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The Import Barriers Of Luxury Goods Are Higher Than Those Of Low And Medium Consumer Goods.

2010/12/14 17:34:00 163

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IPad import tax is not a problem, but it has been artificially enlarged into a problem. This phenomenon fully exposes the selfishness and shortsightedness of some social groups in China.

From international

Trade

From the perspective of economic development, the productive capacity of wealth is the most important.

Therefore, any independent country will strive to protect its industries, curb domestic consumption and import luxury goods, especially in developing countries that are trying to catch up with others.

To this end, the principle of setting up tariff barriers and other import barriers should be: the barriers to imports of primary products are lower than those of finished products, the barriers to import of parts and components are lower than that of the whole vehicle, consumer goods are higher than raw materials, and the import barriers of luxury goods are higher than those of low and medium consumer goods.

Even if the products produced by foreign investors in domestic factories can not be eaten in high and low grade markets, they should leave the living space and the "base area" for the domestic industry to start.

The successful trade policy under the framework of industrial development policy should focus on promoting the development of domestic industries and meeting the needs of domestic residents rather than satisfying the consumption desire of Western brands.

At the time of the balance of payments crisis, this vain consumption desire is enough to overturn a country. At present, our country has eliminated the restriction of foreign exchange gap, and some consumers chase foreign brands will not endanger China's balance of payments. We have already been tolerant of this kind of blind pursuit. As long as China has not yet completed its all-round overtaking of the west, this blind pursuit will not be completely eliminated.

But on the issue of iPad import tax and other issues, it advocates the idea of completely opening up and even realizing the same price of Western luxury goods at home and abroad. Under the banner of "consumer welfare" and so on, the essence of it is actually positioning the policy target to satisfy blindly pursuit of foreign fashion consumer goods, which is entirely wrong.

Because of this "

Development orientation

"Import barrier" is contrary to the consumption desire of the high income group (usually the country's economic, political and cultural elite group). The conflict with the interests of the developed countries determines whether the success or failure of a developing country will be an important benchmark for measuring the independence and autonomy of the country and the ability of the government to act.

From this point of view, the price of clothing manufactured by France and the United States is much higher than that in China's home country, iPad import tax and so on. It shows that the success of China's industrial development policy is worth being proud of, rather than a failure.

As for the phenomenon of "made in China" overseas prices lower than domestic prices, for example, some basic understanding of current international trade and China's foreign trade characteristics and patterns will not be worth mentioning.

China is a large country of processing trade. Although the goods sold in Western stores are linked with "made in China" labels, they are usually finished at the two ends of raw materials and markets, but only in China.

Such a "made in China" product is subject to a certain tariff if it wants to enter the Chinese market. This alone is enough to make its price much higher in China than in the West.

Under the mode of processing trade, Hugo Boss suits can be processed and finished in Chinese factories and can be sold on the market of western countries. But if we want to enter the Chinese market, if we import the 61031100 tax number, we will have to pay 25% import tariffs according to the protocol of China's accession to the WTO.

Ms. Zuo Xiaolei has noticed that the price of Pierre Cardin shirts in Thailand is 3/5 of that in China. In my opinion, whether it is imported after the processing trade is exported in the name of garments or directly produced and sold in the domestic market, such prices indicate that the tariff and circulation system in Thailand has not left room for the domestic industry.

Even if some Chinese independent brand goods are in the hands of western multinational companies because of key components and core technologies, if processing trade is used for export, the tariffs that they undertake in overseas markets may also be less than the tariffs on imported components when they are sold domestically.

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No matter what

domestic market

Or in foreign markets, in the field of monopolization of Western multinationals, the high pricing of multinational corporations is beneficial to us: we can make room for the development of similar industries in China.

In 1995, Unilever's wall's ice cream had crushed all the main competitors in China, and the consumption ability of Chinese residents also improved significantly. The British executives decided to increase the price by 26%. As a result, the local manufacturers, such as Mengniu and Erie, who used to covetous the ice cream market, used the cold chain technology from the road and Xue Xue, and squeezed into the market with the price advantage, and quickly grew into a new giant in the Chinese market.

In 1999, P & G's Bi Lang washing powder announced a price increase, hoping to build itself as a high-end brand, and it soon failed.

If the Western companies that occupy the leading edge choose to price only slightly higher or lower than Chinese domestic competitors, that will be a disaster for our similar industries.

In 1999, Unilever set up a brand and price strategy in China for its mysterious washing powder, which lowered its price to about 10% of its domestic competitors. This has cut the price by 30% in a day, resulting in a 30% increase in the market share of the laundry detergent in half a year.

What is the advantage of our brand and industry?

The problem of iPad import tax dispute is far-reaching.

It shows that international tourism, network technology and other factors are weakening the effectiveness of traditional industrial development policy tools.

We need to set up higher import barriers to luxury goods and high priced western consumer goods. However, the rise of international tourism and the relative cost reduction make it possible for domestic high-income consumers to go abroad to purchase directly; the development of network technology also allows domestic consumers to purchase overseas through low-cost pactions at the low cost of the Internet, and then avoid the high tariffs under the formal import trade channels by means of the tax-free import quota of tourists and the import tariff reduction of parcels, so that the effectiveness of the national industrial development policy is partially lost, and the domestic circulation industry has lost some of its revenue.

At the same time, under the trend of media marketization, the high income class's complaints about some higher costs that they should bear may also be misread as the real interests of the interests of the majority of the residents have been seriously damaged, and they have been magnified hundreds of times, thus causing enormous political pressure on the policy which originally focused on the overall and long-term interests of the country.

In this regard, we must have enough foresight and consider how to solve it at an early date.