Transcript 綠色貿易國際趨勢

The Governmental Strategy for
Green Trade Promotion in Taiwan
Green Trade Project Office
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan
April 20, 2011
Outline
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Background
Taiwan’s Experiences
Governmental Approaches to
Green Trade Promotion
Conclusions
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The Green New Deal
 To tackle dual
crises
– Climate change
– Financial crises
 To create double
dividends
– Climate change mitigation
A Green New
Deal to Tackle
the Crises
– Green economy and employment
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A Green Economy Transition
～ The global economy is likely to be affected by
climate change, and this will have implications for
trade. ～ (UNEP, WTO)
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Green New Deal vs. Green Trade
GDP = C + I + G + X - M
Private
Consumption
Gross
Investment
Government
Spending
Exports
Imports
※ Taiwan’s total export value (X) takes 60% of GDP, net export value (X-M) takes 10% of GDP.
Taiwan is an export-oriented economy.
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Experiences
& Current Status of Green
Trade
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Importing Value of Environmental Goods
 According to Articles 84, 85 and 90 of the General Rules of the Customs Import
Tariff in Taiwan, in order to foster sound economic development and encourage
investment in the environmental goods sector, environmental goods shall be exempted
from tariffs (1977).
 the value of imports started to rise, not right after the zero tariff policy was
introduced in 1977, but was driven up by the environmental regulations later on.
NT$ millions
1,875
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
Wastewater
processing
Air pollution
1,205
1,075
1,037
Waste
890
Noise
501
-
166
7
69
1999
42
2000
Data source: IDB (2005)
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2001
2002
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Historical Trends of Environmental Quality
 overall, the historical trend in environmental quality
indicators has moved towards sustainability.
 Among these indicators, the air quality, water quality,
and waste indicators have all moved in the positive
direction.
Average PSI
102
105
101
104
100
103
99
102
98
100
99
98
97
1998 1999 2000 2001
2002 2003 2004 2005
110
108
106
104
102
97
100
96
98
95
96
94
94
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101
1994 1995 1996 1997
Percentage of waste recycling and reuse
Light-polluted streams percentage
106
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1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Development of Local Environmental Industry
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Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Production Value (US$mil.)
2.67
3.38
3.24
3.66
3.76
3.87
No. of Companies
1,240
2,360
2,900
3,550
3,480
3,630
No. of Employees
24,000
27,600
29,800
32,510
44,500
45,000
The value of domestic production of environmental goods also
goes up rapidly.
If one country does not have environmental laws aim to improve
the environmental quality, normally, it would not have domestic
environmental industries due to the problem of externality
With environmental laws
 A need for imported environmental goods
 The local environmental industries were also fostered
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Green Trade Promotion Project,
Ministry of Economic Affairs
(MOEA)
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Challenges of SMEs
 Most of Taiwan’s enterprises are SMEs
 In the past, due to lack of time and expertise, SMEs
could only simply deal with the global warming
problem by the energy management projects.
 In the green supply chain, SMEs also lacks sufficient
experience and knowledge required to provide large
enterprises with lower carbon emissions
information.
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資料來源： BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 1 (2009)
Business’s Policy Directions in Transition
 In the process of transition to a low carbon or green
economy, in order to pursue long-term profitability,
enterprises will face higher costs and need to increase
investment in the short term, .
 The cost impacts are also different among industries. For
example, energy, transportation and construction that are
high energy-consuming industries, are bound to face a
relatively large impact.
According to Carbon Fund, if companies actively and correctly develop
production activities towards low-carbon, the company can enhance the value
of 80%
Data source： BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 1 (2009)
Integration of Government
Departments
Materials
&
Technology
Production
Industrial
Development
Bureau, MOEA
Department of
Industrial
Technology,
MOEA
Standards
Bureau of Energy,
MOEA
Bureau of
Standards,
Metrology &
Inspection, MOEA
Marketing
Procurement
Bureau of Foreign
Trade, MOEA
Use
&
Recycling
Environmental
Protection
Administration
Small & Medium
Enterprise
Administration,
MOEA
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Green Trade Project Office
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)
Advisory committee of
green trade promotion
Ministry of Economic
Affairs
Bureau of Foreign Trade
Green Trade Project
Office
Action
Center
Policy
Research
Business
Consultation
Training &
Education
Marketing &
Promotion
Office Add.：No. 75, Chungxing St. Taipei, Taipei 106, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Office TEL：+886-2-2735-6057
http://www.greeentrade.org.tw
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Opening Ceremony of the Office
Date: March 23, 2011
Venue: S.C. Tsiang Memorial Hall,
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
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The Definition of Green Trade
 General Definition
The cross-border trades of products,
services, resources, and privileges,
which support sustainable
development of environment and
ecology.
 Defined Definition
The trades of green products and
services.
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Type A (The second priority to promote by our project)
The products or services for environmental protection or environmental recovery, such as pollution
abatement facilities and services, waste water management, resource recycling , technology of carbon
capture and storage.
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Type B (The major priority to promote by our project)
The products or services that produce less impacts than the traditional products to the environment and
ecology in their life cycles.
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Top 10 Taiwan’s Green Products for export
Rank
HS6
code
Product Description
Reasons from the
proposed countries
More environmentally
friendly product
1
901380 Liquid crystal device
2
854140
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Other screws and bolts, whether or
731815 not with their nuts or washers of iron
or Steel
4
870899
Other parts and accessories of
motorized vehicles
More environmentally
friendly product
5
871200
Bicycles and other cycles (including
delivery tricycles), not motorized
More environmentally
friendly product
6
392690 Other Articles of Plastics
7
847170
Automatic data process machines,
magnetic reader, optical reader
More environmentally
friendly product
8
852691
Radio navigational aid apparatus
More environmentally
friendly product
9
850440 Static converters
10
853690
Photosensitive semiconductor
devices; light emitting diodes
Other apparatus for making
connections to or in electrical circuits
* List ranks in accordance with HS code exporting volume.
Examples
Renewable energy
devices
More environmentally
friendly product
Waste water
management
More environmentally
friendly product
More environmentally
friendly product
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Export of Taiwan’s Green Products
 Green Products take 5.8% of Taiwan
total export
 Green products from Taiwan take
5.0% of global market share
40
30
20
8.06
10
%
0.56
1.67
2008
2009
0
(10)
2007
-5.06
2010
(20)
gap
差距
growth rate of green
台灣綠色產品出口成長率
products
growth rate of total
台灣總體出口成長率
products
Destination
Countries of TW
green products
Rank
Countries
1
China
2
EU
3
U.S.A.
4
Japan
5
HK
6
Switzerland
7
Vietnam
8
Philippine
9
Singapore
10
Korea
Remark：The scope of green products is based on 480 items proposed by member countries and
compiled by Secretariat of WTO. The figures are calculated according to HS6 code and statistics
database of Taiwan’s imports and exports
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Green Trade vs. Traditional Trade
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The trade is not only determined by price and function, but also by
“green contents” of goods
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The comparative advantages of trade is determined by production cost
plus environmental cost.
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The environment is public goods; the government is deeply involved
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As providing green products and services is part of enterprise’s social
responsibility, the procurement policies of international enterprises
change gradually.
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Green trade redefines the national competitiveness and changes the
rules of trading.
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Providing green products and services is not solely the responsibility of
enterprises, but also relies on the infrastructure of the entire society.
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Barriers to Break Through
International
Agreements
National Regulations
Procurement
of Enterprises
International Level
National Level
Levels for
Green Trade
Industry’s Level
Green Products
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Visions of Green Trade Promotion
Capacity
Building
Promotion
&
Marketing
• To build up industry’s capacity of green technology
• To establish green supply chains
• To assist green product certification in consistence with international standards
• To build up green trade expertise
• To build up a new green image
• To sort out Taiwan’s green products
• To participate in global green exhibitions and conferences
• To hold international conferences and summits
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Strategies & Approaches
2011~2013
Business Consultation
Consulting Services
•To provide individual counsel
services to enterprises
Personnel Training
Product Promotion
Expertise Building
•To provide conferences and
training courses
New Green Image Building
•International exhibition
and marketing
•Green Quality Award
Carbon Footprint Disclosure
•Exhibition Services
•Freight Services
International Standards Fulfillment
APEC
•To invite international organizations,
trading partners, International
enterprises to hold seminars.
Taiwan,
•To assist scholars & experts to
participate in green trade related Greening your
conferences & activities.
UN
UN
Life
Promotion activities
•On-line meeting with
international buyers
•To organize marketing events
•To promote a national image
•To bring up international
business opportunities
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Strategy I：Business Consultation
綠色貿易輔導服務
Major tasks：consulting services, carbon footprint disclosure,
domestic-international market connection
Consultation services
• To establish consultation services
mechanisms
•To assist business accessing govern
mental resources
•To assist business using the
resources offer by GTPO
Disclosure of
carbon footprint Domestic-internation
for trade services al market connection
• Carbon footprint
inventory/reduction of
exhibition activities
•To invite international organizat
ions, trade partners, enterprise
s to hold seminars
•Assist business to participate in
international green trade confer
ences & activities
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Strategy II：Personnel Training
綠色貿易輔導服務
Major tasks：To build up the ‘green capacity’ into industry,
government & academia
Advisory committee
• To coordinate the resources of
cross-governmental departments
•To provide policy suggestions
•To sort out niche products/markets
Expertise building
•To hold international
conferences and training Information website
sessions
•To collect information of intern
•To provide on-line green ational organizations, regulatio
trade training
ns and certifications
•To collect information of intern
ational green procurement & gr
een supply chains
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Strategy III： Product Promotion
綠色貿易輔導服務
Major tasks：National image building, multi-marketing
promoting activities
National green image
promotion
• To build green national image
•To participate in international media &
exhibitions
•To organize the promulgation
of Taiwan’s Green Quality Award
Multi-marketing
promoting activities
•To market Taiwan’s green products
& services on-line
•To hold on-line trade interviews
•To earn GPA business opportunities
for green products & services.
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Conclusions
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Environmental regulations are key to both industrial
development and environmental protection
To promote green economy, green trade is one of the
solutions for integration of intergovernmental efforts
The goal of Taiwan’s green trade in 2011 is to reach 20% of
growth rate in export compared to 2010
The approaches of promoting green trade for SMEs include
– Capacity building for the green products and personnel of local
enterprises
– Expanding international market shares by efficient marketing and
exhibitions
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Thank you !
Green Trade Project Office
www.greentrade.org.tw
TEL: +886-2-2735-6057
FAX: +886-2-2739-6835
Dr. Lihchyi Wen, [email protected]
Dr. Chun-hsu Lin, [email protected]
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