A Game Of "Carbon Tariffs" Is Underway.

A game of "carbon tariffs" is in progress.

It is undeniable that

The pace of carbon tariffs is getting closer.

Although the global economy is still not out of the shadow of the financial crisis, the "low carbon economy" has become a universal consensus among the world.

In November 25, 2009, the executive meeting of the State Council proposed that by 2020, the carbon dioxide emissions of China's gross domestic product will be reduced by 40%~45% compared with 2005, and will be included as a binding index in the medium and long-term plan for national economic and social development.

The "Copenhagen world climate conference" held in December also launched a heated debate on the issue of "low carbon".

At the end of June 2009, the US House of Representatives passed the bill of "border adjustment tax" for imported products, which took the lead in making a clear "carbon tariff" on imports of high carbon emission products from 2020.

With the increasing global impact of "low-carbon economy", "low carbon" has also become one of the mainstream commercial values in the international supply chain.

Markets such as the US, the UK and New Zealand have begun to use "carbon labelling" on clothing.

In July 2009, the retail giant WAL-MART announced that it would require all suppliers to provide environmental information on the products they produce. The WAL-MART rating will be further identified to indicate the environmental friendliness of the products.

In its sustainable development report released in early 2010, WAL-MART group once again made clear that by 2012, WAL-MART will achieve 95% of the suppliers of goods must receive the highest score of two selected social and environmental regulations.

Whether carbon emission is mandatory as a binding indicator, or low carbon becomes the mainstream commercial value orientation, enterprises must calculate the carbon emissions of products and services provided to reduce the "carbon emissions".

Low carbon economy is the general trend.

"Carbon tariffs" is also an unavoidable issue.

If Europe and other countries and regions implement the "carbon tariff", the new trade barriers that may form will directly weaken the global competitiveness of China's textile and garment industry, and may further threaten the employment and development of 20 million textile and garment industry practitioners.

The printing and dyeing industry will bear the brunt.

A research report shows that the total energy consumption of China's textile industry is roughly 4.84 tons of standard coal / ton fiber.

Among them, the clothing industry energy consumption is 1.05 tons of standard coal / ton clothing, weaving industry energy consumption is about 0.95 tons of standard coal / ton fiber, printing and dyeing industry energy consumption in general 2.5~3.2 tons of standard coal / ton fiber, an average of 2.84 tons of standard coal / ton fiber, printing and dyeing industry accounts for about 58.7% of the total industry energy consumption, become the focus of energy conservation and emission reduction in the spinning and weaving industry.

Environmental pressure has always been a pain in the printing and dyeing industry.

At present, many enterprises in the printing and dyeing industry are still using many high energy consuming traditional processes, which have long technological process, high energy consumption and serious pollution.

The amount of water used for printing and dyeing in China is 2~3 times as high as that of developed countries, and the energy consumption per unit is 3~5 times that of the developed countries.

The printing and dyeing industry wastewater discharge volume is the sixth in all industries in the country.

The printing and dyeing industry has already been included in the textile industry's key elimination list.

In the textile industry readjustment and revitalization plan issued in 2009, the state clearly pointed out that by 2011, the printing and dyeing capacity of 7 billion 500 million meters high energy consumption, high water consumption and low technology level should be eliminated, accounting for 15% of the printing and dyeing production capacity.

Emission reduction in production is also what textile and garment enterprises have been doing in recent years.

In addition, as China's traditional competitive industries, the advantages of the textile industry in international competition still exist, such as lower labor costs and skilled skilled workers. Once the "carbon tariff" is implemented, the cost of Chinese products is bound to increase.

The "carbon tariffs" sounded the alarm for Chinese enterprises.

Printing and dyeing equipment enterprises should ring the alarm bell {page_break}

In May of this year, the US Commerce Secretary visited China. The important task was to lobby China to buy its clean energy equipment and technology.

In June, the United States clean energy security act passed by the house of Representatives stipulates that the United States government can impose a "carbon tariff" of US $10 ~70 per ton of carbon dioxide on exports to the United States after 2020.

By developing the carbon intensity standards that only American equipment and technology can achieve, enterprises in developing countries will have to buy equipment and technology if they want to export to the United States.

This means that if China fails to meet the "carbon requirements" set up by foreign countries in the future, it will be constrained by the developed countries.

Against this background, the printing and dyeing equipment enterprises must face up to the seriousness of this problem.

China's printing and dyeing equipment enterprises should take precautions and develop mature green energy technology and equipment, and supply them to the printing and dyeing enterprises in China, so that they can fully reduce the carbon emissions in production projects, control the energy consumption management in the production process, and provide strong data and technical support for the country and industry.

In short, low carbonization has become the general trend of the world economy.

It is not too late for printing and dyeing equipment manufacturers to take action. Only by taking measures to control the initiative can we make a difference on the basis of safeguarding our long-term interests.