According to industry statistics reported battery, battery manufacturer in 2006 profitability is suffering a huge impact, losing enterprises to expand, some business failures are converted, the Chinese battery industry is facing severe challenges. Industry-wide economic decline caused by the main reasons include:
1, battery material prices continued to rise
China's battery industry is facing serious problem of "internal and external" disturbance. As countries around the world to improve environmental protection requirements, some developed countries have stopped the lead, cadmium, nickel and other non-ferrous metal production in the country to pass on their environmental pollution; This resulted in soaring prices of electrolytic lead, from 2003 4,500 yuan per ton rose to 13,000 yuan per ton earlier this year; nickel price from 150,000 yuan per ton last year or so, now stands at close to 450,000 yuan per ton. In addition, raw materials, cobalt, cadmium, natural manganese, zinc and other prices have soared in varying degrees. As the price of export products is well established with the signing of the contract, raw materials prices, the price can not sync to follow, resulting in the "export more, the greater the loss" situation. Combined with domestic battery and competition among manufacturers, leading to lower their rate of accumulation in recent years, weak to resist risks; these factors are intertwined more difficult for a direct result of domestic battery and had to have reduced the scale of production and marketing in order to reduce losses .
Second, the export tax rebate policy adjustment effects on cell industry
September 14, 2006, the five ministries, the Ministry of Finance jointly issued "some of the goods on the adjustment of export tax rebate rate and the addition of processing trade ban catalog notice." According to "notice" requirement, lead-acid batteries, mercuric oxide batteries export tax rebate policy has been canceled; and early 2004, the export rebate rate of the battery began to gradually reduced, and the gradual abolition of tax rebates. The current lead-acid batteries, mercury oxide and Ni-Cd batteries have been included in the prohibited category in processing trade, the inclusion in this directory on all imports of goods subject to import duties and import taxes.
According to statistics, the export tax rebate rate down 1 percentage point each, the equivalent cost of exports of general trade increased by about 1 percentage point; Therefore, the introduction of export tax rebate policy will reduce the battery export market competitiveness, which will speed up the battery industry to re-wash license, a number of competitive SMEs will be a serious loss, or face closure.
Third, foreign green barriers on the impact of China's battery industry
According to the European Union, "Official Gazette" recently issued directives on batteries and accumulators, the battery in the lead, cadmium, mercury indicators proposed more stringent requirements, and involves the recovery of the exorbitant cost. REACH regulations and RoSH based instruction to improve battery registration fees and testing fees, has substantially increased the cost of battery production and export cost of sales.
EU and other developed countries frequently set the "green barrier", has made a significant increase in the cost of export batteries, some SMEs have to because of economic reasons and technical reasons to give up overseas markets.
Fourth, foreign anti-dumping and technical barriers to the impact of China's battery industry
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