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Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

About BMWK

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) is Germany’s federal ministry responsible for economic policy, industrial policy, energy policy and climate action. It develops the regulatory framework for competition, foreign trade and investment screening, SME support and innovation, and steers the Energiewende and industrial decarbonization. Its portfolio includes agencies such as the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA).

For the chemical industry, BMWK shapes key conditions for production and investment in Germany, including energy and carbon policy, state-aid compliance, and funding for research, scale-up and transformation projects. Through national schemes and EU-coordinated programs, it supports technologies such as renewable hydrogen, electrification, energy efficiency, carbon capture and utilization, and circular-economy and recycling solutions. BMWK’s policies and grants are central to enabling a competitive, lower-emission chemical value chain in Germany.

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German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection and Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz.

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