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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $619,278 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $618,708 | property tax abatement | |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Pennsylvania | state | $618,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG Industries | Pennsylvania | state | 2015 | $618,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Westlake Styrene, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $617,954 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $617,925 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $617,760 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $616,779 | property tax abatement | |
| FUTUREFUEL CHEMICAL COMPANY | FutureFuel Corp. | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $616,518 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CF Industries, Inc. | CF Industries | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $615,964 | property tax abatement | |
| Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Momentive Performance Materials | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $614,908 | 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 | |
| ALBEMARLE CORPORATION | Albemarle | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $614,242 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Shintech Louisiana LLC | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $613,956 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $613,895 | property tax abatement | |
| Americas Styrenics, LLC | Americas Styrenics | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $613,188 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $613,061 | property tax abatement | |
| Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC | Orion Engineered Carbons | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $612,884 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $612,150 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $610,957 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $610,732 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $609,374 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $609,087 | property tax abatement | |
| Schenectady International Inc. | SI Group | New York | local | 2015 | $608,150 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $607,687 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $607,454 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $607,200 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Lubricants Co., LP | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $606,554 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Polymers, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $603,355 | property tax abatement | |
| Chemetall US, Inc. | BASF | Michigan | state | 2011 | $603,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $602,210 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $602,179 | property tax abatement | |
| Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes, LLC | Calumet Specialty Products | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $601,669 | property tax abatement | |
| Axiall, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $601,295 | property tax abatement | |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products & Chemicals | Pennsylvania | state | $600,000 | grant | ||
| DIVERSA CORPORATION | BASF | United States | federal | 2004 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO | DuPont de Nemours | United States | federal | 2006 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. | Air Products & Chemicals | United States | federal | 2005 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| ARKEMA INC | Arkema | United States | federal | 2007 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC. | Arkema | United States | federal | 2005 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC. | Arkema | United States | federal | 2006 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC. | Arkema | United States | federal | 2006 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC | PPG Industries | United States | federal | 2014 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| Evonik Cyro, LLC | Evonik Industries | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $598,986 | property tax abatement | |
| Rhodia, Inc. | Solvay | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $598,866 | property tax abatement | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $598,400 | property tax abatement | |
| Rhodia, Inc. | Solvay | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $598,246 | property tax abatement | |
| Schenectady International Inc. | SI Group | New York | local | 2016 | $598,203 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ARKEMA INC. | Arkema | United States | federal | 2018 | $597,943 | federal grant | |
| ARKEMA INC. | Arkema | United States | federal | 2019 | $597,943 | federal grant | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $597,752 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $597,616 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $597,115 | property tax abatement | |
| PHOTON SYSTEMS INC. | Dow Inc. | United States | federal | 2019 | $595,582 | federal grant | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $595,241 | property tax abatement | |
| Westlake Petrochemical, LLC | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $594,829 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $594,702 | property tax abatement | |
| Huntsman International, LLC | Huntsman | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $594,631 | property tax abatement | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. | ChemChina | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $593,592 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $593,584 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $593,079 | property tax abatement | |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $592,719 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $592,661 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $591,734 | property tax abatement | |
| W. R. GRACE & CO. | W.R. Grace | United States | federal | 2017 | $590,802 | federal grant | |
| Westlake Vinyls Company, LP | Westlake Chemical | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $590,108 | property tax abatement | |
| Rubicon, LLC | Rubicon LLC | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $589,744 | property tax abatement | |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $589,612 | property tax abatement | |
| DIVERSA CORPORATION | BASF | United States | federal | 2000 | $588,056 | federal grant | |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Dow Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $587,676 | property tax abatement | |
| Nalco Company | Ecolab | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $587,046 | property tax abatement | |
| INEOS ACRYLICS INC | Ineos | Tennessee | local | 2008 | $586,811 | property tax abatement | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Nutrien Ltd. | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $586,297 | property tax abatement | |
| Sasol North America Inc. | Sasol | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $586,237 | property tax abatement |
