In 2019, some 67.7 percent of all United States chemical exports were attributable to its basic chemicals segment. Thus, this was the leading segment regarding exports within the U.S. chemical industry by far. In a distant second place that year was the specialty chemicals segment, accounting for 18.5 percent of U.S. chemical exports.
Distribution of chemical exports from the United States in 2019, by segment*
Characteristic
Share of U.S. chemical exports
Basic chemicals
67.73%
Specialties
18.45%
Consumer Products
8.49%
Agricultural chemicals
5.33%
• Basic chemicals 67.73%
• Specialties 18.45%
• Consumer Products 8.49%
• Agricultural chemicals 5.33%
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