From May 25th to 26th, the China Building Ceramics and Sanitary Ceramics Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") successively released the 2020 building ceramics and sanitary ware industry operation overview and trend forecast, and the 2020 my country Building Ceramics and Sanitary Ware Industry The overall import and export situation of the industry.
The output of ceramic tiles in 2020 is 8.474 billion square meters
Guangxi and Jiangxi grew by more than 40% year-on-year
According to data released by the association, even though the resumption of work in 2020 was delayed due to the impact of the epidemic and the promotion of "coal-to-gas" projects in many places, the national construction ceramic output for the whole year was still 8.474 billion square meters, a year-on-year increase of 3.03%.
As can be seen from the table above, although the national ceramic tile production has increased in 2020, there is still a huge gap of about 17.5% compared to the peak period of the national ceramic tile production from 2014 to 2016.
Among the country's major production areas, output in Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, and Yunnan has increased to varying degrees. Among them, Jiangxi and Guangxi have increased by more than 40% year-on-year.
According to "Ceramic Information", nearly 40 new production lines (including leasing and revitalization) were put into operation in Jiangxi in 2020; Enterprise production capacity has been gradually released, and many ceramic companies that had previously suspended production have also been revitalized and put into production again in 2020. Therefore, the output of the two major production areas has grown rapidly.
▲Guangzhou Simone Lisa production base.
In addition, among the major production areas, Sichuan's output has also grown significantly. After Jiajiang, Sichuan experienced the challenge of withdrawing from the city and entering a park, the recovery level in 2020 was comparable to the peak period. Not only Jiajiang, but also Sichuan as a whole has set off a new round of line construction boom in 2020, with more than 30 new (renovated) production lines.
Except for the above-mentioned production areas, the output of other major production areas has declined to varying degrees.
Last year, there were a net decrease of 67 construction and ceramics companies
Production lines reduced by 861 in five years
Although output has increased, due to the Matthew Effect in the industry and the impact of the epidemic, some companies are facing the severe situation of tight capital chains, rising labor costs, and bleak business. Production and sales are seriously unbalanced, and brands are stagnant. The outbreak of the epidemic is accelerating their marginalization by the market. The speed of transformation. Number of releases by the associationAccording to statistics, there are 1,093 architectural ceramics companies above designated size nationwide in 2020. Compared with 2019, 67 companies have withdrawn from the market.
During the entire "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the number of ceramic construction enterprises decreased by 317, accounting for 22.5% of the number of exits; the number of existing ceramic construction production lines was 2,760, a decrease of 861 lines, or 23.8%, in the past five years. In the past three years, ceramic tile production capacity has dropped from 13.6 billion square meters to 12.3 billion square meters, a decrease of 9.6%.
▲Ceramic companies that were shut down.
At the same time, the association pointed out that most leading manufacturing companies have experienced varying degrees of sales growth, and still maintain a trend of rapid, steady, and healthy growth. The quality of growth and economic benefits are far higher than the industry average; in recent years, hardcover The substantial growth in the proportion of housing and the popularity of the complete decoration market, and centralized engineering procurement have become important channels for ceramic tile marketing. The outbreak of the epidemic in 2020 has once again accelerated the development of centralized engineering procurement; in addition, product and technology iterative upgrades continue to advance, and low value-added products Output has plummeted on a large scale, and rock slabs, thick plates, and healthy functional ceramic tiles have become new growth points in the industry.
Ceramic tile export volume 622 million square meters
Shrunk by nearly half from the historical peak
In terms of exports, affected by the uncertainty of the spread of the global epidemic and the intensification of world economic and trade frictions, my country's ceramic tile exports will continue to show a downward trend in 2020. This has been a decline for six consecutive years.
According to data released by the association: In 2020, the export volume of ceramic tiles was 622 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 19.23%, and the export value was US$4.128 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 9.38%. Compared with the peak of my country's ceramic tile exports in 2013, which was 1.128 billion square meters, it has decreased by more than 500 million square meters.
Among them, under the influence of "double reverses", Chinese ceramic tiles have almost completely withdrawn from the United States, which was once the largest overseas market. At the same time, in order to avoid trade barriers, many exporters choose to build factories or rent production lines in Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions to supply original export orders.
On the contrary, with the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by the ten ASEAN countries and 15 countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, the policy is favorable, and the proportion of exports to RCEP member countries has exceeded 50%. %above. In addition, "Ceramic Information" learned from many export traders that Africa and South America are also becoming growth markets for China's ceramic tile exports.
The good news is that despite the decline in export volume, exportsThe unit price of exports continues to rise. The average export unit price of ceramic tiles in 2020 was US$6.63/square meter, an increase of US$0.72 from 2019 and a year-on-year increase of 12.2%.
As can be seen from the table above, the Philippines has replaced the United States as the largest overseas market for Chinese ceramic tiles. Almost all of the top ten countries or regions have achieved growth. The exports of the ten major countries or regions accounted for 59.27% of the total export volume of ceramic tiles. %.
At the same time, data released by the association shows that Guangdong is still the largest producer of ceramic tiles in my country, with export volume accounting for 60.91% in 2020, a slight decline compared with last year, but export value accounting for 40.80% , a decrease of 11.02 percentage points from 2019; Fujian ranked second. Its export volume and export value increased to varying degrees compared with 2019, 1.35% and 4.04% respectively, but the average unit price of exports was also lower than that of the industry. The average level; the export volume of Shandong production areas accounted for 4.87%, an increase of 0.24% from 2019, ranking third.
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
