Wedoany.com Report-Dec.12, Ta'ziz has signed two long-term product sale agreement term sheets with The Sanmar Group for the supply of ethylene dichloride (EDC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), marking the UAE’s first-ever exports of these key petrochemical feedstocks.

The agreements, covering up to 10 years and more than 350,000 tonnes per annum combined, were signed during Adipec in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Adnoc Managing Director and Group CEO, as well as Ambassador Navdeep Suri, former Indian Ambassador to the UAE and Egypt, Chairman of TCI Sanmar Chemicals and board member of The Sanmar Group.

The EDC and VCM will be produced at the Ta'ziz Chemicals Industrial Zone in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Al Dhafra region, Abu Dhabi, and will support Sanmar's PVC manufacturing facilities in Port Said, Egypt, and Cuddalore, India.

Mashal Al-Kindi, CEO of Ta’ziz, said: "These agreements underscore Ta'ziz's commitment to become a reliable supplier of high-quality petrochemical products to global markets. We are pleased to partner with The Sanmar Group to support their growth ambitions in Egypt and India as we enable industrial development and economic diversification in the UAE. These agreements build on the existing robust economic ties between the UAE and India offering further long-term collaboration opportunities and value addition between the two partners."

Vijay Sankar, Chairman of The Sanmar Group, said: "We are pleased to initiate our strategic relationship with Ta'ziz. These long-term agreements reflect our shared commitment to operational excellence, sustainability, and long-term value creation."

The chemicals will be manufactured at Ta'ziz's flagship PVC production complex, which has a marketable capacity of 1.9 million tonnes per annum across caustic soda, EDC, VCM and PVC. Once fully operational in 2028, the broader Ta'ziz zone is projected to produce 4.7 million tonnes per annum of chemicals, including output from dedicated 1 mtpa ammonia and 1.8 mtpa methanol plants.

The initiative strengthens UAE-India industrial cooperation, expands the country's downstream chemicals portfolio and supports the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology's economic diversification objectives under Operation 300bn.