In 2010, the "Industrial Blue Book: China's Industrial Competitiveness Report" pointed out that the international competitiveness of China's non-ferrous metals industry needs to be further strengthened, in terms of both international market share and trade competitiveness index.

Disproportionate status in China's non-ferrous metal products, the past, lead, tin and zinc in the international market share is high, but in recent years has been greatly reduced. The market share of aluminum and copper in the international market rose first and then declined, but overall it was still at a low level. At present, only nickel's international market share keeps rising.

The overall market share of the six non-ferrous metals in the international market is generally not very high. After reaching a high of 8.2% in 2004, it quickly fell back. In 2007, the international market share was only 4.1%, which was only half of 2004.

The current low market share of the nonferrous metals industry in the international market is not commensurate with China’s position as the world’s largest producer and consumer of non-ferrous metal products.

Low index China's non-ferrous metal industry trade competitiveness index is low, except for 1990, 1991 is a positive number, the remaining years are negative, and remain at a relatively low level. In 2000 and 2001, the trade competitiveness index was below -0.4. From 2002 to 2006, it remained around -0.3. In 2007, this index fell to -0.4 again. This shows that China's non-ferrous metal industry's international competitiveness is still weak.

In general, China's non-ferrous metals industry is in the midstream position in the international market. However, compared with other countries, where the international competitiveness of their industries remains stable or rises, the international competitiveness of China's non-ferrous metals industry is declining in recent years. This is a problem that needs to attract special attention from the industry.

A clear contrast of one liter and one drop. Russia, Canada, and Australia are major exporters of non-ferrous metal products. Russia and Canada generally account for more than 10% of the international market share. Australia’s international market share remains at around 8%. The international market share of China's non-ferrous metal products also has a certain scale, ranking ahead of countries such as Brazil, Germany, and the United States.

From the trend point of view, the international market share of the non-ferrous metals industry in most countries has remained stable, but China's international market share has declined. This contrasts sharply with the rising trend of Japan’s international market share.

Who has an international competitive advantage Australia, Russia, Canada, South Africa, and Brazil have significant trade competitiveness advantages. The U.S., Japan, Germany, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and China have a basically negative trade competitiveness index and do not have trade competitiveness. Advantage. Compared with other countries, China ranks in the midstream.

In recent years, the British non-ferrous metals industry's trade competitiveness index has continued to rise, while China has shown a downward trend. In 2007, the British non-ferrous metals industry trade competitiveness index exceeded China for the first time.

In terms of comprehensive international market share and trade competitiveness index, the nonferrous metals industry in Russia, Canada, Australia, and Brazil and South Africa all have strong international competitiveness. The nonferrous metals industry in other major countries, including China, is currently not With international competitive advantage.

Severe incompatibility Compared with Russia, Australia and other countries, China's non-ferrous metals industry competitiveness index performance is not good, which is lagging with long-term exploration of mineral resources in the industry leading to resource shortage, low industrial concentration resulting in excess capacity, economic growth Extensive methods, energy-saving emission reduction tasks and other issues related to arduous. In addition, non-ferrous metal products have special properties of financial derivatives, which makes the non-ferrous metals industry show severe inadequacies in the financial crisis.

Performance 1: The price of domestic non-ferrous metal products is significantly "diving". According to the monitoring data of non-ferrous metal spot markets in large and medium-sized cities, the average price per ton of copper, aluminum and zinc was 29,574 yuan, 11,928 yuan, and 10,125 yuan respectively at the end of 2008, a decrease of 51.42 compared with the same period in 2007. %, 35.34%, 50.39%.

Performance 2: Domestic non-ferrous metal product output growth is slow, and the growth rate of industrial added value slows down. According to statistics, from January to December 2008, the output growth of non-ferrous metal products fell sharply from month to month, even with negative growth. At the same time, the added value of non-ferrous metal mining and non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industries also fell sharply, especially in November, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry above-scale enterprises increased by only 0.5% .

Performance III: The domestic non-ferrous metal companies have increased their inventories, and their economic benefits have fallen sharply. The deepening of the international financial crisis has caused a significant reduction in the import and export trade of China's non-ferrous metals industry. The diversion of non-ferrous metal prices has also caused domestic companies to purchase non-ferrous metal products with a wait-and-see attitude. Manufacturing companies have delayed purchasing as much as possible to digest stockpiles, causing poor sales of domestic non-ferrous metal products, and the economic efficiency has been severely declining.

The financial crisis has also had a large negative impact on the non-ferrous metal recycling industry. The concrete manifestations are as follows:

First, the company stopped production, employees were on holiday, and employees were unemployed. According to the statistics of the Recycling Metals Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, during the most severe financial crisis, more than 85% of the production capacity of regenerated refined copper was in production stoppages, and over 70% of the production capacity of copper scrap from copper scrap was at a standstill. Recycled aluminum and recycled lead The production cut-off capacity was above 50% and 60% respectively. More than 90% of companies have layoffs, and 300,000 people are facing unemployment.

Second, the company suffered serious losses. When the financial crisis was severe, the direct decline in the price of non-ferrous metals led directly to the decline in the price of scrap metal. The decline in the price of most scrap metal once exceeded 50%.

Intensifying industrial support Under the influence of a package of economic stimulus plans, especially the “Restructuring and Revitalization Plan of the Non-ferrous Metals Industry”, China's non-ferrous metals industry has stepped out of its predicament. The next step is how to make the nonferrous metal industry further adjust its industrial structure, change its development mode, and increase its international competitiveness while maintaining its momentum of rapid development.

In terms of policy measures, China can consider increasing industrial support in the following areas:

First, improve the collection and storage mechanism and realize the rolling development of storage and storage funds. In view of the high price of non-ferrous metal products, the non-ferrous metals industry has achieved a better task of ensuring growth. China may consider suspending the collection and storage of non-ferrous metals. Non-ferrous metal storage and storage institutions can even sell and collect non-ferrous metals in order to stabilize the non-ferrous metals market that is currently over-specialized. Profit-making funds can be used for future storage needs and achieve rolling development.

Second, dynamically adjust the export tax rebate policy. Prior to the outbreak of the financial crisis, in order to restrict the export of "two high and one capital" products, China basically eliminated the export subsidies policy for non-ferrous metal products, and even imposed export tariffs on some non-ferrous metal import and export products. After the financial crisis broke out, China adjusted these policies in a timely manner. The purpose of the export tax policy adjustment is to maintain growth. At present, the task of “guaranteeing growth” for nonferrous metals has been completed better. Therefore, we can consider adjusting the export tax rebate policy for non-ferrous metal products. In this way, problems such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy that frequently appear in the world can be avoided, and the development of the nonferrous metal industry can be facilitated.

Third, actively promote electrolytic aluminum direct purchase pilot. According to the actual situation of electrolytic aluminum with high voltage level and low transmission cost, the direct reduction of electro-aluminum direct purchase of electricity over the network fee will be implemented and the direct electricity purchase policy will be implemented. In addition, China must increase the investment control of non-ferrous metal smelting projects and speed up the elimination of backward production capacity: On the one hand, we must set higher standards for energy conservation, environmental protection, land, and technology, control new projects, and strictly implement national industrial policies. Newly built and expanded electrolytic aluminum and alumina projects. On the other hand, we must speed up the elimination of backward production capacity, eliminate the backward production capacity of lead and zinc smelting according to regulations, and establish a complete backward production capacity withdrawal mechanism.

Fourth, formulate relevant preferential policies and vigorously support enterprises in implementing the “go global” strategy. With the increasing dependence of China's non-ferrous metal mineral resources on foreign countries, the shortage of non-ferrous metal mineral resources must have a global perspective, which determines that China's non-ferrous metals companies must vigorously implement the “going out” development strategy. After a long period of sustained and rapid development, domestic enterprises have formed strong advantages in technology, capital, equipment, and human resources, and have a certain degree of competitiveness in the international community. Enterprises should implement the “go global” strategy, and they must also seek cooperation and cooperation with multinational mining companies, and constantly enhance their international competitiveness in the dynamic cooperation and competition. The relevant departments of the State shall expedite the formulation of specific implementation policies for the "going out" strategy, including the simplification of approval procedures for overseas resource development projects, and support for fiscal, taxation and financial policies. At the same time, it shall establish and improve the management protection mechanism and relevant departments of the Central Government. Coordination mechanism.