The Federation of Industry and Commerce to break two big oil import monopoly right

The private oil companies struggling to break the import restrictions and the state-owned giants trying to control the right to import have a debate on the import and use of crude oil in this year's "two sessions".　　Recently, the Chinese Federation of Commerce in the proposal submitted to the CPPCC, the proposal to allow some non-state trade in the free flow of imported crude oil, allowing compliance local refineries to import their own crude oil.　　Zhang Dafu, chairman of the National People's Congress, Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Co., Ltd. said in the motion that it should continue to adhere to the existing oil trade control policies to ensure national oil security; If the import of crude oil is liberalized, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of China's iron ore imports. Clearly, the two proposals are "confrontational". Experts March 9 to accept the "Daily economic news" Reporter interview analysis, the two major interests founder using the "NPC and CPPCC" this platform to play game, but now it is difficult to determine which of the above recommendations are more conducive to the development of petrochemical industry. The Government departments concerned will choose the kind of measure next, only depending on the final outcome of the game.　　From the present situation, it is impossible to change this situation in the short term. The Federation of Commerce and association: Breaking the crude oil quota only for the two major companies to prepare two proposals, require the relevant departments to cancel the "non-state trade quotas of crude oil can only be used in PetroChina, Sinopec refinery processing, not to supply local small plant" provisions, allowing the import of crude oil in the market circulation, the supply of local refining enterprises independent refining,　　Processing and sales.　　Lin Ling, Minister of Integrated Management of the Chamber of Commerce in China, said that although private oil companies have obtained "non-state import qualification for crude oil" and "non-state trade import quotas", it is difficult to import crude oil according to our current policies. According to regulations, at present, enterprises outside the PetroChina, Sinopec system, if imported crude oil, must hold the two major groups issued by the "Platoon" (production) certification, the customs only released, the railway department to arrange transport plans.　　In addition, the import of crude oil will need to sell back to the two major groups, sales by its unified arrangement. Lin Ling said it was almost impossible for the two groups to prove "scheduling" the refineries outside the system.　　In addition, non-state trade import quotas are not all shared by private oil companies.　　The previous survey found that the current possession of crude oil non-state trade import qualifications of 22 companies, the state-owned background accounted for more than half of them, including PetroChina, Sinopec registered companies.　　According to statistics, China's non-state trade in 2010 crude oil import quota of 25.3 million tons, accounting for 2009 years of total imports of 13%.　　"Daily economic news" reporter learned that as of the end of 2009, the total number of local refineries in China Total 95, the total refining capacity of 93.05 million tons/year, the recent crude oil prices in the high, the smelting is at a loss, less than 30% operating rate, equipment idle serious. Sinopec: Deregulation will repeat the same fate of iron ore "if the import of crude oil deregulation, it is inevitable to repeat the mistakes of China's iron ore imports." The problem of iron ore imports today is the import of crude oil tomorrow.　　Zhang Dafu to the daily economic news reporter said. Zhang Dafu said, in the new situation that oil-producing countries and multinational oil companies strengthen resources control, if the deregulation of imported crude oil is liberalized, the import cost and the national image will be affected, and the safe and stable supply of crude oil will face many uncertainties and risks. Last year, China imported more than 200 million tons of crude oil, of which Sinopec Group crude oil imports accounted for about 70%.　　The foreign dependence on crude oil imports reached 51.2% per cent and is expected to increase further to around 65% in 2015. Zhang Dafu said that at present, although China's crude oil imports continue to increase, but in the international crude oil market does not yet have the international oil pricing power, the state and enterprise level has been active efforts to increase the right to speak.　　If deregulation, the long foreign, vicious disorderly competition, will make the efforts to improve the right to speak to naught.　　To this end, Zhang Dafu recommended that no longer add the state-owned crude oil import units, and strictly enforce the existing non-state trade regulations on imported crude oil, restricting the flow of imported crude oil from non-state-owned trade. This point, the industry and commerce has proposed that if only rely on PetroChina, Sinopec two major state-owned groups imported crude oil, large-scale import of crude oil vulnerable to many restrictions, easy to cause market volatility, oil prices.　　Therefore, the industry and commerce proposal, in addition to several major state-owned enterprises, consider by the National Trade Chamber of Commerce, according to the size of enterprises, crude oil processing, energy conservation and other indicators, screening some private enterprises to participate in the unified external inquiry and the organization of crude oil imports, to reduce costs.　　In addition, Zhang Dafu that in recent years, many local refinery low level duplication of construction, if the release of resources, will help push the development of this part of the refinery, crude oil resources use efficiency is bound to be greatly reduced. Experts ' view on the short-term Neinian to the import of crude oil "both are standing in the perspective of their respective interest groups, using the ' two sessions ' platform to fight for their respective profit demands," said Wang Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry Development of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, which has been paying attention to this issue It is difficult to tell which advice is more conducive to the development of the petrochemical industry, nor is it possible to determine who is good or bad. Wang Xiaofeng said that the local refinery before the crude oil is not enough to use fuel oil, but last year after the oil tax reform, fuel oil processing costs and tax burden is very high. Therefore, the Federation of Industry and Commerce in the two sessions on this request, from the market said that it is good to let go, but completely open after no unified management is not.　　Large enterprises reflect that too much of the small refinery will be responsible for the price of crude oil, will increase the smuggling of crude oil and refined oil, oil quality and other issues.　　New, energy economist at the National Information Center, said in the national oil security, local smelting loss, no money will be closed shut down, even if the domestic emergence of "oil shortage", which is understandable, is the normal behavior of enterprises; At this time, the two groups must be produced at full throttle, no matter how much, to protect the supply.　　On the other hand, the two big groups are too monopolized the market, the common people can not benefit, this is also contradictory place. At the same time, New that many of the import policies of crude oil were previously introduced, some ministries and departments after the reform, the relevant functions have been changed or withdrawn,But the policy has not changed or has not been cleaned up, there are some historical problems left over. However, Wang Xiaofeng that the next step of the government departments will choose which measures can only be seen as the final outcome of the game. However, from the present situation, it is not possible to change this situation in the short term.