| According to General Administration of Customs | | | | Since 2009, on the tire barriers to trade are |
| statistics show that in 2009 China's total exports in | | | | increasing daily. April 29, the United States launched |
| the first half tires 130 million, down 18.8%, total 3.31 | | | | special safeguard investigations against Chinese tires, |
| billion U.S. dollars, of which tire exports in February hit | | | | June 29 decision to impose special tariffs for three |
| a monthly export volume since 2008, the lowest. | | | | years, and in September 11 has made a final decision; |
| Among them, the United States, European Union, | | | | May 18, India's fifth to launch in China by car tire |
| Africa and Latin America, respectively, exports of | | | | special safeguard investigations; June 18, Brazil, |
| tires 3,307 million 2,542 million 1,777 million and 1,698 | | | | decided to import from China, passenger and freight |
| million, down 21.7%, 18.2%, 9.7% and 26.7%; of the | | | | car radial tire levy definitive anti dumping duties for |
| above mentioned countries and regions in total | | | | five years. |
| exports Over the same period China's tire exports | | | | Currently China has more than 500 million sets of tire |
| accounted for 71.7% of the total. | | | | production in the United States live in the world, while |
| In the first half, China's processing trade exports by | | | | the annual export volume of 2.5 to 300,000,000 units. |
| 110 million tires accounted for 84.6 percent of total | | | | Developed countries in Europe and the United States |
| exports, export volume dropped 15.4%, to general | | | | financial crisis caused by the weakening demand for |
| trade export of 2,184 million tires, down 31.2%. | | | | cars, which led to a sluggish market demand for tires, |
| Downstream, the export of motor cars with the | | | | orders decreased in the first half, China's tire exports |
| new pneumatic rubber tire 5,091 million, down 8.3%, | | | | in the face of pressure, plus impose special duties on |
| exports of bicycles with the new pneumatic rubber | | | | the export situation will worsen. |
| tire 3,597 million, down 32%. | | | | In the raw materials, the tire companies also face |
| China in the first half led to decline in exports is | | | | upward pressure. Tire enterprise in the first half |
| mainly due to the continuing impact of the | | | | profits of substantial growth, mainly prices of raw |
| international financial crisis, downstream decrease in | | | | materials such as natural rubber, Synthetic rubber |
| demand and increasing trade barriers. In the case of | | | | prices are low. Now, with rising oil prices, rubber, |
| exports to the U.S. tire special protection under the | | | | carbon black and other prices are also gradually uplift, |
| influence of external factors such as the second half | | | | trapped inside and outside the tire business, the |
| of China's exports tires is not optimistic. | | | | performance can hardly be optimistic about the |
| The U.S. tire production capacity is currently about 3.5 | | | | second half. |
| million units, the number of tires imported from China | | | | The United States imposed a special tariff, will be |
| accounted for one fifth of the U.S. market, in volume | | | | operating in the United States imported Chinese tires |
| terms, China's tire exports to the United States is | | | | of more than 200 distributors, more than 43,000 |
| indeed an impact. China top ten tire companies, 70% | | | | retailers have a major impact. The duties mainly |
| of co operation with foreign investment, foreign | | | | related to semi steel tires and small size all steel tire, |
| funded enterprises exported 7,354 million tires, while | | | | domestic related enterprises, mostly OEM (OEM |
| the private sector combined with the state owned | | | | production) orders, and sales channels rests in the |
| enterprises exported 4,792 million, special tariffs may | | | | hands of foreign capital and profits are mostly |
| have a greater impact on the joint venture. | | | | traders earn. This makes us more concerned about |
| According to Reuters news agency reported | | | | the tire company's brand and sales networks. |
| September 14, China's tire industry in a joint venture | | | | The long term, China is becoming the world's tire |
| with processing trade. Exports to China caused | | | | production capacity to transfer the target site. |
| damage at the same time it will also harm the U.S. | | | | Europe and the United States developed regions of |
| interests of foreign companies.According to the | | | | high labor costs, skilled workers in short supply, large |
| Chinese Rubber Industry Association estimates, tire | | | | consumption of energy, CO2 pollution, the transfer of |
| manufacturing and related industries will be up to 10 | | | | production become a trend. However, the transfer of |
| million jobs are threatened, which means that in some | | | | production capacity, so that China take on more |
| areas may bring social and political issues. | | | | environmental costs. |