After suffering a number of trade relief baptism, the domestic fastener production industry into a low tide. According to the China Ministry of Commerce released statistics show that after years of continuous double-digit growth, in 2012, China's fastener industry negative growth, down about 1.5%.
Experienced multi-country anti-dumping baptism
At present, the global demand for fastening castings mainly concentrated in North America, Western Europe and Asia, the three major markets, the annual demand are more than 10 billion US dollars, but also the domestic market for fastener exports.
In recent years, China's fastener industry has developed rapidly, and the export volume of related products has been increasing. However, the huge export volume also allows enterprises to fall out of unfair competition. China University of Political Science and Law International Trade Law expert Wu Changhai in the "China Trade News" interview, said that under normal circumstances, the greater the export of a product, by other countries, the greater the possibility of anti-dumping litigation.
In January 2009, the EU imposed an anti-dumping duty of 26.5% to 85% on China's steel fasteners (except stainless steel). In July the same year, the Chinese side on the EU anti-dumping measures against China fasteners WTO dispute settlement procedures.
In July 2011, the WTO final ruled that China won the trade dispute with the EU on fasteners.
Not only the EU, the United States also launched a small fastener. In September 2009, the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission decided to bring a "double reverse" investigation of fastener products imported from China. The evidence from the US suggests that standard parts products from fastener manufacturers in mainland China and Taiwan, such as steel bolts, nuts, head screws, have been subsidized by the government and have been dumped to the United States The
At the same time, US domestic sources claimed that the average dumping of goods imported from mainland China was 145%, and the average dumping ratio of imported goods from China Taiwan was 74%.
After many mediation and corporate defense, the United States terminated its "double reverse" investigation of Chinese fastener products.
After several twists and turns, although the Chinese enterprises in the final case of victory, but the temporary punitive tariffs have been so that domestic enterprises suffered a major injury.
In addition, Canada, Russia and other countries have also made anti-dumping investigations on Chinese-made fasteners, coupled with the impact of the financial crisis, China's overseas sales of fasteners is not optimistic.
Industry needs to be upgraded
It is reported that Jiangsu Province is China's fastener products, one of the four major production and export base, the country's 70% of the fastener enterprises concentrated in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Guangdong, fasteners products have become small and medium enterprises patented products, With the buttons, lighter, like the European Union, the United States and other developed markets selling products. It is reported that China exports to the EU every year about 600 million kilograms of steel fasteners.
"In the anti-dumping, countervailing investigation, the fastener industry has no longer scenery.Compared with other products, fasteners are not high prices, the EU, the United States said the dumping behavior is actually difficult to appear . "Jiangsu Province Jintan constant fasteners Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as constant fasteners) marketing staff told reporters," 2013, the overall industry environment is better than last year, but still can not get rid of the momentum of growth decline "
In addition, China as a fastener export power, in 2012 in Europe and the United States market demand in the case of downturn, the industry experienced a negative growth, the domestic enterprises caused a major blow.
According to the standard fasteners The above staff, the domestic fastener production situation is low-grade products flooded the dominant market, high-grade, high-precision, high-strength fasteners have a small part still need to import. Product import price and export unit price ratio of about 6 times the gap, with the United States, Japan and South Korea, China Taiwan, the gap between the larger.
In the face of this situation, Zhejiang Wenzhou Ouhai Fastener Industry Association Secretary-General Zhou Yanzhu said that at present, the domestic fastener industry must be as soon as possible transformation and upgrading, if not yet clear the status quo, then the future will face more and more competition pressure. At the same time, the fastener is called "industrial rice", if the industry production technology can not be improved, the development of the domestic machinery industry will form a certain obstacle.
Industry insiders, compared to 2012, 2013, China's fastener industry, the pressure will slow down, domestic fastener enterprises should pay close attention to domestic and international economic situation and policy direction; according to market trends and timely adjustment of product structure And marketing strategies to create brand effect; increase research and development efforts to enhance the value-added products; enhance the level of enterprise management, through automated production to improve efficiency and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, and actively carry out the transformation and upgrading of the industry.