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Providing Insights into the Markets for Bio-Based Materials with BioMAT

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  • Viktoriya Sturm

    (Thünen Institute of Market Analysis, Bundesallee 63, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany)

  • Myrna van Leeuwen

    (Wageningen Economic Research, 2585 DB The Hague, The Netherlands)

  • Ana Gonzalez-Martinez

    (Wageningen Economic Research, 2585 DB The Hague, The Netherlands)

  • David Verhoog

    (Wageningen Economic Research, 2585 DB The Hague, The Netherlands)

  • Nicolas Hark

    (nova-Institut GmbH, 50354 Hürth, Germany)

  • Niels de Beus

    (nova-Institut GmbH, 50354 Hürth, Germany)

Abstract

Knowledge-based policy making in the field of bio-based economy needs two elements: (i) a monitoring system for assessing the historical developments of bio-based industry and (ii) foresight capacities to provide prospects for the bio-based industry in the future and how it can contribute to achieving different targets. However, significant knowledge gaps in both areas exist, especially regarding the markets of bio-based materials in general and bio-based chemicals in particular. Against this background, a new consistent framework for the representation of the value chains of bio-based materials in the EU and its Member States is developed, i.e., BioMAT. This article aims to present the BioMAT database which (i) is used to track historical developments in the markets for bio-based chemicals and the demand for feedstocks and (ii) enables the construction of the BioMAT model to make future projections. The developed BioMAT database compilation procedure is described in detail. Results reveal that the production of bio-based chemicals in the EU reached 43 million tons or 14% of the total output volume of the organic chemical industry in 2018. The main application of bio-based chemicals is biofuels, followed by agrochemicals and surfactants. The main feedstocks are plant oils and starch.

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  • Viktoriya Sturm & Myrna van Leeuwen & Ana Gonzalez-Martinez & David Verhoog & Nicolas Hark & Niels de Beus, 2023. "Providing Insights into the Markets for Bio-Based Materials with BioMAT," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-25, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:4:p:3064-:d:1061442
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    1. Philippidis, George & Álvarez, Rodrigo Xavier & Di Lucia, Lorenzo & Hermoso, Hugo González & Martinez, Ana González & M'barek, Robert & Moiseyev, Alexander & Panoutsou, Calliope & Itoiz, Eva Sevigne &, 2024. "The development of bio-based industry in the European Union: A prospective integrated modelling assessment," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    2. Myrna van Leeuwen & Ana Gonzalez‐Martinez & Viktoriya Sturm, 2023. "EU Outlook for Biomass Flows and Bio‐based Products," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 22(3), pages 13-20, December.

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