Shanghai: Although China’s new government is expected to bring a lot of changes to the country, the former government’s concentration on industries like energy, heavy industry and construction is unlikely to be weakened, delegates at JOC-organised Breakbulk China were told today.

“There will be a lot of opportunities for international logistics players to join the market here in China as the logistics development is still one of the new government’s top priorities,” said Luc Maton, General Manager Asia Region, Ahlers.

“Although China’s domestic consumption and urbanization is developing very fast which stimulate lots of projects, for now we don’t see any increase in the import of breakbulk cargoes according to what we heard from ports, as China’s improving its own product quality and many foreign companies have chosen to manufacturing their products in China,” said Allan Jiang, General Manager, TBS Shipping China.

Speaking of export opportunities, Luc Maton reckons South America and Africa will still have strong demands for project cargoes in the future, and China will also be one of the most competitive providers for such cargoes. “I think one trend of China’s breakbulk exports is that it is changing from quantity to quality and more value-added,” Jiang added.

Source from SinoShio