Rare earth price increase aggravates chaos in domestic energy-saving lamp market

The policy of regulating and controlling rare earth resources led to the price increase of rare earths, which may indirectly aggravate the domestic market chaos of energy-saving lamps.

“Rare earth is the main raw material of three-color phosphor in energy-saving lamp fittings capillary tube, accounting for up to 75% of the proportion of raw materials.” A high-level leader in domestic energy-saving lamps, sun lighting (600261.SH) an executive said recently to the "First Financial Daily", currently The price increase of tricolor phosphors has exceeded 100%, which will lead to more companies adopting low-cost halogen powder and producing energy-saving halogen powder lamps. According to the current national standards, halogen powder lamps are generally unqualified products.

The source revealed that China exported about 3.5 billion energy-saving lamp products last year, of which Southeast Asia and the Middle East accounted for about one-third. However, many of the energy-saving lamp products sold to the markets of Southeast Asia and the Middle East are halogen powder lamps. "This year, the ratio may increase."

Guo Xiu, secretary general of the Guangdong Lighting Association, also stated that the energy-saving lamp manufacturers in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, have occupied 50% of the domestic energy-saving lamp market. These manufacturers have won low-price competition for the weapons they have won, and low-cost energy-saving lamp products are halogen powder lamps. These Zhongshan manufacturers are even referred to as 'garbage manufacturers' in the industry."

It is reported that before the price increase of three-color phosphors, the proportion of phosphors accounting for the total cost of energy-saving lamps is only 10%. After the price increase, it will naturally lead to a significant increase in the cost of energy-saving lamps. In contrast, the cost of halo powder is less than one-tenth that of three-color phosphors. Although the halogen powder lamp is also an energy-saving product compared to the incandescent lamp, the efficacy and lifespan of the energy-saving lamp than the three-color phosphor are greatly reduced.

"In general, the energy-saving effect of halogen powder lamps is only about 50% of three-color phosphor energy-saving lamps." The above-mentioned high-level sunlight lighting said that the normal three-color phosphors can reach 60% to 70% of the luminous efficiency, and light attenuation Slow, but the halogen light efficiency is only about 40%, light decay quickly. "More terrible, the life of the halogen powder lamps is about 30% shorter than the three-color energy-saving lamps."

When consumers purchase, they can't tell which energy-saving lamp is a halogen powder. However, after a certain period of time, the energy-saving lamps that are not too bright or not light at all can basically be determined to be halogen powder lamps. “This is not a good phenomenon for the domestic energy-saving lamp industry. It will affect the overall image of China's energy-saving lamp manufacturers.” Sunlight lighting executives said with resignation.

Recently, in the sample tests conducted by the Beijing Consumers Association, 24.37% of the initial luminous efficacy of the energy-saving lamps did not reach the value indicated by the company's products. “The main reason why the initial energy efficiency of energy-saving lamps could not meet the standard is that too many halogen powders are used in phosphors.” Guo Xiu pointed out that the European and American markets have requirements for the light-failure standards of energy-saving lamps. At present, China exports energy-saving lamps to the local area, once it is found Qualified products may cause the manufacturer to enter a "blacklist."

Therefore, in order to enter the European and American markets and avoid “blacklisting,” domestic energy-saving lamps exported to European and American markets are generally qualified products, and sales prices are relatively high.

However, in the domestic, Southeast Asia and Middle East markets, there is a disorderly competition. “Everybody is fighting for prices, and using low-priced halogen lamps to snatch up markets and orders has become a common practice in the industry.”

"The management department has difficulty in supervision." Guo Xiu said that manufacturers usually use three-color energy-saving lamps for the relevant departments to test, but the marketing market is a halogen powder lamp. "After all, the energy-saving lamp industry profits are too low. For example, some of the ancient town of Zhongshan Energy-saving lamp manufacturers only earn a few cents for an energy-saving lamp."

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