Increased trade friction rubber exports extensive problems

As the well-prepared, the measures are effective, since China's accession to the WTO, the domestic rubber industry to achieve a stable and rapid development. Especially in export growth, not only eased the pressure on the domestic market, pulling rubber industry has also become a major driving force for growth. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, China's rubber industry exports reached 21,547,000,000 yuan, 26,774,000,000 yuan and 37,306,000,000 yuan. At the same time, import growth has not yet on the domestic market and the impact of a larger industry. It can be said that accession to the WTO in the face of pressure, the Chinese rubber industry to pay a qualified answer.

However, with the accession to the WTO after the arrival of the transitional period, China's rubber industry in the face of domestic and international market trading environment is not easy. Especially in export growth, foreign trade rise to friction, trade barriers abroad, one after another.

According to incomplete statistics, increasing trade friction, China's 2004 foreign anti-dumping rubber products (including review) as many as 14 cases, the products related to shoes, tires, bicycle tires inside and outside, tire cord, rubber chemicals and so on, with the exception of developed countries, More developing countries, mainly from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. In particular, "Spain burned shoes incident", although only an extreme example, it highlighted the sharp trade friction between China and the extensive pattern of export worries, it is no longer a simple, isolated incident, trade friction has been a very The feelings of ingredients.

To enter in 2005, China's rubber industry has not only failed to reduce the foreign trade friction, and also a form of diversification. Jan 1, 2005, the European Union to abolish import quotas for Chinese footwear, Chinese shoe from the proliferation of local industries may have an impact, the EU decided on February 1 starting from the part of the Chinese footwear products for a period of 1 year in advance of the import control measures. In addition, the origin of Venezuela on China's footwear anti-dumping review; originating in Canada on China's water-proof shoes and shoe anti-dumping sunset review; Turkey imports from China V with the implementation of regulatory measures, decided at the same time in March Starting on the 10th of Chinese origin from the tire levy tax rate of 33% of the provisional anti-dumping duties. In addition, the U.S. International Trade Commission on imports of rubber antioxidant and similar products 337 investigation; Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India originating in China's nylon tire cord to make a final anti-dumping and so on. Turkey in the Chinese tire on the anti-dumping case, China has built more than a tire factory's well-known international tire company's plant in Turkey also joined the Chinese tire on the anti-dumping case. It is evident that China's foreign trade friction rubber industry, both in form and content are more complex, much become worse.

Changes in the way of trade to be

At present, China's foreign trade growth mode rubber industry, mainly the "four-dependent": the traditional reliance on the United States, Europe, Japan market; to rely on quantitative expansion; reliance on foreign-funded enterprises; dependent on the processing trade.

In the past three years from Chinese imports and exports of rubber products it is clear that exports a large quantity of low value, imports of high value-added products. If the class of 2004 with exports of 39,943 tons, 86,590,000 U.S. dollars foreign exchange; the same period, imports of only 9138 tons, the use of foreign exchange up to 54,300,000 U.S. dollars on the expansion of the number of on-trade growth mode has become the basis of very vulnerable.

From the export market, in 2003 China's export rubber products 3,539,000,000 pairs, in which the U.S. market accounted for 24.33%, Japan accounted for nearly 8 percent, the European Union accounted for 11.89%, China HKSAR 11. 44%, while exports to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and most of the rubber to re-export trade through the EU and the United States market, China's exports shows that half of the shoes on the three major trading partners.

From the form of trade, in 2004 China imported 1,280,000 tons of natural rubber, of which 2 / 3 in the form of processing trade imports, that of processing trade in rubber products occupy a considerable proportion. Foreign-funded enterprises in China has gone through investment, growth, maturity, is now in the harvest season, not only for their products in China opened the market, but also among the ranks of exports, and the momentum is very fierce.

From the above we can see that the Chinese rubber industry to be changes in the way of foreign trade.

To create a positive environment to deal with international trade friction, many domestic enterprises are to export a small number of the enterprises or non-existent exports of high-price dumping on the ground, to avoid responding, and the result is the initiative to give up foreign markets. India to China in the near future cord final anti-dumping, and not given to enterprises involved in the enterprises involved in the tax rate differential to a case in point. It should be noted that foreign-funded enterprises have sophisticated and extensive international distribution network, such as anti-dumping case of trade frictions have room for maneuver, and the formation of "the East-West does not shine" pattern, while domestic enterprises are likely to fall into the embarrassing situation.

As a result, international trade friction, industry and government organizations should actively respond to business organizations. First of all, government policy should be, the system of laws and regulations on businesses for the fair and orderly competition to create a regulated environment. At present, such as rubber production capacity, tariffs on rubber imports are very low; On the other hand, natural rubber processing 2 / 3 of the need to import, import tariffs as high as 20%. This obviously unreasonable policy, China will seriously weaken the competitiveness of the rubber industry. Second, the industry organization to understand, study, master, learn to use WTO rules to enhance communication and establish an early warning system for the provision of information services, and business organizations to actively respond to trade friction. Third, companies should regulate competition efforts, disrupt the war can not.