Shandong Province and Bahia launch chemical cooperation

China's largest chemical industry and South American petrochemical countries are in close contact

The reporter learned from the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce on the 26th that China's chemical giant Shandong and South American petrochemical giant Brazil will cooperate in the fields of ethanol, paints and coatings, rubber tires, biodiesel and petrochemicals, and will enter the fast lane during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. . The Shandong Provincial Government and the State of Bahia, Brazil have signed the minutes of the talks to strengthen the friendly cooperation between the two provinces.

In a meeting between the Shandong Provincial Government and Bahia State in Brazil last week, Governor of Bahia, Jagos Vagnell, stated that Brazil is an important pesticide consumer in the world, mainly used in soybeans, corn and Sugar cane, which is precisely the raw material for the development of the ethanol industry.

Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry is well-developed, and its technology for using sugarcane as a raw material to produce bioethanol is unique. At present, the planting area of ​​biofuel crops in Brazil has been expanded to 9.5 million hectares, ethanol and biodiesel production companies have reached 320 and 43 respectively, and in 2008 with the highest output of ethanol and biodiesel, they hit 21.5 billion liters and 1.1 billion liters respectively. Records.

Shandong Province has also conducted pilot projects in Binzhou, using a large number of local low-quality land and saline-alkali lands that are not suitable for reclaiming farmland, and planting high-resistance energy crop sweet sorghum. The prospects are promising. Last year, farmers have been planted with 30,000 mu and can produce fuel. Nearly 10,000 tons of ethanol.

According to Yong Jiang, Secretary-General of the Shandong Coatings Association, Brazil is one of the world's largest paint investment markets, accounting for nearly half of Latin American market share. The rapid growth of production in the Brazilian paint industry is mainly reflected in automotive coatings. China's paint products have achieved high popularity and market share in the international market, so it is currently the best time to accelerate the entry of Shandong paint products into the South American market. Shandong is a major province of chemical industry and a province of paint consumption. Currently, the paint industry in Shandong is seeking high-end development. The potential for cooperation with Brazil is huge.

“Brazil has rich resources in coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, and oil shale. Relying on its rich oil and gas resources, Brazil’s petrochemical industry, represented by Brazil’s national oil company, is constantly improving its position in the world,” said Wagner. . He believes that there are strong complementarities between Brazil and Shandong in terms of industrial structure, and the potential for cooperation is limitless. He said: "Our prospecting technology is currently difficult to meet the development needs. Shandong's oil equipment manufacturing and the currently-launched blue marine chemical industry are developing very well and are undoubtedly attractive to Brazil."

According to Liu Xiaojiang, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province, in recent years, the trade volume between Shandong Province and Brazil can be said to have “acceleration” growth. Last year, the bilateral trade volume was 5.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 54.63% year-on-year. In the first 11 months of this year, the trade volume of the two sides jumped to 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 69% year-on-year. In spite of this, the potential for cooperation between the two parties is still far from fully embarrassed. It is believed that the project cooperation in ethanol manufacturing, paint and coating, rubber tires and biodiesel will continue to expand and deepen.