The oil price issue affected the development of petrochemical industry in the past two years. Similarly, the change in oil price is also an important factor that affects the prosperity of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry in 2017. If the oil price can remain low, it will be positive news to Taiwan’s petrochemical industry. Looking forward to 2017, the oil price will be the most important factor that affects the performance of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry. About 90% experts forecast that the performance Taiwan’s petrochemical industry will remain the same. As long as the oil price remains fair, most experts are optimistic that the performance of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry will be similar to that in 2016.
I、Industry Scope
II、Industry Review of 2016
III、Technological Trends of Emerging Products
IV、5+2 Industrial Innovation
V、New Southern Countries
VI、Industry Outlook of 2017
Figure 1 Definition and scope of petrochemical industry
Figure 2 The outlook of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry in 2017 and the factors that affects the economic prosperity
Table 1 Industry review of 2016
Table 2 Overview of the technologies of emerging products
Table 3 5+2 Industrial Innovation
Table 4 Local industry policies and needs
Table 5 Capacity of Taiwanese companies and competitor analysis
Table 6 Advantages, disadvantages and opportunity analysis of Taiwanese companies