With the outbreak of China-U.S. mutual sanctions events before the National Day, the Chinese-U.S. trade game seems to have a rise trend. On the 14th, the two sides made another big move and launched a new round of game in the maritime transport field.According to Interface News, the newly stipulated "special port charges" between the two sides will come into effect on the same day, and will undoubtedly have a huge impact on today's maritime pattern.
What is this special cost? For U.S. companies, there will be additional costs for using, operating, and building ships in the future. As long as shipping ships are connected with China, they will have to pay an additional fee of approximately US$50 per ton.Based on a 100,000-ton conventional cargo ship, one stop alone will cost an additional US$5 million.
Not to mention the above goods and so on, the rising cost of shipping, businessmen can not naturally bear themselves, these costs will be transferred to the layer, eventually transferred to the consumer. If you use China's products and support others, then we will impose additional fees; if you use your own products and support domestic products, there will be no additional expenditures, which is also in line with the policy of revitalizing the shipbuilding industry advocated by the United States this year.
We naturally accept, as previously, our reciprocal sanctions will also come into effect on the 14th, and on the surface, the Chinese side's offer is almost the same. They all impose additional service fees on US-related ships, but we deliberately left a back door--And this will directly break the layout and dream of the United States, which can be said to kill three birds with one arrow. Let's talk about the country's "innovative move", mainly focusing on two aspects.
First, our charge on U.S. ships is increasing year by year, with an increase of 240 yuan per tonne per year.In other words, one ship may only need a few millions this year, and in a few years the number may rise to tens of millions. Second, the U.S. operates, uses, and related ships do not charge for the time being, at the same time, if the vessel is willing to rely on repair, we do not charge for the cost of parking.。In this way, we can first generate revenue; second, we can hit the U.S. shipbuilding industry; and third, we can even attract U.S. ships to come for maintenance and earn maintenance fees.
This trick is really high, of course, it may be a bit dull to understand – what is the name of the U.S. flag’s related ships? In terms of ownership, these cargo ships do belong to the United States and will also fly the American flag. But because these cargo ships are made in China, we do not charge for them--In contrast, even if the United States makes its own ships and is bought by Chinese companies, they will continue to charge fees. You see, for American companies, is it more cost-effective to buy China's cargo ships?
For cargo ships, transportation of goods is their own mission, shipping between ports, generally speaking, going and returning will be loaded with a large amount of goods, the owner of the cargo ship will not accept them air transportation. China and the United States now increase taxes on maritime shipping, you can almost not escape, always have to pay a service fee to one side.Either to completely circumvent the Sino-U.S. business – which is almost impossible, the Sino-U.S. merchandise volume accounts for the majority of the shipping business; or to buy third-party ships, but this point has no impact on the Sino-U.S. game and is not discussed for the time being.
Since it is not possible to escape, the entrepreneur must naturally carefully calculate which program is more cost-effective. There is hardly any choice for our company – you are a Chinese company, which country to buy ships will be charged service fees, of course, the old way to buy domestic cargo vessels.; and if you are an American company, you will find that as long as you buy a cargo ship from China, although you have to pay U.S. fees, China's fees are waived-- China’s expenses are increasing year by year.。Secondly, many U.S. companies today use middle-class cargo ships. It is a good thing for them to no longer have to purchase. Therefore, this move of Midea was not only easily resolved by us, but also put them into a disadvantage.
To be honest, this calculator of Trump is quite obvious – I intentionally create an uneven advantage, so that the goods ships gain a greater advantage than the medium cargo ships, But with our simultaneous sanctions, the competitive advantage of American cargo ships has been wiped out, and we have even reversed it!Some people may say that these clauses can also be adopted by the United States! They changed the announcement slightly, but this has to be put into practice.
At present, China is undoubtedly the leader in the shipbuilding industry. Most shipping companies around the world use cargo ships produced in our country. In other words, we have already occupied a market advantage. Well, everyone feels that Why can our freighters compete with American freighters? The key is nothing more than the words "good quality and low price".Beauty wants to surpass us and return its shipbuilding industry to its peak. The only way they can do this is to get their hands on the four words "good and cheap", and there is no other way to do so.
Because only when you create some advantages will other countries be tempted. The special service fee issued by the United States this time is this kind of abacus. On the basis of unequal advantages, allowing other countries to purchase domestic-produced cargo ships, thus allowing the shipbuilding industry to take the right track.No matter what Kamei does, As long as we implement the same strategy equally, the advantages they create will no longer exist.。
Even beauty is often the precursor, and we as a backhand can also restrain, this time is a typical example – we not only learn your practice, but rather further than you, to correct the imperfect places in your scheme, so that we have little to do.
It's just that we have to admit that no matter what the outcome between China and the United States is, only consumers will be unlucky in the end- For the current Sino-American people, the Sino-American game will only be a double-lose ending, and the many costs generated by competition will only make the prices higher and higher.Therefore, we also hope that the US side can see the facts sooner and give up the practice of provoking disputes.