Food prices were hurt by the surge in cardboard boxes and tight supplies! How do downstream users deal with price increases?

Time：2017-09-20 17:11:03

Lead: from upstream to downstream, a wave with vigour and vitality of the price surge hit, according to Qianjiang Daily reporters, the current food enterprises in Zhejiang area has been significantly affected by the carton prices, these enterprises in consideration of the product price, that is to say, this wave of price surge is imminent or has been spread to the consumer terminal.

1 a Monday price, waste carton recently very crazy"

Just a few months, a waste paper has become xiangbobo. A scrap acquisition small boss told reporters, every week in price increases. In August 20th that week, the carton recycling price is 5 hair 5 jin, the last week of August is 6 hair, 7 hair last week 5, this week became 8 hair 5.

Hangzhou girl smiled: "several times, Taobao shopping express box just thrown to the next to the garbage can, it was taken away.". No one wants to wear second-hand clothes that have not been worn a few times.

Hangzhou, a paper industry's relevant person in charge: this year's first month, the purchase price of waste paper is only 1000 yuan per ton, and now more than 2000 yuan, went straight to 3000 yuan.

Paper industry, in addition to wood pulp, is a waste paper, which is the most widely used paper-making raw materials. About 65% of China's paper raw materials come from waste paper, and more than half of the waste paper is imported. Zhuo record information from large data show that in August this year, China waste huangbanzhi price 2156 yuan / ton, an increase of 70.43%.

2, the carton prices rose, Zhejiang food enterprise costs and supply chain efficiency are affected

"A lot of business headaches. And carton manufacturers are quite helpless. Since the end of last year, the green environmental protection zipper carton brand "ripped", began to readjust as the market price changes. "A tear out," founder Xing Kai told the evening news reporter, as of now, a tear of gains of 10%~30%, most of the business can also understand the reasons for price increases. A food company in Hangzhou is not so lucky. The person in charge told reporters that since September last year, the price of cardboard box suppliers almost doubled. Just a few years ago, many years of cooperation carton factory sales manager also specially come to explain, decades of paper products business, never seen the paper price so high.

Clearly, the tide has gone up. Another person who is not willing to disclose the name of the snack company told reporters that the company can only transfer the cost to the market digest. Product prices must rise in the future, the specific rise in how much it is difficult to say, there are reports that a Guangzhou selling bags Taobao shopkeeper, the recent product price will be slightly increased by 0.5 to 1 yuan. However, not only is the cost pressure facing now, but the carton prices have risen greatly, which has seriously affected the efficiency of the supply chain. "Paper prices continue to rise, basically rely on the purchase of looting."." The food company official told reporters, the middle also almost appeared not supply, affect the shipment situation. "We put the group in the big east area office together, communication and coordination, we only had two or three days to prepare in advance cardboard box inventory, once we are in accordance with the amount of two months ahead of the stockpile." The operator revealed.

3 what exactly is hidden behind the rise in prices? Is it environmental protection or price fixing?

Why is the price of paper so high? A company official said, with the requirements of environmental protection in recent years the rapid increase, a number of small paper mills shut down or integrated production of paper mill, low operating rate, reduce inventory, supply drop, the price of paper will increase. Paper prices rose, along with raw material prices are not high. China papermaking association chairman Zhao Wei said this publicly, the reason is a commodity pulp supply is tight; two is due to China's strengthening of one of the main raw material for paper imports of waste paper management, resulting in reduced imports, prices rose sharply. In addition to the paper price, whether it is recycling, or processing, the labor costs in all aspects of the rise can not be ignored. Hangzhou, a paper industry related person in charge told reporters, according to their own understanding, this time even the waste recovery station staff wages have gone up a lot.

It seems that this is the shortage of raw materials, environmental protection requirements, labor costs and other factors to jointly promote the results. In fact, the truth behind this is probably more than that. Insiders said that the large paper enterprises firmly grasp the right to speak pricing. Leading enterprises to raise prices, local paper mills followed, the downstream enterprises simply can not fight back.

4, although the carton prices have little impact, the logistics giant has made frequent moves to reduce the amount of cardboard boxes!

With the rise in carton prices, food, beauty and home appliances are among the most influential categories, unlike clothing, which often require stronger, stronger outer packing to protect goods. Hand chop party are generally concerned about the express logistics industry that is not sensitive to the price of the carton, many courier companies from insiders said, the carton is not high proportion in the cost, the price is not caused by pressure on the cost of delivery.

Jingdong: a long-term supply agreement with the carton suppliers, affected by other factors in terms of price, procurement scale and so on.

SF courier: parcel box for 1 yuan to 6 dollars ranging, according to the size of the calculation, in recent years the price has not changed.

Rhyme express a courier: packaging carton did not rise, has not changed.

Daily Express network vice president Xu Jianguo: express industry in the lower reaches of the industry chain, has not yet been affected, the company did not send courier packages prices. If the carton prices, but also to carry out overall accounting, as prices involve relatively broad, close to the people's livelihood, will be more cautious, is still in wait-and-see stage.

Although the logistics industry by carton prices have little effect, but in the past two years, looking for cardboard boxes instead