Analysis of the main reasons for the decline in foreign trade of metal stamping products

Analysis of the main reasons for the decline in foreign trade of my country's hardware stamping products (1) The growth rate of foreign trade has declined, and the international market demand is weak. At present, the growth rate of my country's metal stamping products foreign trade has declined, and the weak international market demand is an important reason. According to the latest news from the my country Metal Stamping Products Industry Association, my country's metal stamping industry is currently experiencing large-scale and diversified development, showing an oversupply situation, and the industry has a problem of overcapacity. According to customs statistics, in 2016, the foreign trade of my country's metal stamping products was mainly concentrated in the countries along the Belt and Road, the 27 EU countries, the United States, the ten ASEAN countries, Japan, and the BRICS countries, respectively completing a year-on-year cumulative export growth of -9.26%, -4.56%, -4.92%, -11.2%, 1.15%, -11.02%. Among them, only the foreign trade with Japan maintained a positive growth of 1.15%, while other countries and regions showed varying degrees of negative growth. And in 2016, my country's metal stamping products industry completed a total of 95.237 billion U.S. dollars in exports, a year-on-year increase of -8.53%, a decrease of 11.34% from the same period last year, and there were 9 months of negative growth throughout the year. In addition, in 2016, the entire industry achieved a total foreign trade surplus of US$73.527 billion, but it was a decrease of US$8.593 billion from the same period last year. The surplus decreased by 10.46% year-on-year, and it was 16.64% lower than the growth rate of the metal stamping industry's trade surplus in 2015. It can be seen that the growth rate of foreign trade has decreased to varying degrees, and the international market demand is weak. (2) The foreign trade structure of metal stamping products is still at the middle and low end of the global value chain. The foreign trade structure of China's hardware stamping products is unreasonable. It is mainly manifested in the single foreign trade product. The main products are construction hardware stamping, tool hardware stamping, sanitary products and daily hardware stamping, accounting for 26.14%, 18.69%, 19.35% of total foreign trade respectively. 14.79%, which in turn leads to low added value of foreign trade products, at the low end of the global value chain. In addition, among the various types of trade, five types of trade, including processing trade with imported materials, foreign contracted foreign trade goods in foreign contracted projects, warehousing and transit goods in bonded areas, border small-value trade, and barter trade, have shown varying degrees of negative growth, which are about -4.20 and -3.17 respectively. , -9.75, -14.46, and -3.98. According to statistics from the industry association in 2016, due to the lack of well-known brands in my country, more than 85% of foreign trade hardware stamping products are mainly produced by OEM (OEM). Take Zhejiang Province as an example. The total foreign trade volume of construction hardware stamping, tool hardware stamping, stainless steel vacuum flask, locks and other products ranks first in the country. Although the quality of some products can be compared with developed countries, this kind of OEM production belongs to the development of the product chain. Low-profit links; not only that, even in terms of OEM production, there is still a large price difference compared with developed countries. Take the OEM production of ZIPPO lighters in the United States as an example. The OEM price in Japan is US$10, while the OEM price in Wenzhou is It's $1. This OEM production method also shows that my country's metal stamping products foreign trade has not yet shaken off its dependence on foreign markets, technology and brands. (3) Trade frictions facing the foreign trade market have intensified. In recent years, foreign trade frictions in my country's hardware stamping products have intensified and the international market situation has become more severe. According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, throughout 2016, the United States, Japan, and the European Union stepped up efforts to promote trade remedy investigations and enforcement in order to protect their industries. According to the latest information released by the Ministry of Commerce, there were significantly more trade friction incidents involving my country's metal stamping products in 2016 than in 2015, and the trade remedy investigation of my country's metal stamping industry in 2016 involved construction metal stamping, daily-use metal stamping, Various industries such as zippers and locks. According to the latest TBT announcement on the official website of the World Trade Organization, the recalls of metal stamping products in my country in 2016 were mainly concentrated on metal stamping products such as gas stoves, cooking utensils, construction metal stamping, and stainless steel products. In addition, trade frictions will continue to intensify in the future, because the non-market economy status stipulated in Article 15 of the 'Protocol on China's Accession to the WTO' has expired, and developed countries such as the United States, Europe, and Japan are still unwilling to abandon the alternative country plan. In such a transitional or controversial stage, it is possible for foreign competitors in the same industry to initiate more applications for countervailing investigations in 2017. It can be seen that the foreign trade market environment of my country's hardware stamping products will remain severe for a period of time in the future. (4) The technical level of foreign trade products is low, and there is a gap with developed countries. In terms of product processing, factories in my country that carry out foreign trade in metal stamping products have fewer core competitive technologies and lower utilization of advanced technologies. According to China Light Industry Information Network, in the past eight years, the total number of non-utility model patents has only accounted for 23% of developed countries such as Europe and the United States. However, foreign metal stamping products have made great progress in the field of smart processing. In response to climate changes in different regions and seasons, the United States has developed a high-end aluminum alloy window metal stamping system, which can realize the functions of outward opening two-way transmission, curtain wall hanging and outer side opening micro ventilation. Moreover, according to the China Light Industry Information Network, during the period 2008-2016, my country had only the import processing rights in nut production, and the product patent rights belonged to factories in Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries. Although the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance jointly formulated the 'Smart Processing Development Plan (2016-2020)' in December 2016, the metal stamping industry as a whole is developing toward smart processing driven by policies. However, at present, my country's hardware stamping products foreign trade factories have not yet formed a mechanism that can promote the industry's overall common technological progress, and there are big problems in technical exchanges between factories. Previous post: Specifications for the treatment of electroplating wastewater from hardware products