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Roadmap to support investment in Bioplastics Industry in Thailand
The cabinet has agreed with the framework to enhance the investment in bioplastics industry as suggested by the Ministry of Science and Technology as follows:
1. Roadmap to support investment in Bioplastics Industry in Thailand:
- To establish pilot plants which are able to operate within 3 years (2011 – 2013).
- To proceed with the second phase
(2011 – 2015) of the National Roadmap for the Development of the Bioplastics Industry as
adjusted from its first phase (2008 – 2012) to support the commercial investment in 2015.
- To create 5 supportive measures to convince the investors within 2015.
- For the budget to proceed as stated, it is required to discuss with the Bureau of the Budget in further details.
2. The assigned organization(s) as stated in the national roadmap will discuss with the Bureau of the Budget and proceed to meet the goal as targeted.
3. The National Innovation Agency (Public Organization) (NIA) will be the key coordinator to link private sectors with the involved organizations to convert the roadmap supporting investment in Thailand’s bioplastics industry to the practical methods and submit the summarized report to the cabinet regularly.
The Ministry of Science and Technology will consider the notice from the Ministry of Finance about the tax to support the research and technology development. The laws and related regulations will be applied.
NIA aims to promote the utilization of readily available resources (e.g. cassava and sugar cane) to support the production of bioplastics to respond to the ever-growing demand from the world market which expanded almost 30% every year. In this endeavor, NIA plans to supply assistance in terms of know-how and finance by seeking cooperation with local organizations (e.g. National Research Council of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University and Suranaree University of Technology) and also overseas counterparts from Japan, China, Germany, USA and Brazil.
This initiative is carried out in a hope to propel Thailand to become the regional leader in the production of bioplastics in the next 5 years.
Main points
The Ministry of Science and Technology has coordinated with the involved parties to create the roadmap to support the investment in bioplastics industry in Thailand. The Public-Private Joint Standing Committee on Science and Technology has agreed to create the supportive measures to enhance the investment in bioplastics industry which, as a result, will lead to a concrete prototype project in 2013 and commercial investment in 2015. The main points are as follows:
1. Roadmap to support investment in Bioplastics Industry in Thailand:
1.1. To establish pilot plants with productivity from 1,000 to 10,000 tons/year which are able to operate within 3 years (2011 – 2013). The committee has agreed that 300 million Baht supported by the government is required, instead of 1,800 million Baht as granted earlier to co-invest in this industry as 70:30 Private-Public investment. The budget from private sector for a three year pilot project is 1,700 million Baht.
1.2. To accelerate the process as stated in the roadmap to enhance the commercial investment within 5 years (2011 – 2015). There are 20 projects in total and they are managed by 33 public and private companies. The budget from private sector for commercial investment is 10,000 million Baht in total, and the budget from the government is 600 million Baht in total.
1.3. The supportive measure to enhance the commercial investment in 5 years (2011 – 2015) consists of:
1.3.1. Measure for Biomaterial Preparation
1.3.2. Measure for R&D
1.3.3. Measure for Bioplastics Standardization in International Level
1.3.4. Measure for Privileges in Investment and Business Functions
1.3.5. Measure for Market Support and Environment Management
2. Expected Results:
2.1. Economy: The development of business in bioplastic monomer production will be established, as well as the development in bioplastic resin production, type Polylactic acid (PLA) in 2013 and will be enlarged to the commercial scale with the productivity as 100,000 tons/ year in 2015 which will have 10,000 million Baht investment value. In addition, the establishment of bioplastic product manufacturing plant will increase the employment in bioplastic industry and related business approximately 200,000 people which will bring the revenue to the government 6,260 million Baht.
2.2. Social: People in 4 major groups will gain benefits in both direct and indirect ways, including the farmers who grow sugar cane and cassava, the manufacturers of sugar and starch, people in plastics industry and students and researchers.
2.3. Technology: The development of new knowledge, research and development of Thai researchers to push the country's bioplastics technology to the international level and intellectual property arising from the development of pilot plant in the form of patents.
2.4. Environment: The development of new products which are environmentally friendly and effective waste management
Download:
National Roadmap for the Development of Bioplastics Industry
[Thai version]
National Roadmap of Bioplastics Industry [Presentation]
[Thai version] [English version]
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