Cyprus Media: China has become a big winner in the era of epidemic

Cyprus "Greek Sea World News" website July 27th article, the original title "How China has become a big winner of the new championship epidemic". When Wuhan Fengcheng news came out, people initially predicted that the epidemic will seriously weaken the Chinese economy of the global trade engine, and this is terrible for shipping business. But after 18 months, the results were completely opposite. Nowadays, China is far higher than that of the epidemic, the ship is full of cargo. China's bus operators, shipyards, and container equipment factories are in the highest bit of history. The United States is increasingly urgent to export in China. Reverse trade is also surging.

Flight Agency FlexPort is responsible for the global ocean business, Perscus said: "When the epidemic just hit the Chinese, if you ask 100 economists, they may say (China) economy recession, sea The price will drop. But they all failed. "Customs data shows that China's all-month exports have reached US $ 24.75 billion, an increase of 29% compared with the epidemic.

At more information on container transportation, more raw materials and commodities have been continuously flowing into China, using a large amount of tanker, bulk freighter and liquefied air boat. When the relevant sea demand surges, the demand for shipbuilding, container manufacturing and global line operation is also surprising. The United States has almost completely involved in these areas, and China is one of the world's leaders in the first two industries and the third industry.

British valuation and data provider VesselsValue data show that on January 1, 2020 before the epidemic, the commercial orders of China's shipyards reached 29.8 million total tons (CGT). At that time, China as the world's largest shipbuilding country accounted for 38.7% of the global orders. As of June 24 this year, the total order of China's shipyards was 26.9 million CGT, although it was decreased compared with the epidemic, the proportion of the global orders rose to 40.5%, which was more than 40.5% from last year. high.

In the field of container equipment manufacturing, China's dominant status is more "extreme". The world's 96% dry containers and 100% of the refrigerated containers are made in China. "There is no more than 5 million standard boxes this year," said John Fosi, director of the Global Shipping Consulting firm Duri, said. Previous (highest) records were 4.42 million TEU in 2018, while 5 million TEUs will be 61% and 77% higher than last year and last year.

The data shows that China is the world's second largest ship in Japan. During the epidemic, China exceeded Greece from the third to the second place.

The vessels waiting for unloading in the port of California, highlighting (US) strong demand for Chinese goods. Compared with the same period of 2019, the United States passed the five types of imported goods from China in the first quarter of this year - computer and electronic products, electrical equipment and electrical appliances, furniture and fixed equipment, clothing and accessories, miscellaneous products, total Value increased by 10%.