Auto & Transportation

Earlier, some international trade companies reported that they were facing problems such as rising shipping rates, lack of containers and cabinets. In this regard, the spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade spoke up!

The shipping market is no longer "hard to find a box"

At the press conference on August 29, the spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade said that according to the company's reports, the freight rates of some popular routes have dropped, and the container shipping market is no longer "hard to find".

Recently, a questionnaire survey conducted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade on more than 500 enterprises showed that the main difficulties facing enterprises are slow logistics, high costs and few orders.

56% of the companies indicated that the price of raw materials and logistics costs are high. For example, although the freight rate of ocean shipping routes has fallen in the short term, it is still at a high level in the medium and long term;

62.5% of the enterprises indicated that the orders were unstable, with more short orders and small orders, and fewer long orders and large orders. The demands of enterprises mainly focus on maintaining the stability and smoothness of international and domestic logistics, implementing bailout and assistance policies, and facilitating cross-border personnel exchanges. Some companies are looking forward to resuming domestic exhibitions and opening overseas exhibitions to obtain more orders.

Sun Xiao, spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade: During the survey, we also noticed some positive factors. In the past three months, as the domestic epidemic has been effectively controlled, especially the accelerated implementation of the national "package" policy to stabilize the economy, foreign trade imports and exports have stabilized and rebounded, and business expectations and confidence are gradually improving.

Recently, CCPIT has also taken a series of measures to stabilize foreign trade. Support enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions by means of "exhibiting on behalf of others", and help enterprises to "guarantee orders and increase orders". Provide diversified international commercial legal services for enterprises to help enterprises prevent risks and stabilize the market.

Sun Xiao, spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade: In the first seven months of this year, 906 factual certificates of force majeure against the new crown pneumonia epidemic were issued to 426 companies, guiding companies to reduce or exempt liability for breach of contract in accordance with the law, involving an amount of US$3.653 billion, effectively helping companies stabilize customers, Hold the order.

Less orders are the main difficulty for enterprises

According to the results of a questionnaire carried out by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the vast majority of companies believe that they are currently facing difficulties with fewer orders!

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose by 0.4 percentage points from the previous month to 49.4% in August, but it was still below the line of prosperity and decline.

The manufacturing PMI in August was in line with market expectations. The PMI index was above 50%, reflecting the overall economic expansion; below 50%, reflecting the contraction of economic activities.

Xu Tianchen, an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said that in addition to weather factors, there are two other reasons that caused the manufacturing PMI to continue to hover below the line of prosperity and decline in August. First, the real estate industry is weak in both construction and sales, dragging down related upstream and downstream industries; second, the spread of the epidemic from tourist destinations to some industrial provinces in August is also one of the reasons for affecting manufacturing activities.

"Generally speaking, in the face of adverse factors such as the epidemic and high temperature, all regions and departments earnestly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and enterprises responded actively. my country's economy continued to recover and develop." Senior Senior Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics Statistician Zhao Qinghe pointed out.

Zhao Qinghe said that in August, the production index was 49.8%, the same as the previous month, and the new orders index was 49.2%, 0.7 percentage points higher than the previous month. strengthen. However, the proportion of enterprises reporting high raw material costs this month was 48.4%, a decrease of 2.4 percentage points from the previous month, and was lower than 50.0% for the first time this year, indicating that the cost pressure of enterprises has eased.

Xu Tianchen said that as the high temperature eases, the balance of power supply and demand is favorable for production recovery, and the manufacturing PMI may rebound slightly in September. However, overseas replenishment is coming to an end, especially in industries such as real estate and electronics that are strongly related to China's exports. The decline in external demand will drag down the PMI in the fourth quarter. It is expected that the PMI will likely be below the line of prosperity and decline.