Methanol is a bulk chemical commodity. According to data from relevant agencies, the total methanol trade in China in 2011 was about 18.18 million tons. Among them, the import and export trade reached 5.78 million tons, involving 285 imported methanol companies. At present, China is already the world's largest importer of methanol. Prior to this, imports of methanol only required commodity inspections and the cost was low. After being included in the scope of legal inspection, it is necessary to levy legal inspection fees and the import cost has increased significantly. In addition, due to the addition of the legal inspection link, the time period for importing ships to Hong Kong for unloading has also been extended.
It is understood that the downstream consumption of methanol has not started officially since the beginning of the year. Due to the sluggish demand this year and the pressure of real estate regulation, coupled with factors such as the low operating rate of downstream companies, the outlook for methanol will also be likely to occur in peak season and there will be no market price. The increase in the cost of legal inspection will undoubtedly make the methanol market The worsening of the situation has also seriously hampered China's methanol import and export trade.
Huang Linfeng, general manager of the chemical division of Nantong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., said that the import of methanol into the scope of the inspection has a great impact on the company. According to him, the original inspection costs are relatively low, commodity inspection costs 0.5 ~ 1 yuan / ton, but now the cost of inspection is 0.3% of the value of tons, if the current market price of methanol is 1 ton 2900 yuan, the legal inspection costs equivalent to 8-9 yuan per ton, the cost increased by more than 10 times. The company imported 300,000 tons of methanol in 2011. Based on this calculation, it will increase the legal inspection fee of nearly 3 million yuan.
Manager Yu Lianghua of Changzhou Fanghua Import and Export Co., Ltd. told reporters that in the past few years, the operating environment of the methanol industry was very poor. From 2011, the prices of the external and internal disks were upside down during most of the year, and business losses were widespread. Now that the methanol import is included in the scope of the inspection, if the annual total amount of imported methanol is 5.73 million tons, and the legal inspection cost is 8 yuan/ton, the total cost will be over 40 million yuan, which is not small for each company. expenditure. “Our company plans to import 200,000 tons of methanol this year, which will in turn increase the burden of several million yuan. The country has always emphasized reducing the burden on SMEs, but now it is declining. The business days are really bad. Our company has now adjusted. The direction of business. Before the main import of methanol, and now began to do some international re-export trade." Yu Lianghua manager reluctantly said.
"Our company's imports of methanol mainly produce downstream acetic acid, which is used in larger quantities. Now that the cost of methanol importing inspections has increased, the raw material costs have been correspondingly increased. At present, our sales also depend on the market, and high prices cannot sell products, so the increase in raw material costs is also It is very difficult to divert it out and can only digest it internally," said an acetic acid manager.
After the import and export goods inspections have been increased, in addition to the significant increase in the cost of legal inspections, there is also a problem that efficiency has become lower and the customs declaration cycle has increased. “Originally, the efficiency of methanol import operation was relatively high. A quantity report can be obtained in one day and the quality report can be obtained in 1 to 2 days. However, after the methanol inspection is implemented, the quantity report must wait for 2 to 3 days. If the report is reported for more than a week and the inspection report does not come out, customs declarations cannot be made. Therefore, the cycle from the arrival of the goods to the customer to the customer is very long, and the turnover rate of the terminal is greatly reduced.†A senior manager of a foreign company told the reporter.
Yu Lianghua's manager also stated that the entire cycle of declaration is now very long. The company itself has a tripartite inspection, which will be used to inspect the raw materials needed by the company's production. Now the customs has to examine it, delay the customs declaration time and increase the burden on the company.
Zhang Erhong, Secretary General of the China Minmetals Import and Export Chamber of Commerce's Methanol Branch, said in an interview with reporters that at present, China has become the world's methanol trading center, and the inclusion of methanol in the inspection has a number of adverse effects on the import and export of methanol, such as pressure on trade and logistics operations. It is very difficult and policy risks are high. It is hoped that the national strategy will co-ordinate the alternative energy system and take into account the interests of various industries. It also hopes that relevant departments such as relevant associations and chambers of commerce will take the lead in responding to the relevant departments to minimize the pressure on the company caused by the import and export links and promote the healthy development of the methanol import trade.
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