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China's tire export encounters barriers and countermeasures
1. Current status of China's tire industry
With the rapid development of China's auto industry, the tire industry has also continued to grow, and has become the world's largest tire producer, with tire production ranking for 4 consecutive years in the world. In 2005, China ’s total tire output was about 250 million, with a radial rate of 57%. The “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” was completed ahead of schedule. In 2009, the total output reached 380 million, with a radial rate of 77%. The output is about 430 million. The products include heavy-duty, light-duty, passenger cars, agricultural, engineering, industrial and other six categories of tires, with about 2,000 specifications and varieties, which can basically meet the needs of domestic and foreign markets.
However, since April this year, due to various complex factors, the prices of natural rubber and other raw materials have continued to skyrocket, breaking the historical price of 36-68,000 yuan / ton, and the tire production cost has risen by more than 30%, which is higher than The increase in tire output value was 8 percentage points. The growth rate of sales in the first three quarters decreased by 6.7 percentage points compared with the previous two quarters, and the export delivery value decreased by 4.5 percentage points. The production and operation of the entire industry and the export of tires are very serious. Some companies have suffered losses. Associations and enterprises are taking various countermeasures to overcome the difficulties.
2. China's tire exports are hindered by trade protectionism
In recent years, some countries headed by the United States have filed anti-subsidy investigations against many industries in China, and have taken punitive trade protectionist measures, which have caused great losses to China ’s foreign trade economy. It also has a serious impact on China's tire exports, mainly due to foreign trade and technical barriers.
3. The impact of trade barriers on China's tire exports
Tires are products that are subject to many trade sanctions in the international trade, such as "double-reverse" and special protection cases. It can be said that wherever Chinese tires go, they are all subject to siege, forcing Chinese tires to withdraw from some countries or significantly reduce exports It prevents Chinese tires from entering its market normally.
According to Chinese customs statistics, the national tire export delivery value in 2009 fell by 24% over the previous year; from January to September this year, the number of tires exported from China to the United States fell by nearly 25.4% year-on-year, and the export value fell by 27.3%; The branch counted 45 companies, and the export delivery value increased from January to September this year by 4.5% compared with January to June.
