Is the export of ceramic tiles actually related to "ball"?
Let’s talk about table tennis first, starting with the story of “table tennis diplomacy” that everyone is familiar with.
In 1971, the friendly exchanges between the table tennis teams of China and the United States ended the isolation of personnel exchanges between China and the United States for more than 20 years, and Sino-US reconciliation achieved a historic breakthrough;
On February 21, 1972, Nixon visited China, and Sino-US relations finally entered the path of normalization;
On January 1, 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations, laying an important foundation for the international development of New China.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, but there have been some economic frictions between the two countries. Below, the author has compiled the timeline and key points of the Sino-US trade war and will review it with you:
On May 10, 2019, the United States will increase tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods exported to the United States from 10% to 25%;
On June 1, China officially implemented additional tariffs on some imported goods from the United States;
On June 2, the State Council Information Office released the white paper "China's Position on China-US Economic and Trade Consultations";
On June 29, the heads of state of China and the United States agreed to restart economic and trade consultations between the two countries...
On August 15, the United States announced an additional 10% tariff on approximately US$300 billion of goods imported from China, which will be implemented in two batches starting from September 1 and December 15, 2019;
On August 24, the United States announced that it would increase tariffs on approximately US$550 billion in Chinese goods exported to the United States. It was decided to raise the 25% tariff on Chinese imports worth approximately US$250 billion to 30% starting from October 1.
As the saying goes: When gods fight, mortals suffer. CloseOn July 1, the U.S. ceramic tile industry report for the first quarter of 2019 released by the North American Ceramic Tile Association showed that the U.S. ceramic tile imports from China decreased by 29.7% in the first quarter. This number is really astonishing. You must know that the United States is a country where 70% of the ceramic tile market depends on imports. However, this morning, a piece of positive news came from the People’s Daily: Representatives of China and the United States had a phone call and agreed to hold the 13th round of China-US high-level economic and trade consultations in Washington in early October. When will this smokeless war end? We can only wait and see the outcome.
I don’t know if Americans like playing table tennis, but Trump definitely doesn’t like it.
After talking about table tennis, let’s talk about basketball. This time the protagonist is President Duterte of the Philippines.
After President Duterte took office, China-Philippines bilateral relations have achieved a comprehensive turnaround, continued to consolidate and deepen, and entered the fast lane of accelerating and upgrading. To describe it in 9 words, after experiencing the storm, there is a rainbow again.
In October 2016, Philippine President Duterte paid his first state visit to China;
On November 20, 2018, General Secretary Xi arrived in Manila and began his state visit to the Philippines;
On August 29, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping met with President Duterte of the Philippines at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Later, Duterte came to Foshan in person to watch the Basketball World Cup.
Philippine President Duterte visits Foshan
Xinhua News Agency, Foshan, Guangdong, September 1st, Vice President Wang Qishan met with Philippine President Duterte in Foshan on August 31st.
In recent years, under the joint leadership of the leaders of China and the Philippines, bilateral relations have developed healthily and steadily, and practical cooperation between the two countries in various fields has been fruitful. Duterte's visit to China this time has opened a new chapter in China-Philippines relations; China is willing to continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, infrastructure construction and exchange of experience in law enforcement and anti-corruption.
Duterte said that this visit to China has achieved fruitful results. China's achievements in reform, opening up, and innovative development have attracted worldwide attention. The Philippines is willing to continue to expand economic and trade cooperation between the Philippines and China, promote personnel exchanges between the two countries, and learn from China's experience in state governance. Congratulations to China for successfully hosting the Basketball World Cup.
This is Philippine President Duterte’s fifth visit to China in the three years since he took office. The latest visit was only 4 months ago. Is it just a love for "basketball"? No, this is precisely the "hotness" of China-Philippines exchanges.
Okay, let’s go back to our country’s porcelainBrick Exit.
Since the reform and opening up, Guangdong Province has always accounted for a very high proportion of China's ceramic tile exports, which can be directly reflected by two data in 2018 - the total export volume of architectural ceramics was 10.335 million tons, accounting for 70.1% of the country's total. At present, domestic market competition has entered the second half, and exploring overseas markets is a blue ocean that most companies are looking forward to. For example, some time ago, Jinsi Yuma Ceramics established an international strategy department and formed an elite team to enter the international market.
However, in recent years, foreign countries have continuously issued anti-dumping trade measures, technical regulations and market access systems, which have had a great impact on my country's ceramic tile export industry. Therefore, setting up factories overseas, changing identities to become local legal persons, obtaining trademarks of origin or related certificates, etc., have undoubtedly become major measures to avoid these problems. As a result, more and more ceramic companies choose to go global and invest in building ceramic factories overseas.
It is worth mentioning that in April last year, Guangdong Xinzhongyuan Ceramics Co., Ltd. officially signed a contract with the Philippine Ayala Group to jointly invest and build a factory in the Philippines. It is understood that in addition to Ayala Group and Xinzhongyuan, Keda Clean Energy He Nengxing Holdings will also participate in the project.
▲The lighting ceremony of Jinyitao Malaysia’s SINO production line
In fact, not only the Philippines, but also countries along the “Belt and Road” have been listed as key targets for export ceramic companies. For example, in February this year, Jinyitao Group signed a cooperation agreement with the MML brand of Malaysia Hesheng Group. In August, the SINO production line of Jinyitao's Malaysian joint venture was officially launched...
Looking at the various ups and downs in China's ceramic tile exports to the United States this year, this "basketball" from the Philippines seems to be an encouraging omen. After all, the so-called export trade barriers can be easily broken down by a "ball" (policy).
