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Title: In Taiwan, the private sector comes to the fore

Abstract

The petrochemical industry of Taiwan has played a major role in the country's development. Production value grew from $54 billion in 1990, or 32.8% of the total manufacturing sector, to $6.1 billion last year, an increase of more than 6%/year. Export value in 1990 reached $18.8 billion. Despite the need to import most of the raw materials, the industry has enjoyed healthy development due to cooperation among the upstream and downstream producers, and strong downstream processing capacity. The northern petrochemical complex is at Toufen; the southern complexes are located at Tasheh, Jenwu, and Linyuan. Until now the entire upstream industry has been in the hands of state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC; Taipei), which has little involvement in downstream affiliates are China Petrochemical Development Corp. (CPDC), in which it has a 76.4% stake, and China American Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Capco), of which it owns 25%.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7094278
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Chemical Week; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 152:2; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-272X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; PETROCHEMICALS; PRODUCTION; CAPACITY; CRACKING; ETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; TAIWAN; ALKENES; ASIA; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROCARBONS; ISLANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; PYROLYSIS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; 020700* - Petroleum- Economics, Industrial, & Business Aspects

Citation Formats

Alperowicz, N. In Taiwan, the private sector comes to the fore. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Alperowicz, N. In Taiwan, the private sector comes to the fore. United States.
Alperowicz, N. 1993. "In Taiwan, the private sector comes to the fore". United States.
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year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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