The top corporate tax payers in Bladen County for the Fiscal year that ended June 30, 2016 were:
E.I Dupont with 2015 assessed valuation of $110,956,343.
In second place with assessed valuation of $93,512,888 was Smithfield Packing.
Taking third place was Smithfield Farmland Corp. with assessed valuation of $39,254,330.
Fourth place went to Murphy Brown Farms with assessed valuation of $20,499,217.
The fifth spot of the list was Carolina Cold Storage with assessed value of $19,864,512.
The sixth spot was held by Kuraray America, Inc. paying taxes on assessed value of $19,311,750.
The seventh largest corporate tax payer in the county was Danaher Controls with assessed value of $17,577.811.
Coming in eighth place was Browns Realty Partnership with assessed value of $16,574,641.
The ninth place sees Gildan Yarns LLC with assessed value of $10,672,060.
Holding down the 10th place is Prestage Farms with assessed value of $10,560,481.
It is interesting to note that six of the top ten corporate tax payers are involved in the pork industry in the county. The other four are involved in manufacturing.