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chemical industry

a sector of the economy that manufactures, processes, and sells chemicals
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chemical industry
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Summary

chemical industry is a type of industry[1]. It draws 2,443 Wikipedia views per month (type of industry category, ranking #8 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: industrial chemistry[3]
  • Subclass of: economic sector[4], industry[5]
  • Commons category: Chemical industry[6]
  • Has part(s): petrochemical industry[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chemical industry[8]
  • Product or material produced: chemical product[9]
  • International Standard Industrial Classification code Rev.4: 20[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

chemical industry has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → chemijos-pramone
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: chemijos-pramone"
  2. 17w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handbook of texas id → dmc01
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Chemieindustrie
    Decs id → 2663
    Oxford reference overview id → 20110803095605342
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Handbook of texas id: dmc01, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/61868771|CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (#61868771)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1896|Handbook of Te"
  3. 17w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 852951
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fast id: 852951"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003657-chemicky-prumysl
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003657-chemicky-prumysl, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Product → —
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 1221, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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