EXHIBIT 23



            Independent Auditors' Report and Consent


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Crompton Corporation:


Under date of February 1, 2001, we reported on the consolidated
balance sheets of Crompton Corporation and subsidiaries (the
Company) as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity
(deficit) and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, which are incorporated by
reference in this Form 10-K.  In connection with our audits of
the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also
audited the related consolidated financial statement schedule
included in this Form 10-K.  This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial
statement schedule based on our audit.

In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material
respects, the information set forth therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (Nos. 33-21246, 33-42280, 33-67600, 333-62429 and
333-87035) on Form S-8 of Crompton Corporation of our report,
dated February 1, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Crompton Corporation and subsidiaries as of December
31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2000, which report is incorporated by reference in the December
31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Crompton Corporation.


/s / KPMG LLP

Stamford, Connecticut
March 28, 2001