The market is educating us. If we can handle it correctly, adjust development ideas, and establish a sustainable economic growth model, the Chinese ceramics industry will be more competitive and have the right to speak in the international market. In view of the EU anti-dumping case against China, a few days ago, the vice president of the China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association, said in an interview with reporters. Qi Bin said that in addition to anti-dumping factors behind the changing international economic and trade situation, regardless of foreign markets or the domestic market, China's architectural ceramics industry should now reflect on the path of industrial development should go?
Industry transformation is fundamental
According to reports, the Chinese architectural ceramics industry had encountered anti-dumping investigations from India as early as 2003, followed by South Korea and other countries. This incident, which has been referred to by the domestic industry as 'the largest ceramic anti-dumping in history,' currently enters the EU sample survey stage.
In Yu Bin’s view, the main reason for the EU’s anti-dumping efforts against China was due to the impact of the international financial crisis and a kind of self-rescue that the EU counterparts had to take. Whatever the outcome, Sui Bin believes that for China, anti-dumping is actually temporary, but it reflects that the deep problems in the development of China's architectural ceramics have had to cause reflection in the industry. If this anti-dumping is 'targeting', then, The deeper industry development issue is 'this'. If you do not treat the problem at the same time, it will be difficult for the industry to step out of the anti-dumping cycle.
What is the most fundamental deep-seated problem in the development of the industry?
Qi Bin said, 'Energy-saving and emission reduction is the top priority for the development of China's ceramic industry. '
He analyzed that the ceramic industry is a high-energy-consuming and highly polluting industry. In the past, the industry mainly relied on low-cost expansion to achieve scale. Among these, resources and labor are used at low prices, and pollution control costs are low and no one pays for them.
According to calculations, China's ceramic production consumes more than 30 million tons of coal annually, and consumes about 200 million tons of mineral raw materials. The ceramic industry's total energy consumption per million yuan is higher than the national average. Some ceramic enterprises not only consume a lot of resources and energy each year, but also cause pollution of water, air and surrounding environment.
In other words, the industry consumes a lot of energy, non-renewable precious resources, and affects the ecological environment. The superposition of factors such as the use of inexpensive labor force provides a large number of inexpensive products for the international and domestic markets. This kind of effort was affixed with a low-priced 'dumping' label, which became the target of others' attacks.
At present, the international low-carbon trend is surging. In China, the central government has clearly categorized energy conservation as the focus of work for the current and future period. Sui Bin said, 'If we rely on the original low-cost expansion, low-cost competition, not Focus on energy-saving emission reduction and environmental protection, the entire industry will be forced into a dead end. '
It is not sufficient to seek a domain if you do not seek a global situation. Sui Bin said that looking at the domestic and international markets, the transformation and upgrading of China's architectural ceramics industry is imminent. This anti-dumping should be regarded as a force-reversing mechanism, thereby stimulating the industry as soon as possible into a new round of industrial upgrading.