Review: China's packaging industry laughs to join the WTO (I)

The Chinese, accustomed to being divided into two, like to think about what they want to do. In the face of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, people from all walks of life are looking left and right to take a look at it. Whether or not they see the doorway, they all send out their final exclamation: “Well, opportunities and risks coexist.” The feeling is really nonsense. In fact, China's accession to the WTO far exceeds the disadvantages of the Chinese packaging industry.
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WTO entry is definitely good news for the Chinese packaging industry. Good from many aspects:
First of all, as a packaging industry for supporting industries, products themselves are light-bubbled goods, and they will not directly face the impact of imported products.
Secondly, the main users of packaging products are food, beverages, chemicals, and chemical products, etc. These industries will not receive much impact after they join the WTO. On the contrary, more foreign companies will enter these fields to participate in the Chinese market competition. There will be greater demand for packaging products, and at the same time it will promote the upgrading of the packaging industry's own technology and products.
Third, packaging is a matter of raw material cost as the main cost component, usually the raw material cost will account for more than 60% of the direct cost of the product, and some even as high as 80%. After joining the WTO, raw material tariffs are reduced, and packaging and processing companies are absolutely profitable.
Fourth, after entering the customs, the import licensing system has completely died down, the distribution of imported materials has been reduced accordingly, and the procurement channels for raw materials have become more open. With the improvement of the competition mechanism, the prices of raw materials have become more transparent, which is conducive to lower packaging companies. The cost of getting quality raw materials. For those large-scale packaging companies, they can directly apply for import and export rights, reduce costs, and can also avoid import risks;
Fifth, the tariffs on mechanical products will be lowered, which will greatly facilitate the upgrading of packaging companies' equipment and products;
Sixth, after the accession to the WTO, foreign packaging companies will also enter the Chinese market. Although they will compete with Chinese packaging companies, because the marketing of packaging products is highly dependent on the familiarity with the domestic market, most foreign packaging groups will use joint ventures. The situation has entered the market. This kind of entry is actually conducive to the structural adjustment of China's packaging industry.
Seventh, the entry of a large number of foreign products and the increase of exchanges will promote the improvement of China's packaging design level, which will be beneficial to the upgrading of China's packaging products.
The inventory of paper packaging, plastic packaging, metal and glass packaging products in the industry is not completely the same, but it also has a special phenomenon.
Paper packaging products The proportion of foreign paper packaging products in the packaging industry is higher than that in China. There are two reasons for this. One is that Europe and the United States place more emphasis on environmental protection and believe that paper products are more environmentally friendly. Second, there is a lack of forest trees in China, and there is a lack of vigorous development of paper packaging. However, the paper packaging market has always been optimistic for the industry.
In 2000, the total production of industrial paper and paperboard in China was 30.9 million tons, an increase of 4.4% over the previous year, with a total consumption of 36.2 million tons. For a long time, China has imported a large amount of paper, paperboard and papermaking raw materials. Since the beginning of last year, there has been a negative growth in the import volume of paper and board in China. In 2000, 5.729 million tons were imported, a decrease of 8.4% from 1999. In 2001, imports continued to show a declining trend. From January to August, 3.702 million tons of paper and paperboard were imported, a decrease of 10.27% over the same period of last year. The decrease in imports was mainly due to the increase in domestic production. At present, the major new installations in the world are mainly concentrated in China. It is reported that starting from this year, the tariffs on wood, paper and its products will be reduced to 8.9%. By 2003, the tariffs on most paper and paperboard will be reduced to 5%. (To be continued)