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Paints & Chemicals The
Chemical Industry in India consist
of both small and large scale units, and is ranked 12th in the World in terms of production.
The current total turnover of the chemical industry is about USD 30.8
billion, which is 14% of the total manufacturing output of the country. In
2003-04 the export of chemicals and its related products amounted to USD
6.452 billion, which is approximately 15.17% of India’s total export. This
accounted for a growth of 18.5 per cent over 2002-03. Whereas import of
chemical amounts to USD 2.859 billion which accounts to a growth of 28.8 per
cent in the year 2003-04 over 2002-03. Major proportion of it goes to the
USA, Europe and other developed nations. The chemical industry contributes
about 20 per cent to the national revenue by way of custom and excise duty. India is
strong in basic chemicals that go into production of consumer items like
paints, dyes, soaps, medicines, toiletries, cosmetics, etc. In terms of
consumption, the chemical industry itself is the largest customer for
chemicals and accounts for around 33 percent of the consumption. Currently
the size of the Indian chemicals industry is estimated to be about $30
billion and according to the department of Chemical estimate, it has a
potential of attracting another $8 billion capital investments from both
domestic as well as foreign investments over the next five years. The
chemical industry accounts for 12.5 per cent of India’s industrial
production, 15 per cent of total manufacturing capacity and contributes
around 6.7 per cent to the country's The
state of Tamilnadu traditionally
has a strong base in the chemical industry. Manali, in the outskirts of
Chennai (Madras) has emerged as a major petrochemical complex. The mother
refinery in the complex, Chennai (Madras) Refinery Ltd., has given rise to
several petro-based units using a refinery feed-stock for the manufacture of
a large number of petro-chemical ranging from fertilizer to polyols, nylon
chips and polybutanes. Major chemicals and fertilizer plants have also been
established at Cuddalore and Tuticorin. Dupont, USA has recently commissioned
a large plant for manufacture of nylon 6.6 at Gummidipoondi near Chennai.
Other major projects in pipeline are: Norsk Hydro (PVC), SPIC (PTA/PFY), etc.
TIDCO is currently in the process of setting up a major petrochem park is an
area of about 7,000 acres at Ennore, north of Chennai. TIDCO has also
proposed to promote a Naphtha Cracker in this park; besides, TIDCO is
currently implementing a LNG handling terminal at upcoming Ennore Satellite
Port. Based on LNG terminal, a number of down-stream petro-chemical projects
have been planned. Also, 3 new refineries are proposed to be set up at
Cuddalore, Tuticorin and Ennore. Petrochemical industry in Tamilnadu is in
the threshold of rapid expansion. |
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State |
Units Surveyed by Questionnaire |
Units Visited |
Units Profiled |
Unit Profiled |
Technology/Project Title |
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Tamil Nadu |
50 |
6 |
1 |
Building & Vehicle Finishing Paints |
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Kerala |
41 |
2 |
1 |
Caustic
Soda |