| The economic prosperity of a city, state or nation is largely dependent on the amount, and type, of business being conducted there. Taxes paid by the Company to the various authorities are an important part of our economic "footprint" in a country. In 2003, the various Dow subsidiaries around the world paid $797.3 million in Corporate Income Tax, Property Taxes, Employer's portion of Payroll Taxes and various other non-income taxes. |
