Logistics & Transport

Status Quo and Forecast of Express Delivery Industry in China, 2017

  Express delivery industry will keep a high growth of 40% in 2017 Total express delivery business will reach 50 billion pieces and the revenue will be CNY 800 billion in 2020, and the corresponding business volume and the CAGR is 19% and 24% respectively. According to research, the business volume of express delivery will reach 60 billion pieces in 2020 (corresponding to the CAGR of 24% during 2015-2020, exceeding its estimated growth rate, 19% of e-commerce, GMV). We estimate that the growth rate of business volume will reach 50%…

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Food & Beverage

Prospect of Dairy Product Industry Development Trend in China, 2017

At present, imported milk accounts for over one-third of the domestic market. Milk imported from New Zealand accounts for 64% of the imported dairy product for the factors such as transport cost. In 2016, the number of cows decreased by 2.1% in New Zealand. Now there is a rebound in prices of raw milk but the livestock of cows is estimated to be in a negative growth in New Zealand in 2017 due to periodicity of cows. Global raw milk supply will decrease with the decline of livestock of cows.…

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Food & Beverage

Three Opportunities in China Condiment Industry, 2017

Condiment Industry, as a fiercely competitive industry, shows development trend of optimizing and adjusting industrial structure and raising brand concentration ratio now. Competitions between enterprises are no longer in production and sales scale but in satisfying growth and changes of consumer demand.   High-end Condiment According to the industry investigation and survey, consumption of soy sauce priced lower than CNY 3 declines, whereas products priced CNY 3-5 keep a growth of 10%; products priced CNY 5-8 keep a growth of  15% and soy sauce brands priced over CNY 8 grow…

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Logistics & Transport

CAGR of China’s Cold Chain Logistics Industry over 20% During 2017-2021

First, the CAGR of cold chain logistics industry will increase by 20% in the next 3 to 5 years, and the demand for cold-chain equipment will maintain steady growth. The three stages in cold-chain equipment industry, namely, “the first kilometer”, “circulation and transportation” and “the last kilometer”, correspond to the pre-cooling equipment, cold storage equipment, refrigerated trucks/refrigerated container transport equipment, and “the last-kilometer equipment” respectively, of which cold storage and refrigerator truck are among the core equipment links. The “first and the last kilometer” links have large potential development space.…

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Energy & Chemicals

Analysis on Import and Export of Rare Earth in China, 2016

China is the largest exporter of Rare Earth in the world. Rare earth mining is characterized with long process, great environmental damage and high comprehensive cost. Rare earth mining is less in other regions in the world while China is the most important exporter of rare earth resources in the world. Export volume of rare earth increases annually in China since 2012, but the total export value keeps declining due to the falling back of prices.   Export Volume of Rare Earth Metals Unit: Ton Source: China Customs   Export…

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Food & Beverage

Five Key Trends of China’s Food Industry, 2017

The first trend: Under “new normal”, growth of food industry is slowing down, and the development will depend more on ‘value drives’ in the future. Food industry corresponds with the overall growth of China’s economy, both transferring gradually from the previous number driving to value driving and from eating more to eating better. Take dairy product industry for example: First of all, dairy product industry keeps growing now but its growth rate begins slowing down. Second, there will be differentiation of consumption, and the consumption of the high-income groups will…

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Food & Beverage

2017 Chinese Consumption Concept of Food and Beverage

Change of consumption concept: from ‘spending money unwillingly’ to ‘paying for convenience’ The soaring economy of China determines the huge gap between generations in terms of consumption concept. The influence of frugality is weakening, for the new generations prefer moderate or even excessive consumption as long as their economic conditions allow. Consumers are willing to pay for better quality, service and convenience. Change of consumption concept: from ‘advocating frugal life’ to ‘paying for high-quality life’. Change of concept: from ‘preferring oily food high in sugar and calorie, and believing being…

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Automobile

New Market Features in China Automobile Industry in 2017

A new round of struggle for the leading role in global automobile industry outbreaks universally, and the only left competitors are Germany, Japan, the U.S. and China. Germany and Japan own the most powerful traditional automobile industry in the world. The booming automobile industry will drive the transformation and upgrade of the overall economic structure in China. In September, 2016, the supervisors of China’s automobile industry proposed a Temporary Concurrent Management Regulation for Corporate Average Fuel Consumption (CAFC) and New-Energy Vehicle (NEV) Credits for public comments, which stipulated that automobile…

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Manufacturing Telecoms & Computing

Prospect of Global Drone (UAV) Market, 2017

With the forecast that in 2017, production and sales volumes of drones will have a substantial increase to 3 million, up by 39%, the global market revenue is predicted to be USD 6 billion (around CNY 41.2 billion), up by 34%. The soaring demand for drones for private and commercial use contributes to its popularity regardless of the ban that private market cannot make contact with government regulatory departments. Overall drone (UAV) market is developing rapidly, yet private and commercial markets are distinct from each other in dynamics. Drones in…

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Food & Beverage

Analysis on Beef Import and Export in China, 2016

According to CRI, in 2016, total production volume of pork, beef, mutton and poultry was 83.64 million tons, down by 1.1% YOY compared to 2015. Specifically, production volume of pork was 52.99 million tons, down by 3.4%; production volume of beef was 7.17 million tons, up by 2.4%; production volume of mutton was 4.59 million tons, up by 4.2%; production volume of poultry was 18.88 million tons, up by 3.4%. Production volume of egg and poultry was 30.95 million tons, up by 3.2%. According to statistics of the U.S. Department…

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