Lok Sabha Question No. 4677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Polyol Manufacturing Unit
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st March, 2022

## Polyol Manufacturing Unit

## 4677. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

## पैोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

- Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  decision  to  discontinue  the  polyol  manufacturing  unit  is  still  under review/consideration and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (b) the details of expenditure in connection with the polyols plant at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL)Kochi along with expenditure on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation, investigations, studies, and inaugural function; (c) whether the decision of BPCL director board to scrap the polyols plant is a wrong move considering the demand of its consumption and imports to our country and if so, the details thereof; (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  import  of  polyols  and  if  so,  the details thereof for the last six years, year, importer and importing country-wise; (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  India  a  self-reliant  country  in  this sector and if so, the details thereof; and (f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  narrow  the  big  gap  of  production  and
- consumption of polyols and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER पैोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ीरामेवरतेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)to  (c)Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation  Ltd.  (BPCL)  has  discontinued  the  Polyols project at their Kochi Refinery due to substantial increase in the project cost, making it  commercially  unviable.  The  total  expenditure  till  date  is  approximately  Rs.425.9 Crore including site development andDPR/ Project Management Consultancy (PMC) / Licensor.

(d)  Yes, the details of imports of Polyols from 2015-16 to 2020-21 is as under:

| Year                        |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Quantity (in Metric Tonnes) |    186239 |    175766 |    218541 |    248491 |    239755 |    169499 |

The details of import for the last six years and importing country-wise are attached at Annexure .

(e) and (f) In order to promote  domestic  manufacturing  capacity  of Polyols, Government has reduced the import duty on Propylene Oxide from 7.5% to 5.5% in the year 2018-19. Propylene Oxide is the principal raw material for the production of Polyols.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4677 to

## be answered on 31.03.2022 on 'Polyol Manufacturing Unit' asked by Shri Hibi Eden.

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| COUNTRY                                                        | 2015-16                                                        | 2016-17                                                        | 2017-18                                                        | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        |
| ANGOLA                                                         | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 215.00                                                         | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| ARGENTINA                                                      | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.02                                                           |
| AUSTRALIA                                                      | 31.79                                                          | 21.86                                                          | 30.14                                                          | 66.67                                                          | 26.04                                                          | 8.40                                                           |
| AUSTRIA                                                        | 106.35                                                         | 87.40                                                          | 83.66                                                          | 6.38                                                           | 6.60                                                           | 0.08                                                           |
| BAHARAIN IS                                                    | 0.00                                                           | 2.70                                                           | 58.00                                                          | 111.01                                                         | 123.54                                                         | 0.00                                                           |
| BANGLADES H PR                                                 | 0.52                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 269.02                                                         | 1167.80                                                        | 277.00                                                         | 0.00                                                           |
| BELGIUM                                                        | 7385.54                                                        | 6529.74                                                        | 2713.39                                                        | 4333.32                                                        | 4161.14                                                        | 4009.87                                                        |
| BRAZIL                                                         | 36.04                                                          | 3049.53                                                        | 224.36                                                         | 12.13                                                          | 9.15                                                           | 2.43                                                           |
| BULGARIA                                                       | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 1.00                                                           | 46.06                                                          | 0.00                                                           |
| CANADA                                                         | 69.82                                                          | 25.50                                                          | 72.82                                                          | 76.13                                                          | 20.40                                                          | 11.83                                                          |
| CHILE                                                          | 0.30                                                           | 50.00                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| CHINA P RP                                                     | 50489.78                                                       | 40857.70                                                       | 55190.32                                                       | 70229.80                                                       | 72494.41                                                       | 45811.34                                                       |
| COLOMBIA                                                       | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.15                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| COSTA RICA                                                     | 0.00                                                           | 0.11                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| CROATIA                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| CUBA                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 105.41                                                         | 0.00                                                           |
| CZECH REPUBLIC                                                 | 0.92                                                           | 1.78                                                           | 0.85                                                           | 4.56                                                           | 0.75                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| DENMARK                                                        | 5.94                                                           | 1.79                                                           | 2.36                                                           | 110.21                                                         | 5.94                                                           | 1.97                                                           |
| DJIBOUTI                                                       | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 95.00                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| DOMINIC REP                                                    | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 24.00                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| ECUADOR                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 47.53                                                          | 47.95                                                          | 0.00                                                           |
| EGYPT A RP                                                     | 0.00                                                           | 16.00                                                          | 7.45                                                           | 26.87                                                          | 24.16                                                          | 0.00                                                           |
| FIJI IS                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 12.00                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| FINLAND                                                        | 2.96                                                           | 20.14                                                          | 19.12                                                          | 4.94                                                           | 0.42                                                           | 0.05                                                           |
| FRANCE                                                         | 322.16                                                         | 872.42                                                         | 607.04                                                         | 1273.42                                                        | 547.68                                                         | 516.88                                                         |
| GERMANY                                                        | 4046.13                                                        | 4211.65                                                        | 2901.15                                                        | 2648.84                                                        | 2341.47                                                        | 1064.93                                                        |
| GHANA                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.90                                                           | 8.84                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| GREECE                                                         | 42.56                                                          | 0.02                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.05                                                           | 0.04                                                           | 0.72                                                           |
| GUATEMALA                                                      | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 409.00                                                         | 207.50                                                         | 0.00                                                           |
| HAITI                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 58.00                                                          | 137.85                                                         | 80.26                                                          | 0.00                                                           |
| HONDURAS                                                       | 0.00                                                           | 0.36                                                           | 0.25                                                           | 63.55                                                          | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| HONG KONG                                                      | 19.05                                                          | 90.70                                                          | 48.39                                                          | 1482.78                                                        | 1071.43                                                        | 1436.06                                                        |
| HUNGARY                                                        | 1.08                                                           | 2.50                                                           | 9.21                                                           | 3.22                                                           | 3.45                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| INDONESIA                                                      | 1.74                                                           | 432.70                                                         | 895.43                                                         | 973.56                                                         | 1140.33                                                        | 199.38                                                         |
| IRAN                                                           | 4010.00                                                        | 1012.00                                                        | 4202.00                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |
| IRELAND                                                        | 0.48                                                           | 0.22                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 4.80                                                           | 0.00                                                           | 0.00                                                           |

| ISRAEL           |    29.23 |    52.43 |    53.53 |    61.77 |    74.60 |    11.33 |
|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| ITALY            |  1601.9  |  3671.6  |  5240.27 |  6355.04 |  5825.93 |   460.85 |
| JAPAN            |  5226.33 |  4059.98 |  3620.95 |  3794.81 |  2830.14 |  2023.57 |
| JORDAN           |     0    |     0    |     0    |    88.69 |     0    |     0    |
| KENYA            |     0    |     0    |     0    |  2111.13 |  1653.3  |     0    |
| KOREA DP RP      |   205    |    20    |    20    |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| KOREA RP         | 28809    | 28339.5  | 34467.2  | 34501.6  | 32966.3  | 19393.3  |
| KUWAIT           |     0    |     0    |    51    |   220    |    91.76 |     0    |
| LEBANON          |     0    |     0    |    38    |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| LUXEMBOUR G      |   287.06 |   232.6  |   183.7  |    22    |     0    |     0    |
| MADAGASCA R      |     0    |     0    |    24.9  |    75    |     0    |     0    |
| MALAYSIA         |  1050.57 |  2275.79 |  3571.18 |  5367.21 |  7092.25 |  2213.7  |
| MALTA            |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| MAURITANIA       |     0    |     0    |    15.36 |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| MAURITIUS        |     0    |     0    |     0    |    17.46 |    16.09 |     0    |
| MEXICO           |     6.16 |     1.79 |     5.68 |    61.1  |     8.45 |     1.2  |
| MOROCCO          |    40    |   220.75 |    86.81 |   104.6  |   120    |     0    |
| NEPAL            |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0.25 |     0    |
| NETHERLAN D      |  5774    |  3079.87 |  4479.19 |  4594.51 |  4616.72 |  1287.54 |
| NETHERLAN DANTIL |   127.6  |   153.2  |   151.2  |     0.5  |     0    |     0    |
| NEW ZEALAND      |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0.1  |     0    |
| NIGERIA          |     0    |     0    |    76.31 |   658.72 |     0    |     0    |
| NORWAY           |    26.94 |    62.58 |    59.49 |    57.83 |     1.4  |     0    |
| OMAN             |    52.28 |   160.85 |   697    |   373.18 |   298.67 |     0    |
| PAKISTAN IR      |     0    |     0    |   194.01 |  1065.66 |   179.36 |     0    |
| PAPUA N GNA      |     0    |     0    |     0    |    39    |    22    |     0    |
| PHILIPPINES      |     0    |     0.12 |    24    |   827.5  |   280.25 |     0    |
| POLAND           |   378.23 |   737.31 |   549.75 |   323.71 |   328.86 |   390.91 |
| PORTUGAL         |     1.1  |     0    |     1    |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| QATAR            |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |    26.05 |     0    |
| ROMANIA          |    51.6  |     0    |     0    |    10    |     0.2  |     0.77 |
| RUSSIA           |   795.34 |   489.62 |   152.23 |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| SAUDI ARAB       |  3136.72 |  2982.34 |  4661.3  |  4711.75 |  4042.52 |  4016.05 |
| SINGAPORE        | 29421.3  | 24776    | 28236    | 28575.4  | 28277.9  | 17488    |
| SLOVAK REP       |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0.05 |     0    |
| SLOVENIA         |     0    |     0    |     0    |    70.42 |     7.54 |     0    |
| SOUTH AFRICA     |     0.72 |    61    |   120    |    26.4  |    31.53 |     3.78 |
| SPAIN            |   843.97 |   744.78 |   665.19 |   905.98 |   494.46 |   212.68 |
| SRI LANKA DSR    |     0.02 |     0    |     3.75 |   167.41 |    98.59 |     0    |
| SUDAN            |     0    |     0    |     0    |    23    |   264.26 |     8.2  |
| SWAZILAND        |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0.02 |     0    |

| SWEDEN          |      8.86 |     53.53 |    107.90 |    174.79 |     59.15 |    104.16 |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| SWITZERLAN D    |     37.23 |     58.44 |     76.5  |    236.06 |    213.34 |     42.85 |
| TAIWAN          |  10660.4  |   8439.33 |  13338.5  |  20091.4  |  22543.1  |   6870.75 |
| TANZANIA REP    |      0    |      0    |    341.06 |   3536.02 |   1109.25 |      0    |
| THAILAND        |  20711.9  |  20774.1  |  22168.3  |  27042.3  |  24797.5  |  14553.2  |
| TRINIDAD        |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     22.83 |      0    |
| TUNISIA         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.23 |      0    |      0    |
| TURKEY          |     12.1  |     11    |     50.41 |     85.2  |     60.39 |     52.15 |
| U ARAB EMTS     |    413.8  |   2411.61 |   8480.98 |   4498.32 |   3730.52 |  40930.8  |
| U K             |    238.71 |    187.07 |    368.71 |    781.66 |   1141.51 |     45.34 |
| U S A           |   9649.25 |  14380.2  |  16883.5  |   9832.83 |  12173    |   6131.65 |
| UGANDA          |      0    |      0    |    982.78 |     22    |    161    |      0    |
| UKRAINE         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.03 |
| UNSPECIFIED     |      0    |      5.51 |     21.43 |      0    |      1.94 |      0    |
| VIETNAM SOC REP |     31.54 |     35.91 |    866.6  |    811.02 |     44.95 |    192.02 |
| VIRGIN IS US    |     37.2  |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| YEMEN REPUBLC   |      0    |      0    |      0    |   2637.75 |   1297.46 |      0    |
| Product Total   | 186239    | 175766    | 218541    | 248491    | 239755    | 169499    |

Note: Data Source in respect of imports and exports is DGCIS,Kolkata, M/O Commerce and Industry.