Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325180) obligations

Eight hundred forty-six awards, $2.50 billion committed

The $2,496,155,154.99 obligation stock sits on 846 contract awards, implying about $2.95 million per award. Residual chemical codes can still host large supply vehicles for industrial chemicals, water-treatment products, or related inorganics as the awarding office classified them. The packet does not list products. It supports the sum and the count.

More specific inorganic lines—when used—would not appear in 325180. This page is the residual bucket as reported. Two awards can share the code and still describe different chemicals. The live table, not this guide, is where product descriptions on the award can be read if present.

Manufacturing NAICS on procurement, not TRI

USAspending.gov is an award feed. The Toxics Release Inventory and chemical-data reporting are different public systems. Do not treat $2,496,155,154.99 as pounds manufactured or pounds released. It is obligated contract value on actions tagged 325180.

Assistance for environmental cleanup often lacks NAICS. Remediation services have their own services code when tagged that way. Mixing 562910 with 325180 would invent a chemicals-and-cleanup total the packet does not contain.

Obligations versus invoices

An inorganic-chemical supply contract can be obligated by order or by option year while deliveries and invoices follow. Outlays are not in the packet. De-obligations reduce the $2.50 billion without meaning that a plant shut down. The 846-award count includes modifications that keep the code.

Neighboring chemical codes

Pharmaceutical preparation, in-vitro diagnostics, and explosives manufacturing appear as other 325xxx lines in this extract. Their dollars are not inside 325180. Compare them on the all-industries index and cite each NAICS if you add.

Using the inorganic-chemicals hub

The Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing industry page lists the USAspending.gov rows behind $2.50 billion. Recipients and agencies belong there. This guide does not invent CAS numbers or facility locations.

Citing 325180 without turning it into a pollution score

Quote $2,496,155,154.99 as USAspending contract obligations on 846 awards tagged NAICS 325180. Do not describe that number as emissions, hazardous-waste tons, or a compliance grade. Those metrics live in other datasets. This table is a NAICS filter on contracts.

Residual chemical codes are easy to over-read as “everything else the government buys that is a chemical.” Organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and gases have other lines when tagged that way. Only 325180 feeds this $2.50 billion.

The 846-award count is modest. A few large vehicles can dominate. That concentration is arithmetic. Warehouse refreshes can move both dollars and the count. If a contracting office later uses a tighter chemical NAICS, new actions leave 325180.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside. Quote USAspending.gov, quote obligations, quote 846 awards, and open the hub for recipients. Stop before converting other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing into medical or environmental advice.

Readers quoting this industry should keep two packet facts in one sentence: $2,496,155,155 in USAspending.gov contract obligations and 846 awards tagged NAICS 325180 (OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING). Dropping either figure hides whether the book is a few large vehicles or many small orders. The rounded obligation used for citation is $2,496,155,155; cents on the source total, if any, do not change the industry identity of the code.

OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING shows a moderate award-record count (846). Individual vehicles can still be large. The count includes modifications that retain the NAICS. Chemical and related manufacturing codes record tagged contract commitments, not pounds released and not FDA clearance counts. OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING is the NAICS filter, not a laboratory notebook. Record corrections in the USAspending.gov warehouse can move both the $2,496,155,155 and the 846-award count. Treat the live OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING industry page as current and this file as a reading of the harvested packet.

Internal comparison belongs on the all-industries index, where NAICS 325180 sits beside other six-digit contract totals. Adding neighboring codes by hand creates a new total this packet does not contain; cite each NAICS if you add. Assistance awards that omit NAICS remain outside $2,496,155,155. Outlays remain unpublished here. Quote obligations, quote 846 awards, cite USAspending.gov, and open the overlay hub for recipients rather than inventing agencies, fiscal years, or unit counts the packet does not list.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 325180?

USAspending.gov contract awards tagged Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing show $2,496,155,154.99 in obligations on 846 awards. That is a procurement commitment total, not a measure of chemical production volume. USAspending.gov is the source for the $2,496,155,155 obligation stock and the 846 contract awards tagged OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325180). Assistance awards that omit NAICS are outside both figures.

Does this include Superfund or remediation grants?

Not by design. Assistance often lacks NAICS, and remediation services use other codes when tagged that way. They are not in the $2,496,155,154.99 unless a contract also carries 325180. Keep the citation on contract obligations: $2,496,155,155 on 846 awards coded NAICS 325180. Outlays, grants without NAICS, and unit counts are not in the packet that produced this page.

What does “other” mean on 325180?

It is Census’s residual basic-inorganic code as reported on the award. More specific inorganic NAICS, when used, sit elsewhere. The packet supplies $2,496,155,154.99 and 846 awards, not a product list. The industry hub lists the underlying USAspending.gov rows. This answer restates only packet facts: NAICS 325180, $2,496,155,155 obligated, and 846 awards for OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING.

Do 846 awards equal 846 chemical plants?

No. The 846 figure counts contract records, including orders and modifications that keep 325180. One manufacturer can generate many awards. The industry page lists the records. Do not treat 846 as establishments or $2,496,155,155 as cash disbursed. Both numbers describe USAspending.gov contract actions tagged NAICS 325180 (OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING), not assistance and not outlays.