The manufacture of commodity and specialty chemicals forms a crucial part of the foundation of the global economy. Manufactured and refined chemicals are the raw materials for many other goods, including everything from integrated circuits to textiles, to foodstuffs, to packaging. A few, such as gasoline, are used directly by consumers. The chemical industry is the second largest industrial consumer of energy in the United States, using 25% of all industrial energy and 7% of all domestic energy, according to the Energy Information Administration.