“In the past two months, it was apparent that it was difficult to do business. In many cases, the ship was dissatisfied and the sea freight fell.†A few days ago, when the reporter saw Wang Jiaqiang, general manager of Qingdao Hongju International Logistics Co., Ltd., his Worries written on the face.
In the second half of the year, the foreign trade cargo throughputs of the three major ports in Qingdao, Qingdao, Rizhao, and Yantai in Shandong Province have declined. In July, Qingdao Port decreased by 70,000 tons compared with June. In August, it decreased by 1.16 million tons compared with July, and it fell by more than one million tons in a single month.
With regard to the decrease in the throughput of foreign trade goods, the industry generally believes that this is mainly due to the reduction in exports. Wang Jiaqiang, a connoisseur of logistics industry, said that the reason is worth ignoring. For example, our province’s agricultural and sideline products were previously exported to the Middle East, Europe, and other regions, and are now much smaller than before; in addition, exports of food, textiles, and low-end chemical products have fallen more severely. These are precisely low value-added products. product.
In addition to the slow growth of international demand and other factors, the appreciation of *** has a great impact on export trade. Wang Jiaqiang said: "The exchange rate of *** against the US dollar was 6.78 at the end of August, 6.71 on September 17 and 7 cents on the depreciation of the US dollar. This month's exchange rate suffered heavy losses, at least 300,000 yuan." With regard to the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, logistics service companies are still so sensitive, and their impact on export trade companies will be even greater. Some trading companies may be worth tens of millions or even tens of millions of dollars in a single shipment. According to a dollar depreciation of 7 cents, an export product of 10 million US dollars will be lost to 700,000 baht.
In this regard, some experts commented that if the added value of these companies' products is low, and profit margins cannot afford exchange rate losses, they are likely to be unable to withstand this "cold stream", because in the current environment, the export of low-value-added products will increase. The harder it is, the more “no money to earnâ€.
When many companies “scratch their heads†for “difficult to export and make more moneyâ€, the situation of high-value-added products is obviously much better. According to Zhao Chuanlong, a manager of a logistics company in Qingdao, the export of goods in the second half of the year was only slightly reduced. The impact was not great, thanks to the high-tech products that they do, such as Sinotruk's automobiles, high-end machinery and equipment, and high-tech electronics. Products, etc.
Some industry analysts believe that prior to this, the state cancelled export tax rebates for starch, chemical, steel, and other products. The export of these industries has also been affected by the policy. These changes precisely reflect the country's policy intentions, that is, reducing the low-end exports. , increase high-end exports.