Chemicals: Corporations
* Dollar amounts given in Billions USD.
| Name | Country | Sales* | Profits* | Assets* | Market Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Liquide | France | $17.16  |
$1.76 |
$28.15 |
$31.49 |
| Air Prods & Chems | United States | $8.23 |
$0.81 |
$12.91 |
$14.67 |
| Airgas | United States | $3.88 |
$0.21 |
$4.44 |
$5.38 |
| Akzo Nobel | Netherlands | $19.90 |
$0.41 |
$25.95 |
$11.86 |
| ALFA | Mexico | $8.58 |
$0.15 |
$8.26 |
$3.80 |
| Arab Potash | Jordan | $0.95 |
$0.44 |
$1.23 |
$4.13 |
| Asahi Kasei | Japan | $15.95 |
$0.05 |
$13.67 |
$7.31 |
| Ashland | United States | $8.20 |
$0.28 |
$9.23 |
$3.83 |
| BASF | Germany | $72.63 |
$2.02 |
$72.06 |
$52.12 |
| Bayer Group | Germany | $43.46 |
$1.90 |
$73.15 |
$56.30 |
| Braskem | Brazil | $8.75 |
$0.53 |
$12.68 |
$3.58 |
| Celanese | United States | $5.08 |
$0.49 |
$8.41 |
$4.71 |
| DIC | Japan | $9.58 |
$0.03 |
$7.08 |
$1.60 |
| Dow Chemical | United States | $44.88 |
$0.65 |
$65.94 |
$33.00 |
| Ecolab | United States | $5.90 |
$0.42 |
$5.02 |
$10.01 |
| EI du Pont de Nemours | United States | $27.33 |
$1.76 |
$38.19 |
$30.76 |
| Formosa Chems & Fibre | Taiwan | $8.84 |
$0.19 |
$12.33 |
$12.92 |
| Formosa Plastics | Taiwan | $6.09 |
$0.60 |
$8.87 |
$13.15 |
| Fosfertil | Brazil | $1.49 |
$0.34 |
$1.79 |
$4.81 |
| Hanwha | South Korea | $21.85 |
$0.24 |
$55.26 |
$2.77 |
| Huntsman | United States | $7.76 |
$0.11 |
$8.63 |
$3.26 |
| Industries of Qatar | Qatar | $2.65 |
$1.34 |
$7.45 |
$15.84 |
| K+S | Germany | $6.68 |
$1.21 |
$4.76 |
$11.76 |
| Kingboard Chemical | Hong Kong | $3.07 |
$0.31 |
$5.59 |
$3.71 |
| KKPC | South Korea | $5.77 |
$-0.04 |
$8.09 |
$0.40 |
| Lanxess | Germany | $9.16 |
$0.24 |
$6.27 |
$3.27 |
| Linde | Germany | $16.09 |
$0.85 |
$34.98 |
$19.20 |
| Lubrizol | United States | $4.59 |
$0.50 |
$4.77 |
$5.50 |
| Mitsubishi Chemical | Japan | $29.88 |
$-0.69 |
$27.01 |
$6.86 |
| Mitsui Chemicals | Japan | $15.28 |
$-0.98 |
$11.99 |
$2.76 |
| Monsanto | United States | $10.77 |
$1.53 |
$17.61 |
$38.87 |
| Mosaic | United States | $6.14 |
$0.41 |
$12.70 |
$26.46 |
| Nan Ya Plastic | Taiwan | $9.81 |
$0.29 |
$12.23 |
$15.53 |
| Nitto Denko | Japan | $5.94 |
$0.00 |
$5.56 |
$6.31 |
| Orica | Australia | $6.55 |
$0.48 |
$6.27 |
$8.10 |
| Potash of Saskatchewan | Canada | $3.98 |
$0.99 |
$12.92 |
$33.31 |
| PPG Industries | United States | $12.24 |
$0.34 |
$14.24 |
$10.35 |
| Praxair | United States | $8.96 |
$1.25 |
$14.32 |
$23.30 |
| Qinghai Salt Lake | China | $0.67 |
$0.18 |
$1.38 |
$6.20 |
| Qwest Communications | United States | $12.31 |
$0.66 |
$20.38 |
$7.91 |
| Royal DSM | Netherlands | $10.78 |
$0.47 |
$13.78 |
$8.05 |
| RTL Group | Luxembourg | $8.01 |
$0.27 |
$11.73 |
$11.09 |
| Saudi Arabian Fertilizers | Saudi Arabia | $0.73 |
$0.49 |
$2.35 |
$9.33 |
| Saudi Basic Industries | Saudi Arabia | $27.49 |
$2.42 |
$78.98 |
$71.20 |
| Saudi Kayan Petrochemical | Saudi Arabia | $0.05 |
$0.00 |
$9.55 |
$7.22 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical | Japan | $12.33 |
$1.59 |
$16.71 |
$23.08 |
| Showa Denko | Japan | $7.30 |
$-0.41 |
$10.00 |
$3.05 |
| Sigma-Aldrich | United States | $2.15 |
$0.35 |
$2.71 |
$6.00 |
| Sinofert Holdings | Hong Kong | $6.58 |
$0.28 |
$4.39 |
$4.23 |
| Solvay | Belgium | $11.83 |
$0.72 |
$17.11 |
$8.12 |
| SQM | Chile | $1.44 |
$0.33 |
$3.20 |
$10.32 |
| Sumitomo Chemical | Japan | $18.37 |
$-0.61 |
$20.34 |
$7.32 |
| Syngenta | Switzerland | $11.47 |
$1.43 |
$16.07 |
$24.33 |
| Taiyo Nippon Sanso | Japan | $5.09 |
$0.17 |
$5.38 |
$3.71 |
| Teijin | Japan | $9.69 |
$-0.44 |
$8.82 |
$2.91 |
| Tosoh | Japan | $7.53 |
$-0.26 |
$7.62 |
$1.44 |
| UBE Industries | Japan | $7.03 |
$0.12 |
$6.72 |
$2.64 |
| Uralkali | Russia | $2.06 |
$0.72 |
$2.03 |
$9.04 |
| Wacker Chemie | Germany | $5.30 |
$-0.11 |
$6.39 |
$6.03 |
| Yantai Wanhua | China | $1.13 |
$0.22 |
$1.15 |
$5.94 |
| Yara International | Norway | $10.50 |
$0.65 |
$10.34 |
$12.03 |
Sources: Forbes 2000, April 2010