Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of chemicals during 2020 encompassing both organic and inorganic chemicals:

1. China: US$72.2 billion (14.5% of total exported chemicals)
2. United States: $45.1 billion (9.1%)
3. Ireland: $41.5 billion (8.4%)
4. Germany: $35.1 billion (7.1%)
5. Switzerland: $26.1 billion (5.2%)
6. Belgium: $23.5 billion (4.7%)
7. Japan: $21.7 billion (4.4%)
8. South Korea: $20.7 billion (4.2%)
9. Netherlands: $19.2 billion (3.9%)
10. India: $19 billion (3.8%)
11. United Kingdom: $15.5 billion (3.1%)
12. France: $13.5 billion (2.7%)
13. Singapore: $12.1 billion (2.4%)
14. Saudi Arabia: $12 billion (2.4%)
15. Italy: $9.5 billion (1.9%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 77.7% of globally exported chemicals in 2020.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing chemicals exporters since 2016 were: India (up 52.4%), Ireland (up 46.5%), Saudi Arabia (up 41.6%) and the United Kingdom (up 40.1%).

Five top countries posted declines in their exported chemicals sales over that 5-year timespan, namely: Singapore (down -22.9%), South Korea (down -3.7%), Belgium (down -1.1%), United States (down -0.4%) and France (down -0.3%).

The following list showcases the top 15 exporters of organic chemicals in 2020.

1. China: US$57 billion (15% of exported organic chemicals)
2. Ireland: $40.7 billion (10.7%)
3. United States: $34 billion (9%)
4. Switzerland: $25.5 billion (6.7%)
5. Germany: $24.6 billion (6.5%)
6. Belgium: $20.7 billion (5.4%)
7. India: $17.4 billion (4.6%)
8. South Korea: $15.4 billion (4.1%)
9. Japan: $14.9 billion (3.9%)
10. Netherlands: $14.9 billion (3.9%)
11. United Kingdom: $12.7 billion (3.4%)
12. Singapore: $11.5 billion (3%)
13. France: $10.4 billion (2.7%)
14. Saudi Arabia: $9.7 billion (2.6%)
15. Italy: $7.8 billion (2.1%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 83.6% of globally exported organic chemicals in 2020.

Among the above countries, the growth exporters of organic chemicals since 2016 were: China (up 35.1%), Switzerland (up 15.7%), Ireland (up 14.2%) and the United Kingdom (up 0.5%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported organic chemicals sales were led by: South Korea (down -26.8%), Saudi Arabia (down -23.4%), Japan (down -16.5%), United States (down -13.6%) and the Netherlands (down -11.3%).

The following list highlights the leading 15 exporters of inorganic chemicals in 2020.

1. China: US$15.2 billion (12.9% of exported inorganic chemicals)
2. United States: $11.1 billion (9.4%)
3. Germany: $10.5 billion (8.9%)
4. Japan: $6.8 billion (5.8%)
5. South Korea: $5.3 billion (4.5%)
6. Australia: $5.2 billion (4.4%)
7. Netherlands: $4.3 billion (3.6%)
8. Canada: $3.4 billion (2.9%)
9. Brazil: $3.4 billion (2.9%)
10. Democratic Republic of the Congo: $3.14 billion (2.7%)
11. France: $3.14 billion (2.7%)
12. Belgium: $2.8 billion (2.4%)
13. United Kingdom: $2.74 billion (2.3%)
14. Russia: $2.67 billion (2.3%)
15. Kazakhstan: $2.34 billion (2%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 69.4% of global inorganic chemicals exports in 2020.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing inorganic chemicals exporters since 2016 were: China (up 23.7%), United Kingdom (up 23%), Japan (up 8.9%) and Germany (up 7.1%).

Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of inorganic chemicals were led by: Russia (down -22.7%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (down -20.1%), Australia (down -17.7%), France (down -13.6%) and Brazil (down -11.9%).

According to Chemical & Engineering News, the following companies are major players in global chemical sales.

1. BASF (Germany)
2. Dow Chemical (United States)
3. Sinopec (China)
4. SABIC (Saudi Arabia)
5. ExxonMobil (United States)
6. Formosa Plastics (Taiwan)
7. LyondellBasell Industries (United States)
8. DuPont (United States)
9. Ineos (Switzerland)
10. Bayer (Germany)