Status And Future Direction Of Calcium Industry

Baoxing County calcium carbonate industry over 20 years of development, so far has taken shape, especially the «5.12″ Wenchuan earthquake, the calcium carbonate industry is faced with unprecedented opportunities for development. How to seize this opportunity to quickly become bigger and stronger calcium carbonate industry, the county built in western China first-class industrial base of calcium carbonate to promote the county’s economy, «sound and rapid» development, the author made the following thought.

Calcium Carbonate Industry and Development Opportunities

First, the status quo

(A) According to statistics, the county a total of 22 marble mines (ore-bearing mineral rights are not retained in the whole production and the ongoing exploration of the mines), an annual county stone tablets of calcium carbonate processing enterprises to provide about 400,000 tons (including plate processing and Sculpture leftover bits and pieces of enterprise production material). In 2007, the county calcium carbonate processing plant a total of more than 70 households (including sticky stone factory), machinery and equipment mainly 4R-type machine, which amounted to about 60-70 units. Direct employment to absorb more than 400 people, lead mines, individual transport and services sector employed about 1,000 people; annual output of 35 million tons, accounting for 15-20% market share of the province; value of 8,000 million yuan; the added value of 3900 million, accounting for county-wide GDP? %; Storage taxes? Million. For the county economic development and the improvement of farmers per capita net income provides a strong support.

   (B) based on a number of mines and calcium carbonate production enterprises survey, calcium carbonate generally high production costs. Calcium carbonate production in the county in order to account for more than 70% of the meal, for example, according to current «super-rule policy» of its production costs per ton of between about 112-143 yuan, specifically as follows: mining and stones sale price 35-39 yuan / ton , freight costs 39 yuan / ton, electric 15-20 yuan / ton, artificial wage 8-10 yuan / ton, the mine costs 11-12 yuan / ton, land and machinery and equipment at 3 yuan / ton, sales tax 1-20 yuan / t. The current average price of product sales only 150 yuan / ton, enterprise edge of the verge of a loss, so tax evasion, illegal tapping of electricity is rampant.

    Second, opportunities for development

(A) large reserves of marble quarries Baoxing County, the quality is good, more than 99% calcium carbonate content, whiteness is greater than 94 degrees, the metal content is low, in the domestic market enjoy a good reputation, particularly for the paper industry has a other parts of the marble mine unparalleled advantage. «5.12″ Wenchuan earthquake, Wenchuan, Jiangyou and other places has been hit hard calcium carbonate industry, is expected to take three years or more to restore the time. This is for the county of calcium carbonate industry in the province to further expand its market share provides a good opportunity for development. At present, the Shimian chip stone to flow into our county is the best proof of this.

   (B) The county of calcium carbonate industry is a national industrial policy to encourage the development of circular economy and comprehensive utilization of resources types of trades. Through years of advocacy, communication, now the industry has been the National Industrial Information Ministry, the provincial SME Bureau and the Provincial Economic Commission and other higher-level departments of the widely recognized, are spiritual customs, by a higher level of industrial concentration area requirements, declare the national «Small Business business base «, this declaration, if successful, then the county calcium carbonate industry will be national, provincial and municipal variety of policy and funding support, it will be county calcium carbonate is another major opportunity for industrial development.

Problems and difficulties

1, raw materials supply, high prices

(A) Although there are 22 county marble mine, but can provide raw materials calcium carbonate mine production enterprises accounted for only 10 or so, and some of mine by «5.12″ earthquake, the impact so far can not be normal production, calcium carbonate industrial raw materials, supply and demand contradiction.

(B) of the current county overrun the checkpoint Zhunyun an upper limit for two-axle vehicles (more than three-axle vehicles can not be on the mine transportation) with vehicle with a cargo 24 tons, except for vehicles, self-respect, each truck can only transport about 16-17 tons chip stone, coupled with rising oil prices and other factors, the pilot transport Kataishi a big decline in the enthusiasm, «5.12″ earthquake, or even outage behavior, a situation further exacerbated the contradiction between supply and demand of raw materials calcium carbonate industry.

For these reasons, at present, asbestos and other parts of the stone tablets a day is 10 more than the speed of vehicles into the county.

    Second, unfair taxes, market disorder

(A) general taxpayers and small-scale tax does grave injustice to the taxpayers. Under the current tax policy: the general sales tax rate is 17% of taxpayers, excluding deductions, the consolidated tax rate roughly between 7-10%; small-scale taxpayers in general to implement the tax package. With a annual output of 10,000 tons of 4R machine as an example: the general taxpayer revenue should be turned over roughly between 11-15 million, while the small-scale taxpayers paid the tax for one year only 0.72-1.2 million the less than the general taxpayer, 13-15 times more per ton of product that is less than the general taxpayer costs 10-14 yuan.

   (B) «three noes» of enterprises and the general taxpayer, small-scale tax does grave injustice to the taxpayers. The «three no» industrial and commercial enterprises as a result no business license and tax registration certificate, etc., leading to the tax authorities can not control these companies paid absolutely no taxes. With a annual output of 10,000 tons of 4R machine, for example, per ton of product than most of its taxpayers and small-scale taxpayers, less the cost of 1-20 yuan.

   (C) under the existing tax policy, only requires a sound general taxpayer accounts, income tax evasion on the issue of ordinary taxpayers, the tax authorities can be verified at any time and in accordance with a certain amount of seriousness of the violations punishable by a fine, and the «three noes» enterprises and small-scale taxpayers to avoid the risk entirely. The formation of a «law-abiding suffer, illegal enrichment,» the strange phenomenon has seriously dampened the enthusiasm of general taxpayer’s tax, a direct result of the calcium carbonate industry, chaotic management, regulatory difficulties.

For these reasons, the «three no» tax-enterprises and small-scale enterprises can be less than the cost price of the general taxpayer companies sell their products, resulting in the county of calcium carbonate industry, market disorder, and brand value, reduced quality of comparative advantage, reputation and competition in the industry power has been significantly weakened, has seriously affected the healthy development of Baoxing calcium carbonate industry.

    Third, firm size too small, poor brand awareness

(A) The county Although calcium carbonate processing plant more than 70 households, but the net production of calcium carbonate products, only three above-scale enterprises, and will not have much size, with a total of only 32 million yuan or so, do not form a «leading» , poly not a force, so that does not pull its weight in the domestic market, can not lead the inside and outside the industry and provincial counterparts have undertaken full competition.

  (B) Although Baoxing County calcium carbonate products in the domestic market enjoy a good reputation, especially for the paper industry with other parts of the marble mine unparalleled advantage. However, the majority of weak corporate brand awareness, can not see their own advantages, «Young short to avoid long», self-degradation in order to «suicide» type of behavior of dumping low-priced products. Such behavior has directly destroyed the county carbonated products, brand image, leading to further and further product prices low, enterprises generally operate at a modest profit or loss for the state, resulting in a large number of county waste of resources and income loss.

  (3) Enterprise ubiquitous «shortsighted» behavior, follow the trend of awareness of serious, do not pay attention to corporate culture and image of the building, and the production of fake and shoddy products, have occurred from time.