,804 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $488,730 | property tax abatement | |
| Arkema, Inc. | Arkema | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $476,230 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $475,624 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $473,197 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $459,933 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $450,734 | property tax abatement | |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $429,356 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $424,100 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $418,368 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $417,794 | property tax abatement | |
| Nalco Company | Ecolab | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $416,756 | property tax abatement | |
| Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $407,789 | property tax abatement | |
| Georgia Gulf Lake Charles, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $405,291 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $367,222 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $355,358 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $353,288 | property tax abatement | |
| Rubicon, LLC | Rubicon LLC | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $344,762 | property tax abatement |
