China Logistics Industry Report, 2008-2009

China Logistics Industry Report, 2008-2009

The development of China’s logistics industry in 2008 can be divided into two periods, rapid growth and decline.

Rapid growth period: the total value of social logistics achieved a fast growth of 26.7% in the first three quarters of 2008.

Decline period: impacted by the global financial crisis, China’s logistics industry had dropped since Sep, 2008, especially the sharp growth drop of port cargo turnover.

With the further influences of global financial crisis in 2009, China’s logistics industry will step in the period of slow growth and structural adjustment, which will create new development opportunities for the third-party logistics.


The third-party logistics in china is still in its early development stage, and has a high regional concentration degree, mainly distributing in the regions of YRD and PRD. The Chinese manufacturers seldom select third-party logistics companies, while the foreign-funded manufacturers prefer the third-party logistics companies.

The key third party logistics companies in china including the Tielong Logistics, CMST, and Eternal Asia. Tielong Logistics has the exclusive operation right of railway special containers, CMST is good at the network distributions and Eternal Asia is good at the supply chain management.


The third-party logistics will future boost up the development of logistics in china, considering the constant expansion of foreign companies in China, logistics outsourcing demand growth, as well as the stimulating measures by the government.

The report provides an in-depth analysis of China’s logistics industry, focus on the steel logistics, automobile logistics, petrochemical logistics, household appliance logistics and coal logistics; it also gives a full description of over 20 key logistics companies in china.

1 Logistics Industry Development
1.1 Development Environment
1.1.1China’s GDP in 2008
1.1.2 China’s Import & Export, 2008-2009
1.1.3 China’s Fixed Investment, 2008-2009
1.1.4 Rapid Growth of Industries with Large Logistics Demand
1.1.5 Policies
1.2 Logistics Industry Development and Forecast, 2008-2009
1.2.1 Development in 2008
1.2.2 Total Social Logistics Expense in 2008
1.2.3 Forecast in 2009

2 China’s Transportation Industry Development
2.1 Road
2.1.1 Supply
2.1.2 Demand
2.1.3 Gap between Supply and Demand
2.1.4 Fixed Assets Investment
2.1.5 Policies
2.2 Railway
2.2.1 Status Quo and Forecast
2.2.2 Fixed Assets Investment
2.3 Waterway
2.4 Aviation
2.4.1 Overview
2.4.2 Civil Aviation Demand
2.4.3 Foreign Investments

3 Logistics Development of Key Industries
3.1 Automobile Logistics
3.1.1 Overview
3.1.2 logistics Modes
3.1.3 Development Trend
3.1.4 Anji-TNT Automotive Logistics Co., Ltd
3.2 Steel Logistics
3.2.1 Overview
3.2.2 Logistics Situation of Key steel Manufacturers
3.2.3 Development Trend
3.2.4 China Minmetals Corporation
3.3 Petrochemical Logistics
3.3.1 Overview
3.3.2 Logistics Situation of Key Petrochemical Manufacturers
3.3.3 Driving Forces
3.3.4 Nanjing Tanker Corporation
3.3.5 Sinochem International Corporation
3.4 Household Electric Appliance Logistics
3.4.1 Overview
3.4.2 Logistics Situation of Key Household Electric Appliance Manufacturers
3.4.3 Development Trend
3.5 Coal Logistics
3.5.1 Overview
3.5.2 Main Problems
3.5.3 Daqin Railway Co., Ltd

4 Key Logistics Companies
4.1 UPS
4.1.1 Company Profile
4.1.2 Performance
4.1.3 Development Strategy
4.2 FedEx
4.2.1 Company Profile
4.2.2 Performance
4.2.3 Development Strategy
4.3 DHL
4.4 PGL
4.5 Sinotrans
4.6 COSCO
4.7 China Shipping
4.8 SIPG
4.9 Ningbo Marine
4.10 Shenzhen FeiMa International Supply Chain
4.11 CMST
4.12 CMES
4.13 Y.U.D Yangtze River Investment
4.14 Eternal Asia
4.15 Tielong Logistics
4.16 Shanghai Yatong
4.17 ZJS

5 China’s Logistics Industry Development Trend
5.1 Strong Supports from the government
5.2 Third-party Logistics will become the focus
5.3 Relations between Manufacturing Industry and Logistics Industry
5.4 Steady Development of Logistics Parks
5.5 Logistics Information-Orientated will Promote the Development



Selected Charts


China’s GDP and Growth Margin, 2004-2008
China’s Export Value by Continent, 2008
China’s Import Value by Continent, 2008
China’s Import and Export Value by Province/Municipality, 2008
China’s Key Imported Goods, Dec, 2008
China’s Key Exported Goods, Dec, 2008
China’s Fixed Assets Investment and Growth Margin, 2004-2008
China’s Fixed Assets Investment, Jan-Feb, 2009
Development of Logistics Related Industries in China, 2008
Logistics Policies in China, 2004-2007
China’s Total Social Logistics Value, 2008Q1-2008Q4
China’s Total Social Logistics Value Structure, 2008Q1-2008Q4
China’s Cargo Turnover, 2008
China’s Social Logistics Expense, 2008Q1-2008Q4
China’s Social Logistics Expense Structure, 2008Q1-2008Q4
Increased Value of Social Logistics in china, 2008Q1-2008Q4
Increased Value of Social Logistics in China, 2008Q1-2008Q4
Passenger Proportion by Way of Transportation
Passenger Turnover by Way of Transportation
Cargo Proportion by Way of Transportation
Cargo Turnover by Way of Transportation
China’s 11th Five-year Plan for Road
China’s Highway Investment and Total Mileage, 1997-2008
Investment Distribution by Industry under China’s Economy Stimulating Plan
Infrastructure Investment Distribution by Sector in China
Cargo Transport Volume by Road in China, 2007-2008
Cargo Turnover by Road in China, 2007-2008
China’s Highway Mileage and Highway Passenger & Cargo Turnover Growth, 2000-2010e
China’s Highway Construction Investment, 2000-2010
China’s Railway Mileage, Double-track Mileage and Electrified Mileage Forecast, 2009-2020
China’s Railway Cargo Transport Volume, 1980-2008
China’s Railway Cargo Turnover, 2008
Railway Cargo Transport Price in China, 1990-2006
Periodicity Performance of Railway Fixed Assets Investment in China
China’s Railway Fixed Assets Investment Classification during the 11th Five-year Plan
Waterway Cargo Transport Volume, Nov, 2008
China’s Port Cargo Throughput, Nov, 2008
China’s Port Cargo Throughput, Feb, 2009
China ‘s Port Container Throughput, 2007-2009
Main Transportation & Production Indices of CAAC, 2008
Main Transportation & Production Indices of CAAC, Feb, 2009
Transport Volume by Flight Course of CAAC, 2008
Transport Volume by Flight Course of CAAC, Feb, 2009
Forecast of China’s Jet Demand in the Next 20 Years
Forecast of China’s Regional Jet Demand in the Next 20 Years
Overview of Newly Added Airports
Auto Logistics Flow
Logistics Modes of Key Auto Manufacturers in China
Regional Transfer of Car Demand in China
China’s Crude Steel Output, 2005-2009e
Turnover and Net Profit of CSC Oil Transport, 2002-2008
Main Business Revenue Structure of CSC Oil Transport, 2008
Revenue of Sinochem International, 2005-2008
Transport Capacity of Sinochem International
Tank Container Quantity of Sinochem International
Monthly Transport Volume of Daqin Railway Line, 2008
Coal Volume Transported to Qinhuangdao Port via Railway, 2008
Turnover and Gross Profit Margin of Daqin Railway, 2008
Business Process in China of UPS
Annual Parcel Delivery Quantity of UPS, 2004-2008
Operating Revenue, Operating Profit and Net Profit of UPS, 2005-2008
UPS’ Strategy in China
Operating Revenue, Operating Profit and Net Profit of FedEx, 2005-2008
Operating Revenue and Growth Margin of DHL, 2005-2007
Operating Revenue and Operating Profit of Sinotrans, 2007-2008
Turnover of Sinotrans, 2006-2008
Revenue and Operating Profit of Sinotrans, 2006-2007
Operating Revenue and Profit of COSCO, 2006-2008
Operating Revenue and Total Profit of China Shipping, 2005-2008
Main Business Revenue and Operating Profit of China Shipping, 2006-2008
Operating Revenue of China Shipping Haisheng, 2008
Turnover and Net Profit of SIPG, 2002-2008
Monthly Cargo Throughput Growth Margin of Shanghai Port, 2008-2009
Operating Revenue of Ningbo Ocean Shipping, 2006-2010e
Operating Revenue of Shenzhen FeiMa, 2006-2009
Turnover and Net Profit of CMST, 2002-2008
Regional Revenue Structure of CMST, 2008
Transport Price of Oil Tanker and Dry Bulk Cargo Ship, 2007-2008
Turnover and Net Profit of Merchants Energy Shipping, 2006-2010
Ship Order Delivery Date of Merchants Energy Shipping
Turnover and Net Profit of Y.U.D Yangtze River Investment, 2002-2008
Facility Overview of Shanghai Overland Cargo Handling and Business Trade-off Center
Operating Revenue of Eternal Asia, 2007-2011e
Businesses of Eternal Asia
Purchase Modes of Eternal Asia
Non-production Supply Chain Management Expense Ratio of Eternal Asia
Gross Profit Margin by Business of Eternal Asia, 2004-2008
Business Mode of Esunny
Turnover and Net Profit of Tielong Logistics, 2002-2008
Revenue Structure of Tielong Logistics, 2008
Business Structure and Gross Profit Margin of Shanghai Yatong, 2007-2008
Flight Course List of Shanghai Yatong
Ratio of Social Logistics Cost to GDP
Global Logistics Outsourcing Market
China’s Total Third-party Outsourcing Expense, 2006-2010e