Market Survey

Final Year Design Project

Group 8

China
Chinese Limiting factors:
Raw material shortage:
Because of that, China still uses the acetylene route to produce
VCM which is an old technology for VCM production.

Transportation facility:
The port for export and import out of China as stated below:
(1) Export to Japan: Nearest port (Port of Tianjin) to Port of
Yokohama.
(2) Export to third country: Nearest port (Port of Tianjin) to
Port of Los Angeles.
(3) Import from Japan: Port of Yokohama to nearest port (Port
of Tianjin).

 Labour supply:
labour min wage is 3.60/hour in USD$ .
engineer at 2,004 USD$ /month
managers at 3,735 USD$/month
workers at 1,522 USD$/month
Source: Labour Dept., managed by the Labour and Welfare
Bureau of HKSAR Revised on May 2011, implemented
thereafter.

Climate change.
The Tianjin City port undergone four seasons. Based
on chinahighlight.com. The lowest temperature is
recorded this year is -4 C and the highest is 27 C.

 Tax.
The corporate income tax for china is 25%.
Source: Corporate Income Tax Law of the People's
Republic of China
(Order of the President of the People's
Republic of China No. 63) and Regulations on
Implementation of the Corporate Income Tax Law of the
People's Republic of China (State Council Ordinance No. 512)

PVC demand

Qatar
Raw Materials
-Ras-Laffan Olefins Company (RLOC)- 300,000MT
-Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) -1.3
milllion MT
Energy and fuel Availability
- Ras Laffan Power & Water Plant
Labor supply
Water supply
Climate and Site characteristics
Development and Services
Tax

Figure 2: Tax rate. (BDO Jawad Habib, 2010)

Tax according to profit:

Figure 3: Tax rate according to the profit. (BDO Jawad Habib, 2010)