Chemical Manufacturers

Chemicals are made from a variety of raw materials including oil and plants to manufacture drugs, food additives, plastics, fertilizer, acids, explosives, textiles and other products. 

The largest 50 chemical manufacturers by country are spread around the planet. The US has 8 of these companies. 

Below are the companies, their headquarters countries and their 2017 sales.

BASF, Germany, $69B

DowDupont, US, $62B

Sinopec, China, $55B

SABIC, Saudi Arabia, $37B

Ineos, UK, $35B

Formosa Plastics, Taiwan, $32B

ExxonMobil, US, $29B

LyondellBasell, Netherlands, $28B

Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan, $26B

LG Chem, South Korea, $23B

Air Liquide, France, $23B

Reliance Industries, India, $18B

DuPont, US, $17B

Linde Group, Germany, $17B

Toray Industries, Japan, $17B

AkzoNobel, Netherlands, $16B

Evonnik, Germany, $16B

Covestro, Germany, $16B

Braskem, Brazil, $16B

PPG Industries, US, $15B

Sumitomo Chemical, Japan, $15B

Lotte Chemical, South Korea, $14B

Shin-Etsu, Japan, $13B

Solvay, Belgium, $12B

Mitsui Chemical, Japan, $12B

Praxair, US $12B

Yara Intl. Norway, $11B

Lanxess, Germany, $11B

Bayer, Germany, $11B

DSM, Netherlands, $10B

Asahi Kasei, Japan, $10B

Eastman Chemical, US $10B

Arkema, France, $9B

Syngenta, Switzerland, 49B

Chevron Phillips Chemical, US, $9B

Borealis, Austria, $9B

Indorama Ventures, Thailand, $8B

Huntsman, US $8B

Air Products & Chemicals, US, $8B

Ecolab, US $8B

Westlake Chemical, US, $8B

Wanhua Group, China, $8B

Sasol, South Africa, $8B

Mosaic, US, $8B

PTT Global Chemical, Thailand, $7B

Tosoh, Japan, $7B

DIC, Japan, $7B

Hanwha Chemical, South Korea $6B

Clariant, Switzerland, $6B

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_chemical_producers

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