Himfr.com reports Exports dropped twenty percent into the washing machine
According to Customs statistics show that domestic washing machines in 2009 from January to June total volume of 5.8534 million units exported, up 20.81 percent decline, total exports amounted to 750 million U.S. dollars, down 18.72 percent year on year.
Orville consulting research ZHAO Mao-Jun, deputy director told reporters that the first half of the export decline washing machine there are two main reasons, First, Europe and the United States economic downturn led to decline in the demand for high-end products. Second, export-oriented enterprises in Ningbo, low-end products, after the yuan appreciation does not have the price advantage, while some foreign market is already saturated.
From the product structure, double-barrel washing machine export volume is still larger, the total export volume of 37.16%, 10 kg fully automatic washing machine drum, 10 kg Fully Automatic Washing Machine export volume of over 1 million units, but the certain categories of products year on year decline in varying degrees.
From the terms of the changes in export prices, the cumulative average price of 128.08 U.S. dollars / units, the basic level higher than the same period last year, thus we can see that exports of washing machines products continue to enhance the value-added direction. In addition, export-based approach to the processing trade in the domestic home appliances still account for a large share of exports.
From the main export enterprises are concerned, Nanjing LG Panda Electrical Appliance with 684,000 units of exports rank first in total volume. Samsung Electronics Suzhou, Ningbo and new music appliances, Ningbo Jin Shuai, Ningbo Chen Jia Electric, Qingdao Haier, Haier Group and other companies have varying degrees of decline in export volume.
With the domestic brands have different levels of export volume decline in the situation is different, Shanghai Hitachi, Sharp, Shanghai, Hangzhou Matsushita and other foreign export volume to grow.
Some foreign brands is a global operation of the downturn in the economic situation, these brands will be shut down or reduce some of their high cost production bases into the Chinese to do, so their exports will be larger. Most domestic washing machines exported to OEM production mainly in the low-end exports are at a disadvantage.
From the main export destination countries, the Japanese demand is still the largest volume of total exports of 1.238 million units, up a slight decline. Although the total volume of exports of the United Kingdom is not, but the market demand, strong growth in export volume increased by 181.91%. U.S. export volume of 18.4 million units, up 20.10 percent, India has 1.79% increase. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Morocco, Angola, Malaysia and other national export volume has declined.
Washing machine for the second half of the export situation, ZHAO Mao-Jun that requires careful judgments. The trend of global economic rebound is not yet very clear, but all indications show that the trend in the second half of exports should be up again, but slowly.
From the industry perspective, the domestic market has grown rapidly in the high-end washing machines, washing machine exports should increase China's future industrial structure and export of high-end way to go.
