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Eastman Chemical
9,527 1.9
United States Kingsport, USA
40
PTT Global Chemical
9,522 1.1
Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
41
Mosaic 9,056 ?9.2
United States Plymouth, USA
42
DIC
8,218 17.0
Japan Tokyo, Japan
43
Arkema 7,915 ?2.4
France Colombes, France
44
Tosoh 7,657[B]
4.8
Japan Tokyo, Japan
45
Hanwha Chemical 7,655 2.4
South Korea Seoul, South Korea
46
Siam Cement
7,617 18.2
Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
47
Indorama Ventures
7,514 6.5
Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
48
BP
7,284 ?15.6 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
49
Ecolab 7,215[B]
11.4
United States St. Paul, United States
50
Johnson Matthey 7,203[B]
11.7
United Kingdom London, United Ki
ngdom
A.^ Some figures converted at 2014 average exchange rates of US$1.00 = R$2.3512,
GB 0.6066, CN\6.16, ?0.752, ?61.00, \105.74, ?1,052.29 , kr 6.2969, SAR 3.75, CHF0
.9147, NT$30.229, and ?32.461.[2]
B.^ Sales include a significant amount of non-chemical products.[2]
C.^ Estimate by Chemical and Engineering News.[2]
The largest companies before 2014[edit]
Since Chemical & Engineering News began keeping records in 1989, BASF has been t
he world's largest chemical producer by annual sales more frequently than any ot
her company. The other companies that have headed the list are Dow Chemical, Hoe
chst (which merged with Rhone-Poulenc in 1999 and is now a subsidiary of Sanofi)
, ICI (acquired by AkzoNobel in 2008) and Bayer.