As an important part of the automobile, the tire is the foundation of the development of the automobile industry. As an important supporting industry of the automobile industry, the tire industry is closely related to the economic development of China. In recent years, China's tire industry has achieved rapid growth, since 2006 has been firmly ranked in the world's largest tire producer and rubber consumer, tire production accounts for about a quarter of the world's total output. With the continuous development of China's transportation, automotive machinery and other industries, the status of the tire industry in the national economy is expected to continue to improve.
The main raw materials for the production of tire products are natural rubber, synthetic rubber, cord, carbon black and so on. Ships are divided into automobile tires (including cars and light load (light truck) tires, heavy tires), construction machinery tires, agricultural tires, industrial vehicle tires, power tires, motorcycle tires and aviation tires. Downstream applications of ships are: automobile repair shops, automobile manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, agricultural vehicle manufacturers, e-commerce platforms.
Overview of Chinese tire market
(1) To form a relatively complete tire product system
Although China's tire industry started late, since the reform and opening up, with the rapid development of China's economy and the substantial acceleration of road construction, the automobile industry, transportation industry and construction machinery industry have developed rapidly.
Through digestion and absorption or independent development of radial tire production lines, China has been able to produce radial tires and bias tires of two major structural types of car tires, light truck tires, truck tires, construction machinery tires, industrial vehicle tires, aviation tires and motorcycle tires and other seven categories of products, basically covering various specifications series of tires. The domestic tire industry has a certain development capacity and production scale, and has formed a relatively complete tire production system in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, which supports the rapid development of the domestic auto industry.
(2) Become the world's largest tire producer
In recent years, China's automobile industry has shown a good development trend, of which in 2013, China achieved automobile production and sales of 22,116,800 and 21.841 million, respectively, an increase of 14.76% and 13.87%, ranking firmly in the world's largest automobile producer and new car consumer market, driving the rapid development of the tire industry. According to the statistics of the China Rubber Industry Association, domestic tire production increased from 250 million in 2005 to 529 million in 2013. The total output of all kinds of tires in China ranks first in the world and has become a big country in the world of tire production.
(3) Become the world's largest tire exporter
Under the background of economic globalization, with the improvement of China's tire production technology, the industrial transfer of tire enterprise giants and the rapid development of the world's automobile industry, China's tire export volume continues to increase, ranking the world's largest tire exporter. According to China Customs statistics, in 2013, China's tire exports amounted to 15.625 billion US dollars (excluding bicycle tires and motorcycle tires), of which radial tires accounted for more than 80% of the total exports, and the added value of tire export products continued to increase.
(4) The technical level of tire production has been steadily improved
In recent years, China's tire production technology continues to improve, tire scientific and technological achievements continue to emerge, many processes have approached or reached the world's advanced level. The research and development cycle of tire products is getting shorter and shorter. In order to increase market competitiveness, enterprises continue to increase research and development capital investment, expand the size of research and development team, and promote the steady improvement of tire production technology. Taking Linglong Tire as an example, the ultra-low cross section anti-skid low-noise passenger radial tire has achieved four major breakthroughs in driving comfort, environmental protection, safety and controllability; GREENMAXHP010, GREENMAXECOTOURING and other 6 pattern series have all passed the EU ECE noise certification, won the fuel saving tire award, reaching the international advanced level; Environment-friendly tire series all meet the requirements of EU REACH regulations; More than 80 product specifications are certified by SmartWay.
(5) China is still not the world's tire production power
The huge space for industrial upgrading in the future is affected by factors such as enterprise scale, financial strength and scientific research level, and compared with foreign advanced tire manufacturers, local tire manufacturers have less investment in research and development, the overall technical level is low, and the product homogenization is serious.
At present, about 70% of the market share of China's car tire market is occupied by foreign and joint venture tire companies, and local brand products are mainly concentrated in the replacement market.
China's tire industry in high-grade, high-tech, high value-added tire production still has a lot of room for development, with the improvement of the technical level of domestic tire manufacturers and the development of China's automobile industry, the next few years, the domestic car tire industry is likely to continue to seize the world's tire giants market share process, Through the development of flat, low noise, low rolling resistance of energy saving, safety, environmental protection and green tires and the shortage of varieties needed by the market, gradually occupy the commanding heights of the tire market.
