In the Commodity Chemicals Division, we primarily trade chemical commodities such as raw materials for plastics and synthetic fibers, methanol, chemical fertilizers, inorganic raw materials, industrial salts and caustic soda. We also make investments to reinforce and complement these transactions.

We are maintaining our focus on trading, the primary source of our profits, and seeking to optimize the value chain of each product by producing basic chemical products in locations where the raw materials are cost competitive.

In the Commodity Chemicals Division, we will look to strengthen our trading and logistics capabilities. At the same time, we will actively develop our businesses, chiefly through upstream investments in resources and raw materials and through investments based on alliances with prominent manufacturers.
Our large-scale investments in the area of resources and raw materials include: Exportadora de Sal, S.A. de C.V., a producer of salt in Mexico; Aromatics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a manufacturer of raw materials for synthetic fibers and plastics in Malaysia; PT. Kaltim Parna Industri, an ammonia business in Indonesia; and Metanol de Oriente, METOR, S.A., a producer of methanol in Venezuela.

Aromatic chemicals and their derivative products, olefins, raw materials for synthetic fiber, phenol, methanol, ammonia, chemical fertilizers and their raw materials, molasses, ethanol, industrial mining products, sulfur, sulfuric acid, industrial salts, caustic soda, PVC raw materials, chlorine products and others.

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• Olefins & Aromatic Unit
• Petrochemical Intermediates Unit
• Polyester Unit
• Methanol Unit
• Ammonia Unit
• Fertilizer Unit
• Inorganic Chemicals Unit
• Chlor-Alkali Unit