--- title: "German chemicals producer BASF is likely to announce a new multi-year supply contract in China from Zhanjiang by the end of 2027." description: "On 2 November China’s industry ministry published a five-agency plan for more than 100 national standards to measure product emissions across manufacturing and energy by 2028. Common calculations will" url: "https://bilby.ai/predictions/p/202/german-chemicals-producer-basf-is-likely-to-announce-a-new-multi-year-supply-con" markdown: "https://bilby.ai/predictions/p/202/german-chemicals-producer-basf-is-likely-to-announce-a-new-multi-year-supply-con.md" index: "https://bilby.ai/llms.txt" --- > For agents: Bilby answers questions about what governments do, from documents collected at source and checked by research analysts. To ask Bilby yourself, connect to its MCP server at https://pulse.bilby.ai/mcp (setup: https://docs.bilby.ai/developers/mcp-server). Every page on this site is also markdown: add .md to its address, or send Accept: text/markdown. https://bilby.ai/llms.txt lists them all. # German chemicals producer BASF is likely to announce a new multi-year supply contract in China from Zhanjiang by the end of 2027. - **Made:** 4 Nov 2026 - **By:** Owen Bae - **Market:** China - **First reported by:** China Petrochemical News - **Outcome:** Unresolved On 2 November China’s industry ministry published a five-agency plan for more than 100 national standards to measure product emissions across manufacturing and energy by 2028. Common calculations will let carmakers and appliance producers verify the emissions savings they are being asked to pay for. BASF’s €8.7 billion Zhanjiang complex uses renewable electricity throughout its production operations which gives it a measurable advantage when buyers compare materials made using different energy sources. The company acknowledged in March that green products still rarely command the broad price premiums needed to support large decarbonisation investments. BASF already offers Zhanjiang products with reported carbon footprints at least 30% below defined benchmarks which gives it materials to offer industrial customers seeking those reductions. First reported by [China Petrochemical News](http://enews.sinopecnews.com.cn/zgshb/html/2026-11/04/content_8763641.htm?div=-1) ![Actors and decision makers in a potential BASF supply contract from Zhanjiang](https://cms.bilby.ai/api/media/file/adt-2026-11-04-prediction-202.png?prefix=cms-media) [Ask Bilby about this prediction](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=German%20chemicals%20producer%20BASF%20is%20likely%20to%20announce%20a%20new%20multi-year%20supply%20contract%20in%20China%20from%20Zhanjiang%20by%20the%20end%20of%202027.) ## Ask Bilby about it Carry the prediction into a question: what has changed since, who decides, and who is exposed. - [What has changed since it was made?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=What%20has%20changed%20since%20Bilby%20predicted%20this%3F%20German%20chemicals%20producer%20BASF%20is%20likely%20to%20announce%20a%20new%20multi-year%20supply%20contract%20in%20China%20from%20Zhanjiang%20by%20the%20end%20of%202027.) - [Who decides whether it happens?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=Who%20decides%20whether%20this%20happens%3F%20German%20chemicals%20producer%20BASF%20is%20likely%20to%20announce%20a%20new%20multi-year%20supply%20contract%20in%20China%20from%20Zhanjiang%20by%20the%20end%20of%202027.) - [Who gains and who loses if it does?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=Who%20gains%20and%20who%20loses%20if%20this%20happens%3F%20German%20chemicals%20producer%20BASF%20is%20likely%20to%20announce%20a%20new%20multi-year%20supply%20contract%20in%20China%20from%20Zhanjiang%20by%20the%20end%20of%202027.) ## More from China 37 predictions on China so far, newest first. - 9 Nov 2026 · [Costly winter gas purchases will push CPC’s accumulated losses to about NT$127.6 billion by the end of 2026](https://bilby.ai/predictions/p/209/costly-winter-gas-purchases-will-push-cpc-s-accumulated-losses-to-about-nt-127-6) · Unresolved - 6 Nov 2026 · [Nvidia is likely to win additional computing orders by the end of 2027.](https://bilby.ai/predictions/p/208/nvidia-is-likely-to-win-additional-computing-orders-by-the-end-of-2027) · Unresolved - 5 Nov 2026 · [China’s IPO restrictions will redirect billions of yuan towards private financing.](https://bilby.ai/predictions/p/205/china-s-ipo-restrictions-will-redirect-billions-of-yuan-towards-private-financin) · Unresolved [All 37 from China](https://bilby.ai/predictions/log?tag=china) · Marked true or false when each resolves ## See what we’re seeing next. New predictions in the Asia Daily Take, free every weekday, and in Bilby whenever you have a question. [Get the Asia Daily Take](https://bilby.ai/asia#asia-daily-take) · [Try Bilby](https://pulse.bilby.ai/sign-up)