Associació Empresarial Química De Tarragona (AEQT)

Full member since 1 January 2006

About Associació Empresarial Química De Tarragona (AEQT)

The Tarragona region is located 100 km south of Barcelona, in the northeast of Spain. Tarragona is the most important chemical manufacturing cluster in Spain, and in terms of ethylene production the 3rd largest in Europe. The 44% of the total plastics products in Spain are produced in the Tarragona industrial polygon. The economic success of the chemical area depends on the Port that ensures the import flow of raw materials and competitive feedstock for the chemical manufacturing process. The maritime traffic through the Port of Tarragona amounts to about 31,7 million tons per year and the petroleum products (crude petroleum, naphtha, fuel oil, propane, crude, condensates, diesel) represent around 52%, for a total of almost 16,5 million tons per year. The global production of the chemical companies in Tarragona amounts to 21 million tons per year, 25% of which is exported. There is a high integration between the companies in Tarragona as one third of the products is used inside the cluster as input to further manufacturing stages.