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 | 2008 | $677,799 | property tax abatement | |
| CABOT CORPORATION | Cabot | United States | federal | 2004 | $675,817 | federal grant | |
| ALBEMARLE CORPORATION | Albemarle | United States | federal | 2001 | $673,652 | federal grant | |
| W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn. dba Grace Davison | W.R. Grace | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $673,009 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $672,816 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $670,916 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Seeds, Inc. | ChemChina | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $670,342 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Syngenta Seeds, Inc. | ChemChina | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $670,342 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $669,091 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $668,875 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $668,596 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $667,644 | property tax abatement | |
| Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC | Orion Engineered Carbons | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $666,736 | property tax abatement | |
| CABOT SUPERIOR MICROPOWDERS | Cabot | United States | federal | 2006 | $666,667 | federal grant | |
| CABOT SUPERIOR MICROPOWDERS | Cabot | United States | federal | 2005 | $666,667 | federal grant | |
| CABOT SUPERIOR MICROPOWDERS | Cabot | United States | federal | 2004 | $666,666 | federal grant | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $665,998 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $665,555 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $665,038 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $664,236 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $660,273 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Polymers, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $660,219 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $659,691 | tax credit/rebate | |
| 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 | |
| Westlake Petrochemicals , LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $657,570 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $657,450 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $657,216 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $657,006 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $656,751 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $655,047 | property tax abatement | |
| Chemtura Corporation | Lanxess | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $654,551 | property tax abatement | |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | Iowa | state | 2017 | $654,516 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $653,023 | property tax abatement | |
| Axiall, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $652,458 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Styrene, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $652,282 | property tax abatement | |
| Equistar Chemicals LP | LyondellBasell Industries | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $652,104 | property tax abatement | |
| Nalco Company | Ecolab | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $651,656 | property tax abatement | |
| Rubicon, LLC | Rubicon LLC | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $651,447 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $651,400 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $650,900 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $650,831 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $650,332 | property tax abatement | |
| Medrad Saxonburg, Inc. | Bayer | Pennsylvania | state | $650,000 | grant | ||
| AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC RESEARCH & TECH | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2001 | $650,000 | federal grant | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $649,353 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $649,281 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2000 | $648,932 | federal grant | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $648,514 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $648,412 | property tax abatement | |
| Genencor International, Inc. | DuPont de Nemours | New York | state | 2004 | $648,080 | enterprise zone | |
| Eagle US 2 LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $647,622 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $647,101 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $646,377 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $646,113 | property tax abatement | |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $645,814 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $644,560 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $644,507 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $643,969 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $643,644 | property tax abatement | |
| PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES INTL | DuPont de Nemours | Tennessee | local | 2007 | $643,579 | property tax abatement | |
| SOLAE, LLC | Dow Inc. | Tennessee | local | 2007 | $643,579 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Seeds Inc. | ChemChina | Iowa | state | 2017 | $642,016 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $641,587 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $641,469 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $641,445 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $640,417 | property tax abatement | |
| ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2006 | $640,000 | federal grant | |
| ROHN AND HAAS COMPANY | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2004 | $640,000 | federal grant | |
| AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2002 | $640,000 | federal grant | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $639,357 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $639,321 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $638,916 | property tax abatement | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $637,979 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $637,670 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $635,104 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $634,459 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Seeds Inc. | ChemChina | Iowa | state | 2016 | $634,401 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $634,346 | property tax abatement | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $634,295 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | PPG Industries | United States | federal | 2018 | $634,281 | federal grant | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $634,119 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $632,124 | property tax abatement | |
| ALBEMARLE CORPORATION | Albemarle | United States | federal | 2000 | $629,707 | federal grant | |
| Eagle US 2 LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $629,093 | property tax abatement | |
| Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC | Orion Engineered Carbons | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $628,629 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $628,410 | property tax abatement | |
| FMC CORPORATION | FMC Corp. | United States | federal | 2010 | $627,974 | federal grant | |
| Westlake Chemical OpCo LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $627,862 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $627,586 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF CORPORATION | BASF | United States | federal | 2007 | $627,443 | federal grant | |
| Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $627,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $625,465 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $625,371 | property tax abatement | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2007 | $625,000 | federal grant | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $624,930 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $624,800 | property tax abatement | |
| ENGELHARD CORP | BASF | United States | federal | 2001 | $624,000 | federal grant | |
| Evonik Cyro, LLC | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $622,665 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $620,418 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $619,586 | property tax abatement |
