Exported to the U.S. building materials market recommendations

Since the U.S. economy into recession since the first half of 2001, the real estate industry to buck the trend upward, residential housing starts, completed sales of existing homes continued to Zouwang, the United States economy, one of the few bright spots. According to figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, completed in 2002, the number of U.S. new home of 170 million units, including single-family housing units to 1.36 million, more than 34.5 million housing units, are the highest in 16 years. The rise of the real estate market has the following main reasons: 1, the U.S. government to stimulate the economy, has repeatedly lowered the federal benchmark interest rate, mortgage rates also decrease, which greatly stimulated the desire of consumers to purchase. April 2003 announced a 30-year mortgage lending rate is 5.26%, the lowest point in the past 40 years.
     2, the housing market continued to maintain a high level of prices, to stimulate consumer desire to buy.
     3, the consumer investment concepts shifted from keen to invest in physical assets, virtual assets to investment, from investment in the stock market to invest in real estate and other tangible assets.
     4, five of the last century, high-growth period of the sixties generation born in the business now largely successful, the decrease family burden, many people will be substantial savings to invest in real estate. In addition, increasing the nineties and the new immigrants affected by the economic downturn, the United States to accelerate domestic factors such as population movements, have also contributed to some extent, the real estate market.
    First, some U.S. building materials market overview
    Benefit from the real estate market, proximity to the building materials industry can be described. 2001, some U.S. building materials (iron and steel products due to inability to distinguish between the number of the building materials industry, the steel products are not included) manufacturer of the amount of $ 253,080,000,000 shipped over $ 260,140,000,000 in 2000 fell by 2.7%, but the amount shipped in 1999 were slightly higher than 0.9%. Such as wood, metal quality doors, windows, ceramic wall and floor tiles, and cement, concrete and other building materials than the amount shipped in 2000 and 1999 increased.
    Second, U.S. imports of building materials profiles
    According to the U.S. International Trade Commission statistics on imports, the United States the main building materials in 2002 amounted to 41.236 billion U.S. dollars of imports, 37.849 billion U.S. dollars over the previous year increased by 8.9%, of which a large increase in imports of products for stone, stone by 32.8%, wood veneer by 13.7%, wood windows and wood timber by 10.6%, stone by stone by the beginning of processing 10.3%, brick tile, ceramic tiles by 12.6%, metal doors, windows, scaffolding materials by 7.5%, 9.1% increase in hand tools, locks and Hardware by 8.6%, 22.8% increase in ceramic sanitary ware, lighting and accessories by 12.8%, plastic sanitary ware and floor coverings such as increased 15.8%.
    Third, I am the main building material exports to the United States Overview
    According to the U.S. import statistics, the United States in 2002 I main building materials export value of 90.89 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.9% over the previous year, accounting for similar products in the United States imports 22%. Among them, the plastic pipe and fittings by 102.2%, wood windows and wood materials by 46.7%, flooring textiles by 17.%, The primary processing of slate, stone by 31.6%, brick tile, ceramic tiles by 62.4% , metal doors and windows, scaffolding materials by 27.0%, metal nails, screws, nuts, washers and other increased 36.3%, hand tools, drill bits and other increased 26.4%, locks and hardware increased 27.6%, 82.8% increase in electrical insulation equipment, prefabricated buildings by 102.3%, 122.9% increase in ceramic sanitary ware, lighting and accessories by 23.1%, plastic sanitary ware and floor coverings such as increased 27.2%. Cement down 33.3%, down 7.1% in safety glass.
    I export value of imports of similar products in the United States accounted for more than 10% the amount of products include: grinding stones, grinding wheel, gypsum based products, cement, concrete pre-products (47.2%), safety glass (11.5%), Wei cabinet ceramic products (54% ), and other ceramic products, nes (28.9%), metal nails, screws, nuts washers (11.7%), hand tools, drill bits, etc. (19.1%), metal ware (27.8%), locks and hardware (18.5% ), ceramic sanitary ware (13.4%), lighting and accessories (63.5%), plastic ware, floor coverings and meal kitchenware (47.5%).
    Building materials from local distributors and large supermarket chains see the information received, to enter the large building materials supermarket chains vast majority of Chinese products by American manufacturers or importers to foreign companies processed form (OEM) in China in joint ventures or wholly-owned factory has been licensing, production or processing methods to sample production, its own little-known brands. Because these manufacturers or distributors in China, most of the imports have permanent establishment or factory, the process can be directly monitored on the supply, quality or guaranteed, the price of similar imported products and other little differences. But most small and medium dealers or distributors of the supplier do not know, this part of the quality of the goods is often missing good repair herbicides, due to the purchase price significantly lower than other channels, even if the price-cutting dealer sold, or profitable. Therefore, more small value of the U.S. distributor of the product purchase price. But the long run, the image of Chinese products will be greatly affected, but also easy to be the U.S. anti-dumping.
    Currently, I export to the United States is still a raw building materials, and labor-intensive low value-based home decoration materials, imports to maintain growth momentum, mainly by the price advantage. The main problem is the quality of instability, some products such as hand tools, cabinets and faucets in the health appliances and other electrical equipment, from the appearance of the pattern seen with other countries and regions not very different from similar products, but the difference in quality, including more large, mainly non-durable. Reflected in the way of a more concentrated delivery of the opinion that small and medium importers to the domestic producers inquiring about products, the orders were small and domestic suppliers refused. Some domestic manufacturers due to the importer of the product quality does not match the contract, or because of problems caused in transit packaging products, return or compensation for damage caused by the problem did not attract enough attention, causing importers and secondary trading after the switch to other imports channel, which is the so-called one-shot deal. In order to minimize the cost of product distribution, almost all U.S. imports of building materials dealers inquiring products, require negotiation with the manufacturers directly, without hope of any agency or individual trade deals.
    Fourth, the U.S. distributor channel for the main purchase
    By the enterprises (such as large-scale building materials supermarkets, large-scale building development, etc) based in overseas joint venture factories owned or supply; importers or distributors, through their purchase (regional building materials dealers and builders); building materials from overseas via the Internet Manufacturer (factory) to buy (small building materials suppliers, agents); through participation in relevant trade fairs in China, trade fairs order (with certain economic strength of the importers of building materials or building developers); through the city in the United States held on Industry Fair, Fair Order (regional distributors, agents and builders); from large U.S. supermarket chains to buy home (small and medium sized building decoration companies, individuals); through the door manufacturer or dealer to sell products (regional in Small building materials distributor).
    Fifth, comparing sales price
    According to the author of several major building materials to local supermarkets and visit some small dealers get the impression that manufacturing production in China, low value commodities such as lighting, electrical switches, wood blinds, etc. Basically, the selling price and other developing countries , regions such as Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan Province, prices of comparable products, but imports of the United States or other developed countries compared to branded goods, the gap larger. High-end supermarket in the building products such as sanitary ware, faucet, bath, paint, decorative panel (bar), FRP doors and windows, etc. Basically, the U.S. manufacturers, such as KOHLER, DELTA, AMERICAN STANDARD, GLIDDEN, BEHR, ARMSIRONG, CENTEX and so taking , and the high price products. Such as housing the main entrance, according to materials, workmanship and brand is different glass for every fan up to $ 1,500 price of steel over the door, the general can also be sold to 700-900 U.S. dollars. Wide and 33 inches high 41 inches of wood in the core / aluminum window frames and supported by outsourcing of energy-saving Low-E glass windows sells for 150-370 U.S. dollars range, high-quality brand-name cast iron tub sells for 200-300 U.S. dollars, stone coated steel roofing tiles can be 300USD per square meter.toilet Toilet 80-300 U.S. dollars. It is worth mentioning that the production of building materials in Mexico, due to relatively low transport costs, while members of the North American Free Trade Area, exports of U.S. products in the extremely well-placed the "right place" in the selling price is also very competitive, products pose a certain threat to me.

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