CIMC, 2013 have been a difficult year for the industry of the containers



In the 2013 Chinese International Marine Containers (Group) Co Lowers. (CIMC), company world leader in the field of the container production intermodal, have increased of +6.5% own turnover that is gone up to 57,87 billion yuan (9,4 billion dollars) regarding 54,33 billion yuan in the exercise anniversary precedence. The operating profit has recorded an increase of +27.7% to 3,37 billion yuan and the profit clearly is increased of +36.5% to 2,63 billion yuan.

In the single segment of the production and commercialization of container the group has recorded revenues for 21,31 billion yuan, with a decrease of the -14,2% on 2012, and operating costs pairs to 18,27 billion yuan (- 11.5%). The business segment has generated a groos profit of 3,03 billion yuan (- 27.4%).

The Chinese society has explained that 2013 "have been a difficult year for the industry of the container". Generally last year, although it is the total economy that the industry of the shipping has shown a progressive increase respect to a cyclical phase of minim - it has found the company - the containerized traffics has maintained an increase slow, the navigation companies have not produced profits and the new question of container and the rate substitution of the older containers has remained on low levels. Moreover a wait has not happened asks seasonal of container and the prices of the raw materials are dropped determining a fall of the prices of the container, while the exchange rate of the yuan continued to go up. Sul national forehead, CIMC has specified moreover that the Chinese legislation on the environmental job and norms has become more and more severe and this has constituted the main factor of the increase of the productive costs, increase to which the producers of the field they have tried to oppose an improvement of the productive efficiency through the offshoring, the restructure and the introduction of systems of automated production. CIMC it has specified that in the 2013 national production of container it has been pairs to about 2,7 million container teu, in light decrease regarding 2012, of which about 2,33 million container for cargos it dry, 110 thousand special units reefer and 110 thousand container.

In the 2013 sales pairs to 1,09 million dry container (+0.7% realized from the CIMC have been), to 120 thousand container refrigerators (- 3.0%) and special 64 thousand container (- 12.6%).