ff岛科技人学研究生学位论文
INFLUENCE RESEARCH ON IMPORTING COPPER
IN CHINA DUE TO RMB APPRECIATION
ABSTRACT
Since July 2005 the Chinese Government started the reform of the
exchange rate mechanism,RMB exchange rate appreciation trend has remained for a
long time. As the U.S. economy remains in the doldrums,the risk of implementing
QE3 to the U.S. government is increased. That has also increased the possibility of
further appreciation of the RMB. According to the general theory of international
business, Changes in a country's currency exchange rate have a great impact on the
country's import trade. As China's copper consumption is increasing in recent years,
the capacity of the copper smelting enterprises are constantly expanding and the
import quantity of Copper concentrate is also increasing year by year. So the RMB
exchange rate appreciation must play a more important role in the imports of raw
materials for Chinese copper smelting enterprises.
Through the careful introduction to the RMB appreciation history and the
analysis to the reasons of the RMB appreciation, this paper can speculate the
development trend of the RMB exchange rate changes. And on this basis, this paper
can have a comprehensive understanding of the research questions by studying the
industry chain status quo and development trend of the copper smelting enterprises
in China. At the same time by using the means of reality speculate, theoretical
analysis and empirical analysis, we can conduct a comprehensive analysis of the
impact of RMB appreciation on the imports of raw materials for China's copper
smelting enterprises. The paper draws the following conclusions : (1) RMB
appreciation has significant effects on the quantity of raw materials imported for
copper smelting enterprises and also has significant lag effects on it. (2) As the blind
expansion of production capacity, the Chinese copper smelting industry may have
been out of the economic fundamentals. Based on the conclusions obtained, this
paper can put forward corresponding policies for the problems in the actual
operation of the import raw materials imports for China's copper smelting enterprises.
For example, (1) be careful about the terms of the contract and has the flexibility to
choose trade contract. (2) The Chinese copper smelting enterprises should select
reasonable financing channels to make sure that they have enough money to import
copper concentrate. (3)The Chinese copper smelting industry should do a good
copper concentrate inventory hedge design against inflation. (4) The Chinese copper
smelting industry should adopt the Union means to strengthen its position in the
copper industry chain.
Keywords: RMB appreciation, Copper smelting enterprises, Imports of copper
concentrate, RMB real effective exchange rate index.