Due to the global economic slowdown, coupled with rising labor costs, China's foreign trade export situation is grim in recent years, the first half of this year, the export growth rate is only 1%. Chemical fertilizer industry in the first half of this year, China's foreign trade in a rare high growth industry, the first half of a total of 16680000 tons of chemical fertilizer, an increase of 36.3%; export amount of $5028000000, an increase of 69%.
The export of chemical fertilizer has increased greatly, which has three main reasons. One is that the adjustment of tariff policy plays an active role. Since January 1st of this year, our country canceled the implementation of chemical fertilizer in the short season to implement the system of different export tariff, to the annual unified tariff, so that the peak season fertilizer exports have become possible. Two is the international market demand for agricultural services, chemical fertilizer, the annual demand for international chemical fertilizer in 1.84 tons (about tons), the annual trade volume of 0.5 tons (pure), trade volume is more than 1 tons, the market demand is huge. Three is China's chemical fertilizer products in the international market have a certain competitiveness. Although the international fertilizer market is oversupply, production capacity over 20%, and new capacity continues to increase, but China's fertilizer production technology is mature, some species have a certain resource advantages, while the cost control is good, in the international market has a certain competitive power, especially in the Southeast Asia, South Asia and other markets, due to the distance, low cost, more obvious competitive advantage.
But with the Middle East and other places have the advantage of resources in the new fertilizer production capacity in the further increase, coupled with India and other previous chemical fertilizer import capacity in the expansion of production capacity, in the future, China will face more and more challenges in the international fertilizer market, the situation is not optimistic. How to achieve steady growth in the export of chemical fertilizer, I think, to do three points:
One is to change the understanding of chemical fertilizer exports. In the past, the output of chemical fertilizer in our country is insufficient, the first to protect the domestic supply, and thus to adopt a lot of restrictions on the export of chemical fertilizer, which is correct. But now in China, except for potash fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer production capacity is greatly over, exports will not affect the domestic supply, and then it is not necessary to limit.
Two is appropriate for chemical fertilizer export policy support. Now our country and more and more countries signed a free trade agreement, which is a good thing, but the current fertilizer exports are not in favour of the case, not to enjoy the benefits of free trade. Recommended to sign the FTA with China national export chemical fertilizer, also should enjoy the export tariff reduction policy. In addition, the country to accelerate the foreign trade development of new business models, Jiangsu Haimen stacked Stonebridge International Hometextile City, Zhejiang Haining leather city is included in the scope of the pilot. In fact, chemical fertilizer exports can also be pilot.
Three is to increase the import of chemical fertilizer raw materials. Chemical fertilizer is a high energy consumption, high resource consumption products, although now with the sharp decline in international oil prices, energy supply is no longer tense, but in the long run, the resources are still valuable things, export chemical fertilizer is equivalent to the export of resources. Now taking advantage of the low price of international resources, China can increase the import of natural gas, coal, phosphate and other chemical fertilizer raw materials, equivalent to the use of foreign resources to produce chemical fertilizer, and then exported to foreign countries, we charge processing fees and technical services. In addition, the conditions of the enterprise can be directly set up a chemical fertilizer plant in foreign countries, the direct use of foreign resources to produce, and then supply the international market, improve the international market share.