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The issue of supply chain resilience is currently being raised in part because of the pandemic and the war between Ukraine and Russia, which have disrupted flows in the chemical supply chain. In the latest research available, one of the main options for strengthening supply chains is to shorten them. This could be reflected in the degree to which chains are used in the export and import of chemical industry products in Poland. There are scenarios that turn more towards the relocation of raw materials and recommend nearshoring and trading over shorter distances. This is important for the operation and management of the supply chain, as it would mean simpler and faster logistics operations. The purpose of the study is to analyze to what extent the crisis situations of recent years have affected the exchange of exports and imports of chemical industry products in Poland with selected countries. We used statistical methods based on time series analysis over the period 2017-2021. One of the conclusions of the study is that despite the crises, chemical supply chains have not shortened in terms of both value. It can be observed that in the post-pandemic period, there has been a change in the structure of chemical product supply chains. It remains an open question whether the changes in chemical supply chains are due to their changes in geographic location due to the disruption.
Keywords: SCM, chemical industry, resilience, pandemic COVID-19© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.