Chinese tire exports aimed at the enormous business opportunities in India tire market

China's production of tires each year, about 1 / 4 exports. In 2003 exports 45,659,000, representing 29.6 percent growth last year, of which 2 / 3 as the bias tire. China is currently on the market by the radial bias tire pressure, the market is in a serious recession, the basic corporate profits and therefore increase the export of tires after all, business development strategy. In the export market, India tires contain a larger market opportunities.
India in the auto industry has gone through nearly 40 years after the closure of the last 10 years, gradually opening to the world. Today, in India's crowded streets of the old car and ran at the same time the world's most modern cars, while India's own production of new cars also have emerged. However, the tire industry in India and has not been too many new atmosphere.
India has very few car radial tire assembly, not only the vast majority of commercial vehicles still using bias tires, even by car are almost exclusively used when there is a tire inner tube. It is inconceivable that the Indian automobile manufacturing companies are not tubeless radial tire of the car as standard equipment.
Tubeless radial tire in India to promote it difficult for two main reasons: first, public awareness, and the other is India's road conditions. Indian consumers are very concerned about the price, they can travel to the car's comfort and even less security Jing-yi, but if excessive tire wear will go to court to consumer complaints. India severely damaged road surface, holes everywhere, can be regarded as the world's worst road. As a result, Indian tire manufacturer in the production of tires, often at the expense of performance requirements and instead focus on tire life and durability.
In many parts of India, people are more willing to choose bias instead of radial tires. In addition to the radial tire due to the lack of awareness, in the villages and small towns, people feel radial tire sidewall than bias tires more easily damaged. As the radial tire sidewall is usually relatively soft and thin, so the villages in India's rough roads are often more vulnerable to sharp rocks punctured.
In order to improve the rough road in the car at the time of comfort and service life, manufacturers have to increase the tire's aspect ratio, the higher the sidewall can be uneven impact of the road to play the role of shock absorption. As a result, India tires are 70 or 80 series. As a result of constant complaints from customers, India's largest car maker Maruti had to be popular in India, Zen-car tire configuration, equipped with 145/70R13 changed from the original allocation 145/80R12. In general, for ease of driving, with large rim of the vehicle equipped with the requirements of the relatively low profile tires, but in India, most of the automakers also will Zhigan tire aspect ratio down to 60, even the Mercedes - Benz In India the use of the S-class tires used only 60 series. Only the Ford Mondeo cars have been using 205/55R16 tires, because of the results of height and driving too slow and lead to widespread criticism of Le had to give up reluctantly with low profile tires.
India's production of tires to use most of the matrix structure of the nylon material, although a long life, but other properties were not good enough, and the biggest drawback is that when it can not be stretched back to the original state so as to have a slight lead to tire deformation. As a result, with skeletons made of nylon material of the radial tire with large amount of plastic, relatively thick matrix structure, its service life is pretty good, only when the exercise of the high-speed swing, vibration and noise are more serious, the brakes are also unstable. However, if the speed is less than 50 km / hour, all the above issues are difficult to show, perhaps not in line with India's national conditions. Over the past two years, the Indian government seems to understand the development of highway construction and other infrastructure facilities, in June 2000, India's first expressway, the official opening of the expressway linking Mumbai and Pune, a total length of 100 kilometers, the first drivers First tasted the feeling of maneuvering. However, India's tire quickly in the speed of 150 km of the highway shows that the adapted, flat tires caused by traffic accidents occur one after another.
In the high-speed tires burst when such issues are many reasons. First of all, the driver of the tire pressure has not set a correct understanding, not to drive onto the highway before the tire pressure correct and sufficient, leading to tire on the highway in motion a serious heat, which is one of the main reasons tire burst. Secondly, India has not stringent motor vehicle inspection system, those old, worn tires with a serious car up the highway, easy to tire the accident occurred. In addition, India's automobile manufacturers seem to tire in the car when the configuration has been particularly mean, the tires are equipped with a maximum speed limit is only 180 km / hour of the S-class tires, the family car for those who Biao potential problems.
Despite the tubeless radial tire inner tube than there are safer, but the former market in India was an acceptable level is very weak. At present, only India as a whole accounted for less than 2% of the market share of luxury cars tubeless radial tire was chosen as a standard configuration. Tubeless radial tire for use in India also face a number of practical problems, one of the big problems is that the vast majority of vehicles equipped with the rim of the quality problems. In poor road conditions, the 12-inch and 13 inches rim (95% of India's vehicle category are configured rim) on the possible bending deformation, resulting in tubeless tire bead and the rim of the seal leakage took place, so that the tire leak Gas. In India, when the vehicle fitted with tubeless radial tire when the most vulnerable to such problems, customers can not accept this, of course. And because of the bias tire inner tube carrying an independent internal pressure, the risk is not natural.
Tire repair problems also hinder tubeless radial tire to enter the Indian market. In India, tire repair work by engaging in a roadside hawkers, they generally lack the tire repair facilities, not to mention automatic unloading tires, tires installed equipment. Not all due to the tire repair shop has tubeless radial tire repair experience, the repair of tubeless tires asking price is usually the tire inner tubes or 3 times 4 times or more. Despite the radial tire market in India is also faced with many problems and difficulties, but the road conditions improve security for the better tubeless radial tire into the Indian market may be provided. With the improvement of road conditions, tubeless radial tire in particular the advantages of comfort and safety in India, or its market has been gradually recognized. Such as in 2002, Goodyear in India tubeless tire sales over the previous year on an increase of 1 times. At the same time, Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli, and other major tire giant is planning to have their newest introduction of the Indian tire market with a view to future market access in return.
India's market tires of the status quo, but also for the export of Chinese tire market. China is the world's largest producer of bias tires, bias tires and a better quality, the price is not high, compared with India to adapt to the needs of the market. On the tire industry, India more than China's advantage. With India and the improvement of road conditions, China has better prospects for exports of radial tire. According to customs statistics, in 2002, China's tire exports to India 71,219, 2,802,700 U.S. dollars for exports. It is understood that India has become the world after China, following another big market, Chinese enterprises should pay attention to tire of this market to develop.
In addition, India has the market potential for the development of products for the tire industry also support the rubber chemicals, frame materials, carbon black, Synthetic and a variety of production equipment such as tires, Chinese enterprises have also been strengthened in this field to India Exports.