The consumption tax alone may not help promote the environmental protection of coatings

China Paint Network
News: Since the confirmation will be levied
paint
consumption tax, said that "reverse traditional
painting
provement enterprise transformation" "toxic traditional paint will face industrial integration" "environmental protection paint ushered in good" sound. Of course, the environmental protection of coatings is not only the result of the upper floor buildings want to see, but also reflects the consumer's demand. But we should also be well aware that the consumption tax should not be high on the promotion of environmental protection.
the traditional paint industry now has an average profit margin of only 6.4 per cent, and a further 4 per cent consumption tax makes life even harder for companies. But even so, "a consumption tax on paints may not be able to promote the environmental protection of coatings." Mr. Shi Qinglin, a senior consultant in the paint industry, predicted so.
the consumption tax, paint on environmental protection, this is only the good wishes of most people. Shortly after the New Deal was launched, Beckers, the global paint giant, officially announced a 4 per cent price increase from April 1, 2015. Recently, Chuanhua shares, Shanghai paint also out of the price increase news. Chuanhua shares "plans to start in mid-April, the paint products of the new single price increase of 2% to 4%, of which the old customers increase the price of 2%, new customers increase the price of 4%. "Shanghai Coatings" has raised the price of the corresponding products downstream customers (dealers) by 2%, last year has signed a contract for direct sales customers temporarily, if raw materials continue to rise in the future, will continue to adjust prices by 2%. "
before the consumption tax rules were issued, Berger China, Chuanhua shares, Shanghai paint and other coating companies have used price increases to deal with the consumption tax. Although many companies are still waiting and seeing, in fact, privately brewing how to rise, how much. Once the
enterprises to
collective price increases, consumption tax will be passed on to downstream manufacturers and consumers. Solvent-based coatings companies are more comfortable after price increases.
that not only paint to levy a consumption tax, furniture emissions VOCs also have to pay. The State Administration of Taxation recently conducted research in Guangdong, intending to expand the scope of the collection of paint consumption tax. Expanding the scope of consumption tax collection is also an opportunity for furniture companies to raise prices. Paint enterprises and downstream enterprises together to raise prices, the original use of furniture enterprises environmental protection coating forced the transformation of the hope of coating enterprises will also be disillusioned. The boost to the environment from the consumption tax is even weaker.
addition to the current market for Chinese coatings, oily paints are still the largest contributor to total paint sales, so water-based paints are unlikely to completely replace solvent-based coatings. The road to step by step, paint environmental protection process also needs a soft landing. Therefore, the journey of environmental protection of coatings is still a long way off.
, in fact, really promote the environmental protection of coatings, in addition to national policies, there is market demand. The European Union has banned the use of VOC-exceeding oily coatings since 2004, and the United States has strict requirements for VOC emissions from imported furniture. If the consumer market refuses to enter non-environmentally friendly products, it can fundamentally achieve environmental protection of coatings, thus forcing the transformation of solvent-based products.
, for coating enterprises, the future of paint functionalization, environmental protection is an inevitable trend. Now the environmental protection policy is more and more strict, consumption tax levy so that paint enterprises although life is not good, but can also use price increases to deal with. If foreign brands take advantage of the expansion, solvent-based coatings market cold, and small enterprises live more moisturizing, enterprises are squeezed by multiple layers, is the most uncomfortable.
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, water-based coatings
,
uv coatings
,
powder coatings
to replace traditional solvent-based coatings is still early. But solvent-based coating enterprises should also actively prepare, or that sentence: "research and development of low VOC products, and strive to improve product added value", is the way out.