Industry info 工业信息

U.S. plastics recycling companies in the distribution of regional U.S. distribution of plastic recycling companies regional United States plastics industry a total of 1,500,000 employees, together with the upstream suppliers of about 850,000 employees, a total of about 2,350,000 persons were engaged in plastic industry-related work, the number of the total U.S. labor force of about 2%, of which California, Ohio and Michigan are in the plastic products industry has the largest number of state employees. Plastics recycling mainly concentrated in the central and south-east. But most of the adoption of California or the East Coast to Asia. Most Chinese companies through brokers in California to buy waste. Why China Plastics processors rarely directly from the United States Center for the import of plastic waste?

1. China has 80% of the plastics processors with annual sales of less than 600,000 U.S. dollars (4.7 million yuan), the scale of relatively small, the volume of small purchases.

2. Since 2006, the United States Center for plastic waste very good domestic sales, India,巴吉斯坦, Vietnam and other Asian countries strong demand to make the market very well, resulting in higher prices, to engage the U.S. market is very strong,

3. Inquiry made a domestic clients, the general U.S. plastic waste is not returned, the general United States or to maintain old customers, to new customers and are not familiar with comparative indifference. And they prefer to phone, more direct. More acceptable to acknowledge receipt of customers. Trading company in Hong Kong and California, the attitude is somewhat better.

4. Because the United States that most of the waste center AQSIQ, and basically do not have the letter of credit transactions, which makes traders have chance of survival. Traders also have a certain degree of risk, generally do not see in kind, just picture it. But the risk can be under control. According to the China Plastics Processing Industry Association data provided by China’s imports of waste plastics each year nearly 5 million tons, most of the waste exported to China mainly through Hong Kong and California and domestic trading company. Problems in individual cases only. Because of language barriers, and communication inconvenience transaction, which traders have chance of survival. China’s plastic processors and the United States end-user plastic waste directly to the possibility of a great deal.

5. Because the U.S. economic downturn, this year’s imports, from China’s drop box, box back to China very nervous, general shipping companies do not waste, so a relatively high value products, this year’s crop exports to China accounted for a lot of boxes. U.S. economic downturn, at least until the end of the year, perhaps longer. U.S. unemployment rate in May hit a record high, reaching 5.5% to official statistics, the actual figure may have to reach the 10 percent, the U.S. economic downturn, so that the utilization of renewable materials significantly more than raw materials.

6. Well, the Chinese plastics processors of end-users have no possibility of plastic wastes and the United States to deal directly, there is much risk and how to avoid it? Noted the next section in detail introduced.(Date:2008-9-11)
美国塑料回收情况介绍

　　美国塑料回收公司的分布区域美国塑料回收公司的分布区域美国国内塑料制品行业共有150万名雇员，加上上游供应商约85万名的雇员，共有约235万人从事与塑料行业有关的工作，占美国总劳动力人数的2%左右，其中加利福尼亚州、俄亥俄州和密执安州等是在塑料制品行业从业人员最多的州。塑料回收主要集中在中部和东南部。但大部分通过加州或东海岸运往亚洲。中国的公司大部分通过加州的中间商买到废料。　　为什么中国塑料加工商很少直接从美国塑料废料中心进口？

　　1．中国有80%的塑料加工商年销售额都不到60万美元(470万元人民币)，规模相对比较小，采购量不大。

　　2．自2006年，美国塑料废料中心的国内销售非常好，印度，巴吉斯坦，越南等亚洲国家的强烈需求，使今年的市场非常好，导致价格上涨，把美国的市场搞的很坚挺，

　　3．国内客户发了询价，一般美国塑料废料中心是不会回的，一般美国还是维持老客户，对新客户和不熟悉的比较冷淡。而且他们更喜欢电话的方式，比较直接。更易于接受收悉客户的推荐。香港和加州贸易公司的态度比较好些。

　　4．由于美国的废料中心大部分没有AQSIQ,而且基本不用信用证交易方式，这使贸易商有了生存的机会。贸易商也有一定的风险，一般都看不到实物，只是图片而已。但是风险都能在控制之中。据中国塑料加工工业协会提供的数据，目前中国废旧塑料每年进口近500万吨，大部分出口到中国的废料主要是通过香港和加州和国内的贸易公司。出现问题的只是个别案例。由于语言的障碍，和沟通的不便，交易方式，这使贸易商有了生存的机会。中国塑料加工商最终用户和美国塑料废料中心直接进行交易有很大的可能性。

　　5．由于美国经济不景气，今年的进口，从中国的箱子骤减，返回中国的箱子很紧张，一般船公司都不做废料，做价值比较高的产品，今年出口到中国的农作物占了很多箱子。美国经济不景气至少要到年底了，或许更长时间。美国5月的失业率创新高，达到5.5%官方统计，实际数字可能要到达10%，美国经济不景气，使再生材料的利用率大大超过了原材料。

　　6．那么，中国塑料加工商的最终用户有没有可能和美国塑料废料中心直接进行交易，存在多大的风险，怎样回避呢？下一节详悉介绍。