Customs statistics report: China's metal box and tinplate import and export situation in 2020

Abstract: According to the statistics of the Customs Statistics Bureau on March 10, the analysis of China's metal box and tinplate imports and exports in 2020 is as follows: The import of metal box raw materials (tinplate) has shown a downward trend in recent years, and China's metal box raw material imports have basically continued to decline ...

According to data from the Customs Statistics Bureau, the analysis of China's metal box and tinplate imports and exports in 2020 is as follows:

Import data of metal boxes for daily necessities

   In recent years, the import volume of metal boxes for daily necessities in China has basically continued to decrease. By the end of 2020, the annual import volume of metal boxes for daily necessities was only 10,700 tons, a decrease of 32.17% from 2019. ) Energy output continues to grow, and product types are becoming more abundant, which can fully meet the needs of consumers, and import volume will continue to maintain a downward trend.

（Customized candy metal storage box）

Commodity metal box export data

   The new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020 will have a serious impact on all walks of life around the world, with slow or declining economic growth; consumers are also paying more attention to hygiene and safety, which promotes the increase in consumption of metal boxes for daily necessities, which is also reflected in the import and export of metal boxes for daily necessities. In trade. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that China’s export volume of metal boxes for daily necessities in 2020 was 665,700 tons, an increase of 13.02% year-on-year; however, the export value was 2,65568 million US dollars, a decrease of 10.03% over the previous year. The export of commodity metal boxes showed an overall trend of volume increase and price decrease, and the average export price decreased by 18.67% compared to 2019.

  Among the exported commodity metal boxes, the export volume of tinplate boxes and tinplate raw materials increased significantly. The export volume of tinplate raw materials increased by 20.53% compared with 2019 to approximately 252.67 million tons, and the export volume of tinplate boxes increased by 20.43% to approximately 323.46 million tons. Metal boxes accounted for 23.82% of exports of daily necessities packaging boxes, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from 22.18% in 2019. The export of tinplate boxes accounted for 38.52%, an increase of 3.43 percentage points from 24.97% in 2019. The possible factor is that due to the impact of the epidemic, the short-term economic depression in foreign countries has shown a trend of falling both in volume and prices.

The United States is one of the main exporters of daily necessities metal boxes. Since the Sino-U.S. trade war, China’s exports of daily necessities metal boxes to the United States have declined significantly. The total amount of daily necessities metal boxes exported to the United States in 2020 is about 102,400 tons, which is smaller than in 2019. An increase of 10,359.743 tons. Commodity metal boxes exported to the U.S. and Europe in 2020 accounted for 13.20% and 8.32% of China’s total exports of daily necessities metal boxes (14.59% of total exports in 2019 and 19.1% of total exports in 2018)

 （Cosmetic metal storage box）

China Tinplate Import and Export Data Report

Import data report

   In 2020, China's total import volume of tinplate was 136,400 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 27.71%. Since 2018, it has continued to decline, with a year-on-year decrease of 16.71% and 11.10% in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Imports are mainly tinplate raw materials, accounting for 85.38% of the total imports. In addition, the import volume of tinplate has declined for the first time in the past three years, down 1.77% year-on-year. The import volume of tinplate boxes is small, but both the import volume and the import value have increased. .

The import volume of absorbent hygiene products has further decreased, showing that China's domestically produced baby diapers, feminine hygiene products and other absorbent hygiene products industries have developed rapidly, which can already meet the needs of domestic consumers to a large extent. In addition, imports of absorbent hygiene products generally show a trend of falling in volume and rising prices.

China Tinplate Export Data Report

   Although the packaging industry has been affected by the epidemic, the export volume of tinplate continues to grow in 2020, increasing by 7.74% year-on-year to 947,900 tons, and the average price has also increased slightly. The overall tinplate exports still show a relatively good growth trend.

The largest proportion of the exported tinplate is the finished tinplate box, which accounts for 53.31% of the total export volume. The second is tinplate raw materials, accounting for 35.19% of the total export volume. The most exported destinations for tinplate boxes are the United States, Australia, Europe and other markets.

（Screw lid metal box）

Metal storage box statistics

  Affected by the epidemic, consumer demand for metal storage box products has surged, and both imports and exports have shown a trend of rising volume and price.

China's metal storage box import data

   In 2020, the import volume of metal storage boxes changed from a decrease in 2018 and 2019 to an increase of 10.93%. The changes in the import volume of metal storage boxes in 2018 and 2019 were -27.52% and -4.91%, respectively. In 2020, the total import volume of metal storage boxes was 8811.231 tons, an increase of 868.3 tons over 2019.

（Wine packaging metal storage box）

Metal storage box export data

In 2020, the export volume of metal storage box products rose sharply by 131.42%, and the export value increased by 145.56%, both reaching a doubling of growth. It can be seen that due to the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in overseas markets, there is a higher demand for metal storage box products. Metal storage box products were mainly exported to the US market, reaching about 267,300 tons, accounting for 46.62% of the total export volume. Compared with the total amount of 70,600 tons of metal storage box products exported to the US market in 2019, an increase of 378.69% in 2020.