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| 1996 | 1995 | Company | Chemical sales 1996 ($ millions) | Change from 1995 | Chemical sales as % of total sales | Industry classification | Chemical operating profitsa ($ millions) | Change from 1995 | Chemical operating profits as % of total profits | Operating profit marginb | Identifiable chemical assets ($ millions) | Chemical assets as % of total assets | Operating return of chemical assetsc |
| 1 | 1 | Dow Chemical | $18,988.0 | --1.3% | 94.7% | Basic chemicals | $3,362.0 | --21.0% | 108.9% | 17.7% | $19,008.0 | 77.0% | 17.7% |
| 2 | 2 | DuPont | 18,044.0 | --2.1 | 41.2 | Diversified | 3,361.0 | --0.9 | 57.2 | 18.6 | 15,063.0 | 39.7 | 22.3 |
| 3 | 3 | Exxon | 11,430.0 | --2.6 | 8.7 | Petroleum | 1,662.0 | --39.2 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 10,715.0 | 11.2 | 15.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Monsanto | 7,267.0 | 0.2 | 78.5 | Basic chemicals | 697.0 | --24.0 | 116.8 | 9.6 | 8,133.0 | 72.7 | 8.6 |
| 5 | 4 | Hoechst Celanese | 6,906.0 | --6.6 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 500.0 | --14.4 | 100.0 | 7.2 | 8,286.0 | 100.0 | 6.0 |
| 6 | 6 | General Electricd | 6,487.0 | --2.1 | 8.2 | Diversified | 1,466.0 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 22.6 | 9,130.0 | 3.4 | 16.1 |
| 7 | 8 | Union Carbide | 6,106.0 | 3.7 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 921.0 | --31.7 | 100.0 | 15.1 | 6,220.0 | 95.0 | 14.8 |
| 8 | 9 | Amoco | 5,698.0 | 0.8 | 15.8 | Petroleum | 924.0 | --26.4 | 20.7 | 16.2 | 6,215.0 | 19.4 | 14.9 |
| 9 | 11 | Eastman Chemical | 4,782.0 | --5.1 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 663.0 | --31.2 | 100.0 | 13.9 | 5,266.0 | 100.0 | 12.6 |
| 10 | 12 | BASF Corp. | 4,707.0 | --1.9 | 71.7 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 11 | 14 | Huntsman | 4,500.0 | 4.7 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 12 | 10 | Occidental Petroleum | 4,484.0 | --17.1 | 41.1 | Petroleum | 683.0 | --38.3 | 59.3 | 15.2 | 5,429.0 | 30.8 | 12.6 |
| 13 | 24 | Praxair | 4,449.0 | 41.4 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 732.0 | 33.6 | 100.0 | 16.5 | 7,538.0 | 100.0 | 9.7 |
| 14 | 13 | Shell Oil | 4,305.0 | --11.1 | 14.9 | Petroleum | 297.0 | --69.0 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 5,089.0 | 17.7 | 5.8 |
| 15 | 19 | AlliedSignald | 4,013.0 | 8.1 | 28.7 | Diversified | 567.0 | 15.2 | 38.0 | 14.1 | 3,453.0 | 26.9 | 16.4 |
| 16 | 17 | ICI Americas | 4,000.0 | 4.6 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 17 | 16 | Rohm and Haas | 3,982.0 | 2.5 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 627.0 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 15.7 | 3,547.0 | 90.2 | 17.7 |
| 18 | 15 | Arco Chemical | 3,775.0 | --7.6 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 540.0 | --34.4 | 100.0 | 14.3 | 4,394.0 | 100.0 | 12.3 |
| 19 | 21 | Ashland Oile | 3,695.0 | 4.1 | 28.1 | Petroleum | 169.0 | 6.3 | 37.1 | 4.6 | 1,458.0 | 20.1 | 11.6 |
| 20 | 22 | Air Productse | 3,672.0 | 3.8 | 91.6 | Basic chemicals | 605.0 | --5.2 | 102.4 | 16.5 | 5,676.0 | 87.0 | 10.7 |
| 21 | 20 | W.R. Grace | 3,454.1 | --2.8 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 420.0 | 44.8 | 100.0 | 12.2 | 3,550.0 | 71.8 | 11.8 |
| 22 | 18 | Chevron | 3,422.0 | --8.9 | 8.0 | Petroleum | 299.0 | --61.9 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 2,989.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 |
| 23 | 26 | Phillips Petroleumd | 3,185.0 | 6.7 | 20.2 | Petroleum | 344.0 | --28.6 | 17.4 | 10.8 | 2,399.0 | 17.7 | 14.3 |
| 24 | 23 | Millennium | 3,040.0 | --3.8 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 283.0 | --64.1 | 100.0 | 9.3 | 5,601.0 | 100.0 | 5.1 |
| 25 | 7 | Mobil | 3,023.0 | --50.9 | 3.7 | Petroleum | 342.0 | --77.9 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 2,987.0 | 6.4 | 11.4 |
| 26 | 35 | IMC Globalf | 2,981.0 | 54.9 | 100.0 | Agrochemicals | 488.3 | 27.9 | 100.0 | 16.4 | 3,436.8 | 100.0 | 14.2 |
| 27 | 27 | Dow Corning | 2,532.3 | 1.6 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 396.0 | 4.7 | 100.0 | 15.6 | 5,114.1 | 100.0 | 7.7 |
| 28 | 30 | National Starch | 2,455.4 | 2.3 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 360.9 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 14.7 | 2,226.6 | 100.0 | 16.2 |
| 29 | 28 | Lyondell Petrochemical | 2,411.0 | --2.2 | 47.7 | Petroleum | 337.0 | --46.9 | 121.2 | 14.0 | 1,543.0 | 47.1 | 21.8 |
| 30 | 32 | Akzo Nobel Inc.d | 2,372.9 | 12.8 | 84.8 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 31 | 29 | Rhône-Poulenc Inc. | 2,300.0 | --4.2 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 32 | 34 | FMC | 2,293.1 | 6.5 | 46.1 | Machinery | 341.0 | 7.6 | 66.1 | 14.9 | 2,552.0 | 51.1 | 13.4 |
| 33 | 31 | Great Lakes Chemical | 2,211.7 | --6.3 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 445.4 | --10.4 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 2,661.3 | 100.0 | 16.7 |
| 34 | 33 | Hercules | 2,060.0 | --6.4 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 441.0 | 10.8 | 100.0 | 21.4 | 1,467.0 | 61.5 | 30.1 |
| 35 | 36 | Solvay America | 2,000.0 | 11.1 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 36 | 42 | Witco | 1,884.4 | 22.1 | 83.3 | Specialty chemicals | 171.7 | 46.9 | 98.6 | 9.1 | 1,885.2 | 78.8 | 9.1 |
| 37 | 36 | Elf Atochem | 1,800.0 | 0 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 38 | 40 | PPG Industries | 1,612.0 | 1.1 | 22.3 | Glass products | 376.0 | --1.8 | 28.1 | 23.3 | 1,179.0 | 18.3 | 31.9 |
| 39 | 41 | Morton Internationalf | 1,611.7 | 3.0 | 44.6 | Diversified | 222.0 | --0.7 | 41.2 | 13.8 | 1,427.8 | 51.5 | 15.5 |
| 40 | 38 | Lubrizol | 1,597.6 | --4.0 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 211.4 | --1.3 | 100.0 | 13.2 | 1,402.1 | 100.0 | 15.1 |
| 41 | 43 | Olin | 1,586.0 | 5.7 | 60.1 | Basic chemicals | 207.0 | 47.9 | 79.9 | 13.1 | 1,058.0 | 45.2 | 19.6 |
| 42 | 92 | Crompton & Knowles | 1,519.1 | 3.7 | 84.2 | Specialty chemicals | 216.3 | 8.1 | 98.9 | 14.2 | 1,436.6 | 86.7 | 15.1 |
| 43 | 46 | CF Industries | 1,468.2 | 6.2 | 100.0 | Agrochemicals | 272.6 | --7.8 | 100.0 | 18.6 | 1,455.1 | 100.0 | 18.7 |
| 44 | 45 | International Flavors | 1,436.1 | --0.2 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 296.5 | --24.1 | 100.0 | 20.6 | 1,201.6 | 79.7 | 24.7 |
| 45 | 44 | Cabote | 1,434.3 | --3.6 | 77.3 | Basic chemicals | 260.5 | --9.2 | 91.9 | 18.2 | 1,427.7 | 76.9 | 18.2 |
| 46 | 39 | Zeneca Inc.g | 1,400.0 | --13.9 | 100.0 | Drugs | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 47 | 56 | Engelhard | 1,367.0 | 21.1 | 42.9 | Diversified | 231.4 | 17.4 | 82.1 | 16.9 | 1,446.3 | 58.0 | 16.0 |
| 48 | 54 | Farmland Industriesh | 1,336.3 | 14.1 | 13.7 | Agricultural supplies | 179.0 | --9.9 | 75.0 | 13.4 | 438.6 | 17.1 | 40.8 |
| 49 | 48 | Arcadian Partners | 1,314.0 | 3.7 | 100.0 | Agrochemicals | 291.0 | --0.4 | 100.0 | 22.1 | na | na | na |
| 50 | 53 | Nalco Chemical | 1,303.5 | 7.3 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 216.7 | 5.5 | 100.0 | 16.6 | 1,394.5 | 100.0 | 15.5 |
| 51 | 52 | H. B. Fulleri | $1,275.7 | 2.6% | 100.0% | Specialty chemicals | $80.8 | 15.8% | 100.0% | 6.3% | $869.3 | 100.0% | 9.3% |
| 52 | -- | Henkel of America | 1,268.6 | 16.0 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 53 | 49 | Cytec Industries | 1,259.6 | 0 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 136.1 | 10.9 | 100.0 | 10.8 | 1,261.1 | 100.0 | 10.8 |
| 54 | 55 | Borden Inc. | 1,174.2 | 3.0 | 31.9 | Food products | 127.8 | --8.8 | 49.2 | 10.9 | 703.1 | 25.6 | 18.2 |
| 55 | 64 | Ethyl | 1,149.7 | 19.7 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 169.7 | 19.2 | 100.0 | 14.8 | 1,095.2 | 100.0 | 15.5 |
| 56 | 47 | Geon | 1,144.4 | --9.7 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 29.9 | --76.5 | 100.0 | 2.6 | 736.9 | 100.0 | 4.1 |
| 57 | 57 | Wellman | 1,098.8 | --1.0 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 68.1 | --48.8 | 100.0 | 6.2 | 1,203.9 | 100.0 | 5.7 |
| 58 | 71 | BetzDearborn | 1,037.0 | 37.8 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 125.7 | 14.4 | 100.0 | 12.1 | 1,418.3 | 100.0 | 8.9 |
| 59 | 60 | Fina Inc. | 1,032.0 | --2.6 | 25.4 | Petroleum | 235.4 | --20.4 | 87.4 | 22.8 | 693.0 | 24.3 | 34.0 |
| 60 | -- | Potash Corp. of Sask. | 1,006.8 | 128.8 | 71.7 | Agrochemicals | 186.2 | 118.3 | 62.2 | 18.5 | 1,654.2 | 66.3 | 11.3 |
| 61 | -- | BP Americag | 1,000.0 | na | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 120.0 | --44.4 | 100.0 | 12.0 | na | na | na |
| 62 | 50 | BF Goodrich | 985.0 | 9.5 | 44.0 | Diversified | 130.3 | --1.2 | 54.6 | 13.2 | 876.4 | 32.9 | 14.9 |
| 63 | -- | DSM | 954.9 | 11.2 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 64 | 67 | Courtaulds d,j | 929.3 | 11.8 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 67.2 | 2.4 | 100.0 | 7.2 | na | na | na |
| 65 | 65 | Freeport-McMoRan | 920.0 | --4.2 | 96.1 | Agrochemicals | 223.9 | 8.7 | 109.0 | 24.3 | na | na | na |
| 66 | 62 | Aristech | 908.0 | --11.2 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 67 | 58 | Georgia Gulf | 896.2 | --17.1 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 136.3 | --58.4 | 100.0 | 15.2 | 587.9 | 100.0 | 23.2 |
| 68 | 51 | Albemarle | 854.5 | 31.3 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 93.4 | --20.1 | 100.0 | 10.9 | 846.3 | 100.0 | 11.0 |
| 69 | 66 | NL Industries | 851.2 | --4.8 | 86.3 | Basic chemicals | 71.6 | --55.6 | 63.1 | 8.4 | 1,064.3 | 87.1 | 6.7 |
| 70 | 70 | Sigma-Aldrich | 832.9 | 7.3 | 80.5 | Specialty chemicals | 193.1 | 8.9 | 84.1 | 23. | 860.7 | 78.3 | 22.4 |
| 71 | 72 | Degussa Corp.e | 806.0 | 7.3 | 34.5 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 72 | 69 | Loctite | 800.0 | 1.9 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 73 | 61 | Sterling Chemicals | 790.5 | --23.3 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 50.4 | --77.9 | 100.0 | 6.4 | 689.7 | 100.0 | 7.3 |
| 74 | 68 | Terra Industries | 787.0 | --5.1 | 34.0 | Agricultural supplies | 273.8 | --19.7 | 92.8 | 34.8 | 1,242.9 | 63.1 | 22.0 |
| 75 | 75 | Intl. Specialty Prod. | 716.5 | 4.0 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 136.0 | 7.0 | 100.0 | 19.0 | 1,316.9 | 100.0 | 10.3 |
| 76 | 73 | Borden Chemicals | 709.2 | --4.1 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 28.5 | --85.8 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 525.7 | 100.0 | 5.4 |
| 77 | 77 | Union Camp | 700.7 | 5.1 | 17.5 | Paper products | 66.7 | --12.1 | 27.7 | 9.5 | 579.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| 78 | 74 | Kerr-McGee | 692.0 | --2.1 | 35.8 | Petroleum | 85.0 | --30.3 | 22.9 | 12.3 | 886.0 | 28.4 | 9.6 |
| 79 | 76 | Aluminum Co. of America | 691.3 | 3.0 | 5.3 | Nonferrous metals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 80 | 82 | Laporte | 665.5 | 9.6 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 90.3 | 29.4 | 100.0 | 13.6 | na | na | na |
| 81 | 81 | Vulcan Materials | 607.0 | 5.3 | 38.7 | Nonmetallic minerals | 94.7 | 7.9 | 32.4 | 15.6 | 441.1 | 33.4 | 21.5 |
| 82 | 79 | Rexene | 587.8 | --4.5 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | 63.4 | --49.3 | 100.0 | 10.8 | 597.5 | 100.0 | 10.6 |
| 83 | 83 | Ferro | 574.7 | 6.3 | 42.4 | Specialty materials | 36.8 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 6.4 | 312.0 | 35.8 | 11.8 |
| 84 | 78 | GenCorpd | 573.0 | --2.9 | 37.8 | Rubber products | 72.0 | 24.1 | 54.1 | 12.6 | 253.0 | 19.0 | 28.5 |
| 85 | 85 | Hüls America | 550.0 | 4.4 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 86 | 84 | Stepan | 536.6 | 1.6 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 40.4 | 23.9 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 381.0 | 100.0 | 10.6 |
| 87 | 88 | General Chemical | 534.4 | 11.1 | 85.7 | Basic chemicals | 123.7 | 17.6 | 95.7 | 23.1 | 424.9 | 87.6 | 29.1 |
| 88 | 86 | Unocal | 530.0 | 4.1 | 9.9 | Petroleum | 152.0 | 34.5 | 20.1 | 28.7 | 302.0 | 4.1 | 50.3 |
| 89 | 87 | Sun Co. | 466.0 | --3.7 | 4.1 | Petroleum | 40.0 | --41.2 | 285.7 | 8.6 | na | na | na |
| 90 | -- | Bush Boake Allen | 449.4 | 5.8 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 46.5 | --7.4 | 100.0 | 10.3 | 407.8 | 100.0 | 11.4 |
| 91 | 91 | Mississippi Chemicalf | 428.8 | 10.5 | 100.0 | Agrochemicals | 84.8 | 4.8 | 100.0 | 19.8 | 341.0 | 100.0 | 24.9 |
| 92 | 90 | Lonza Inc. | 400.5 | 6.0 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 93 | 93 | Terra Nitrogen | 362.7 | --2.8 | 100.0 | Agrochemicals | 172.6 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 47.6 | 306.7 | 100.0 | 56.3 |
| 94 | 95 | Cambrex Corp. | 359.4 | 0.6 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 46.3 | 4.0 | 100.0 | 12.9 | 404.4 | 100.0 | 11.4 |
| 95 | 94 | Georgia-Pacific | 356.0 | --4.3 | 2.7 | Wood products | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 96 | 96 | Petrolitek | 342.1 | 0.9 | 94.8 | Specialty chemicals | 20.4 | 29.1 | 95.3 | 6.0 | 214.9 | 71.2 | 9.5 |
| 97 | 80 | Mallinckrodtf | 332.0 | 31.9 | 15.0 | Diversified | 27.9 | 35.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 339.3 | 10.0 | 8.2 |
| 98 | 98 | Asarco | 319.0 | 3.4 | 11.8 | Nonferrous metals | 19.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 272.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| 99 | -- | McWhorter Technologiesk | 315.9 | 1.4 | 100.0 | Specialty chemicals | 24.9 | 19.1 | 100.0 | 7.9 | 153.3 | 100.0 | 16.2 |
| 100 | 100 | Kemira | 293.3 | --7.8 | 100.0 | Basic chemicals | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
a Operating profit is sales less administrative expenses and cost of sales. b Chemical operating profit as a percentage of sales. c Chemical operating profit as a percentage of indentifiable chemical assets. d Chemical sales include significant amounts of nonchemical products. e Fiscal year ended Sept. 30. f Fiscal year ended June 30. g Chemical sales only. h Fiscal year ended Aug. 31. i Fiscal year ended Nov. 30. j Fiscal year ended March 30. k Fiscal year ended Oct. 31. na = not available.