Chemicals
Industry Summary
The chemical industry is a diverse and crucial sector that plays a fundamental role in global manufacturing. It involves the production, processing, and distribution of chemicals used in various applications across different industries.
- Total Consignees
- 6,572
- Total Shippers
- 5,388
- Total BLS
- 2,019,176
Industry Details
The chemicals industry is deeply integrated into global trade and supply chains, with products and raw materials being transported across borders to meet the demands of various industries. Chemicals are is the industry vertical with the most dispersed variety of transport modalities with the following split Dry Bulk (47.3%), Liquid Bulk (28.6%), Containerized (21.4%). Chemical trade consists of 53 commodity groups with 357 underlying commodities. Top 5 leading commodity groups in metric tonnes volume are 1. Aromatic Hydrocarbon (1,164,925,649 Weight MT) 2. Acidic Compounds (560,072,635 Weight MT) 3. Oxides & Hydroxides (452,599,638 Weight MT) 4. Latex & Artificial Rubber (374,337,590 Weight MT) 5. Plastics & Polymers (130,423,043 Weight MT) The biggest contributing commodities are 1. Mixed Hydrocarbons (1,164,580,637 Weight MT) 2. Diphosphorus pentoxide (539,209,472 Weight MT) 3. Aluminium oxide (260,724,591 Weight MT) 4. Natural Rubber - TSNR (200,866,007 Weight MT) 5. Sodium hydroxide (163,681,211 Weight MT)