More than half a year has passed and two excavators that are no longer working are still parked at the entrance of a village in Dashi Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou.
Recently, the reporter inspected the two excavators at close range and saw that the yellow paint on the beautiful parts of the car body has fallen off. Many parts such as the bucket have been disassembled. Li Xiangyun, a worker who was working nearby, told reporters that at least, months ago He saw these two excavators staying here. The next fate of these equipment is likely to be sold as scrap metal.
On many domestic construction sites, there are many construction machinery products with Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, etc. printed on them. Many of them are second-hand equipment selected from abroad. After users experienced it, they thought the price was reasonable and the quality was good. In the past, they were widely expected by the market. In the end, most of them, like the two excavators mentioned above, will spend the rest of their lives on the land of China and eventually become scrap metal.
On May 1, Ritchie Bros. Auction House, the world's largest industrial auction company, will hold China's first no-reserve-disclosure auction in Shunyi, Beijing. Most Concepts expects that this event will promote the influx of second-hand construction machinery products from all over the world into China.
However, this phenomenon has gradually caused some people in the industry to worry that the imported second-hand construction machinery market is chaotic, the routes are scattered, and environmental protection overruns. Will the influx of second-hand equipment turn China into a construction machinery garbage dump? More importantly, disguised import actions will have a great impact on the sales of new and second-hand equipment of domestic brands.
China has become a construction machinery garbage dump. Xiang Wenbo, President of Sany Heavy Industry, recently lamented on Weibo that the import ban on second-hand construction machinery has caused a resurgence.
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The May Day Forum launched an online debate on whether China should restrict the import of second-hand engineering equipment. Among them, the positive side believes that the import of second-hand engineering equipment should be restricted due to environmental protection risks and lack of regulatory mechanisms. The negative side shows that the market has free trade and should not be restricted.
We are conducting research and hope to reflect the situation of professional users. He Zhaoyun indicated.
In the past few years, a large number of foreign second-hand construction machinery products have poured into China through various channels. Taking typical excavator products as an example, the total sales volume of excavators in the domestic market in 2018 was approximately 10,000 units. Among them, the sales volume of new self-branded excavators only accounted for .%, while the sales volume of imported second-hand excavators reached approximately .%.
Mr. Wang, the person in charge of the Shanghai Hercules Second-hand Excavator Network, which specializes in the above-mentioned business, described to reporters their operation process. They first established their own company and then cooperated with domestic agents of foreign brands such as Caterpillar and Komatsu. Collaborate. There are requirements for qualifications at this stage and it is necessary to go through customs declaration. These imported second-hand goods are usually sold to individual users.
The reporter randomly interviewed a number of second-hand construction machinery owners in Guangzhou, and most of them affirmed and loved this kind of practical foreign products. Imported second-hand construction machinery products are still very popular. Compared with second-hand construction machinery of Chinese independent brands, the former has more advantages in price and quality.
In early October, Mr. Liang from Tianhe District, Guangzhou was preparing to sell a Komatsu hook machine. When he purchased it from another machine owner two years ago, he quoted a price of more than 100,000 yuan. Today, the price is still around 100,000 yuan. In his opinion, imported second-hand excavators have many advantages for individual users.
First of all, the quotation is very reasonable and to be honest, the quality of domestic (second-hand) machines is not as good as imported machines. Not to mention technical issues such as engines and hydraulic accessories, the difference between domestically produced steel and imported steel is that the former is not as durable. Mr. Liang told reporters that many workers around him have chosen imported machines.
He also admitted that because most of these products are selected from abroad, there must be some minor problems. It can be said that % of them are selected from abroad, but you can spend money to repair them yourself. When the repair cost is too high and uneconomical, they will be scrapped, usually by selling scrap metal. But overall it is relatively cost-effective. I can make back my investment at any construction location. I have made my investment back after more than a year of working on this machine.
Mr. Yin from Zengcheng City, Guangzhou has a similar view. He has a small excavator weighing a ton (imported second-hand) and has used it for many years. He feels that it can usually do work and the price is quite cheap. Old excavators can consume a little more fuel. Usually, if a small thing breaks, just repair it. If a big thing breaks and it costs tens of thousands of yuan to buy accessories, just sell it for scrap iron. Nowadays, scrap iron is about RMB/ton. He said that overall the quality and environmental protection of the equipment were not very good, but judging from the initial purchase price, it was still very cost-effective.
Manager Zhou of Shanghai Huanghe Second-hand Excavator Market told reporters that there are currently many second-hand excavators in China, but a large part of them are imported. Although imported products are usually products selected from abroad, they are indeed better in terms of engines, steel structures, etc. . Taking the Huanghe second-hand excavator market as an example, the main sales are still domestically produced foreign brands. The demand is not very good and it is not easy to sell.
Large-scale import operations are met with opposition
Under the situation where both buyers and sellers are getting what they need and both supply and demand are booming, many people in the domestic industry are beginning to feel worried.
He Zhaoyun enumerated this concern in the aforementioned debate. Most of the screened products are unqualified for their emissions, sacrificing the environment, and reselling equipment for huge profits without a quality supervision mechanism. Machine failures, spare parts repairs, and trouble. Domestic overcapacity has intensified market competition
Except In addition, the paths for these second-hand goods to enter China are not all standardized. Public reports indicate that last month, the Guangxi Beihai Border Inspection Station seized an illegally imported cargo ship filled with a large number of excavators and spare parts for Mercedes-Benz and BMW. It is said that the relevant departments in this second-hand excavator and auto parts smuggling case took days to count.
The voice of resistance has already begun and is getting more intense.
People who know the industry of imported second-hand construction machinery are still familiar with the many high-profile proposals put forward by He Qinghua, chairman of Sunward Intelligent in recent years.
During the Two Sessions in 2017, He Qinghua submitted a proposal that strongly demanded strict restrictions on imported second-hand excavators. This is the third time he has gathered on this topic as a member of the CPPCC.
In the proposal, He Qinghua listed the five major crimes of imported second-hand excavators: 1. Mixed products seriously harm the interests of consumers; 2. Products rejected by the original country seriously harm the environment; 3. Disorganized sales channels disrupt the national economic order. A lot of tax revenue is lost. 4. It is not conducive to the improvement of the quality and technical level of domestic excavators. 5. It is not in line with international practices because the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union, which are prosperous in the world, all prohibit the import of second-hand excavators. Although individual countries allow it, they only allow a minimum number of used excavators. Imports are made in small quantities and subject to strict conditions.
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