RCEP背景下自行车外贸出口量将起飞

作为自行车出口大国，中国每年直接出口自行车整车约30多亿美元。虽然原材料价格持续上涨，但中国自行车出口却未受太大影响，行情表现强劲。

据海关统计，今年前三季度，中国自行车及零部件的出口额达到77.64亿美元，同比增长67.9%，增速创下近5年来的最高纪录。

在自行车整车出口的6种产品中，代表高端运动、高附加值的竞赛型自行车、山地自行车出口增长强劲，出口量同比分别增长了122.7%和50.6%。自行车产品档次和附加值进一步提高，9月份出口整车平均单价达到71.2美元，创历史新高，对美国、加拿大、智利、俄罗斯等国出口量保持两位数增幅。

“海关数据显示，2020年中国自行车出口同比增长28.3%至36.91亿美元，创历史新高;出口数量为6086万辆，同比增长14.8%;出口平均单价为60.6美元，同比上涨11.8%。2021年度自行车出口额超过2020年几成定局，将再创历史新高。”中国机电产品进出口商会展览中心高级经理刘澳克预判道。

究其原因，刘澳克对国际商报记者表示，自去年以来，受三方面因素影响，中国自行车出口呈现逆势增长：一是需求增加，疫情的发生使人们更加青睐健康安全的骑行方式;二是疫情的发生使部分国家生产受阻，部分订单转移至中国;三是境外经销商今年上半年补仓趋势走强。

“虽然出口实现增长，但自行车企业也面临着原材料供应紧张导致交货延迟、原材料价格上涨、汇率波动、舱位难求、运价上涨等困难，行业整体效益并未随出口额增长而大幅增加，行业整体利润率低于以往。”刘澳克直言，中国自行车出口的平均价格与生产中高端自行车的德国、日本、美国、荷兰等国家相比仍存在差距。未来加快产品结构提升，逐步改变以往国内自行车产业以低附加值产品为主的局面，是中国自行车企业发展的当务之急。

值得一提的是，《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》(RCEP)已进入生效倒计时。在中国自行车前10大出口市场中，RCEP成员国占了7席，这意味着，RCEP生效后自行车行业将迎来重大发展机遇。

数据显示，2020年中国自行车对RCEP自贸协定涉及的14个国家出口额为16亿美元，占整体出口的43.4%，同比增长42.5%。其中，对东盟出口7.66亿美元，占整体出口的20.7%，同比增长110.6%。

目前，RCEP成员国中，老挝、越南、柬埔寨对自行车全部商品或大部分商品关税不予减让，但一半的国家承诺对中国自行车关税在8~15年内减让至零关税，澳大利亚、新西兰、新加坡和日本等国家已承诺直接减至零关税。来源：中国商务新闻网

As a big exporter of bicycles, China directly exports bicycles worth more than 3 billion US dollars every year. Although raw material prices continue to rise, but China's bicycle exports have not suffered too much impact, market performance is strong.

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of this year, China's exports of bicycles and parts reached 7.764 billion US dollars, up 67.9 percent year on year, the highest growth rate in the past five years.

Among the six bicycle exports, the exports of high-end sports and high value-added racing bikes and mountain bikes showed strong growth, up 122.7 percent and 50.6 percent year-on-year respectively. In September, the average unit price of exported bicycles reached us $71.2, a record high. Exports to the United States, Canada, Chile, Russia and other countries maintained double-digit growth.

"According to customs data, China's bicycle exports in 2020 grew 28.3% year on year to $3.691 billion, a record high; The export volume was 60.86 million, up 14.8% year on year; The average unit price of exports was $60.6, up 11.8 percent year on year. It is almost certain that bicycle exports in 2021 will surpass those in 2020 and hit another record high." China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Mechanical and Electronic Products Exhibition Center senior manager Liu Aoke predicted.

Liu Aoke told the International Business Daily that since last year, China's bicycle exports have bucked the trend of growth due to three factors: first, increased demand, the outbreak of the epidemic has made people more interested in a healthy and safe way of cycling; Second, the outbreak of the epidemic has blocked production in some countries, and some orders have been transferred to China. Third, overseas dealers in the first half of this year to cover the strong trend.

"Although the export has achieved growth, bicycle enterprises are also faced with difficulties such as delivery delay caused by tight supply of raw materials, rising raw material prices, exchange rate fluctuations, difficult to find shipping space, and rising freight rates. The overall benefit of the industry has not increased significantly with the growth of exports, and the overall profit margin of the industry is lower than before." Liu aoke bluntly said that there is still a gap between the average price of China's bicycle export and that of Germany, Japan, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries that produce middle and high-end bicycles. In the future, it is urgent for The development of Chinese bicycle enterprises to accelerate the improvement of product structure and gradually change the situation that the domestic bicycle industry is dominated by low value-added products.

It is worth mentioning that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has entered the countdown to its entry into force. RCEP member countries account for seven of the top 10 export markets for Chinese bicycles, which means that the bicycle industry will enjoy major development opportunities after RCEP takes effect.

Statistics show that in 2020, China's bicycle exports to the 14 countries involved in the RCEP free trade Agreement amounted to 1.6 billion US dollars, accounting for 43.4% of the overall export, with a year-on-year growth of 42.5%. Among them, exports to ASEAN amounted to $766 million, accounting for 20.7% of the total exports, up 110.6% year on year.

At present, among RCEP member countries, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia do not reduce the tariffs on all or most of the bicycle products, but half of the countries have promised to reduce the tariffs on Chinese bicycles to zero within 8~15 years, and Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan have promised to directly reduce the tariffs to zero.