China s Threat and Opportunity: Challenges for Thai and Vietnamese Motorcycle Industries
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1 China s Threat and Opportunity: Challenges for Thai and Vietnamese Motorcycle Industries Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Ph.D. 1 Mai Fujita 2 Extended Summary Background China s threat and opportunity is probably one of the most popular topics for Asian academics and policy makers. Members of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), in particular, are very much concerned with the rise of China. China is seen as both a threat and an opportunity for ASEAN. Obviously, China s huge market is very attractive for export and investment from ASEAN. Chinese tourists, increasing rapidly, are one of main target groups of ASEAN s tourism promotion authorities. Several Chinese large conglomerates have invested in heavy industries and energy sector in ASEAN. At the same time, for second-tier Newly Industrialising Countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines), China is a fierce competitor in their key industries such as automotive, electronics, textile and garments, and so on. For ASEAN s members which are transitional economies (Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia), the rise of China can be viewed even more problematic, as it strongly affects efforts by these countries to industrialise and build up their indigenous technological capabilities. Not only opportunities for their export-led industrialization strategies lately started have been compromised by Chinese goods, their import-substitution strategies are in jeopardy because of flooding of Chinese consumer and industrial goods. 1 Project Manager of Thailand s National Innovation System Study, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 73/1 Rama VI Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand, patarapong@nstda.or.th Tel ext Fax: Researcher, Southeast Asian Studies II Department, Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba , Japan, fujita@ide.go.jp, Tel , Fax
2 On the global scale, motorcycle industry is a mid-tech and rather technologically mature industry. Automotive sector of several Asian latecomer economies started with assembling motorcycles and producing their parts by using imported technologies. Within ASEAN, Thailand and Vietnam are large producers with the production capacity of 2.86 million (almost 30,000 being exported) and 3.1 million respectively in In both countries, markets are basically dominated by Japanese TNCs. Local companies are suppliers, especially second- or third-tier ones. Some of them, especially at the first tier, are joint ventures with foreign component makers. Thailand has longer history of producing motorcycles locally. Japanese TNCs have invested in the countries since 1960s, while investment in Vietnam started in the mid- 1990s. Each TNC has developed its own networks of suppliers. Therefore, local (owning by Thais, foreigners, joint ventures) suppliers in Thailand have longer experiences in learning and accumulating technological capabilities. Apart from engine and gear which require highest technological capabilities, other components can be made locally. Another major difference is that in Thailand there are two emerging pure-thai companies producing motorcycles with their own brand, distributing channels, and networks of suppliers. Started in 2000, Tiger Motor became the fourth largest producer of motorcycles in Thailand with the market share of 3 per cent (see Table 1). This pure-thai firm has an aim of not only having its own brand but trying to build and upgrade technological capabilities of a network of pure-thai suppliers under the slogan Tiger, Pure-Thai Motorcycle. However, in practice, Tiger still has to seek technologicallysophisticated parts from Japanese joint ventures in Thailand. Another is a group of Thai suppliers, SME 007 Plus. They began with supplying motorcycle parts to Japanese TNCS and selling their products in replacement markets both in Thailand and abroad. With five core companies, the network of almost 100 SMEs have been built. They have jointly developed a few motorcycle parts (e.g. chain and choke) and selling them under the cobrand SME 007 Plus They expanded their distribution network to cover repair shops all over Thailand. Recently, they teamed up with a Thai electrical appliance, which has
3 financial strength and extensive distribution network, to produce a prototype of the whole motorcycle to be sold in Table 1. Market Share of Motorcycle Industry in Thailand in 2003 Company Year of Establishment Market Share Thai Honda Manufacturing % Thai Suzuki Motor % Thai Yamaha Motor % Tiger Motor % Kawasaki Motors (Thailand) % Source: GMI, King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (2004) Figure 1:M arket S hare of M otorcycle Industry in V ietnam 100% 80% 60% 40% Others H onda V ietnam C o.,ltd. "C hinese" m otorcycles 20% 0% Notes: 1) Chinese motorcycles include motorcycles assembled by Vietnamese companies mainly using parts imported from China. 2) Others include: (a) motorcycles produced by foreign motorcycles assembling companies based in Vietnam other than Honda Vietnam (e.g., Vietnam Export Manufacturing Processing Co., Ltd. (VMEP; a subsidiary of Taiwan s Sanyang Motors), Vietnam Suzuki, and Yamaha Vietnam) and (b) imported motorcycles including those made by Honda s subsidiaries abroad (e.g., Thailand). Source: Author s interview at Honda Vietnam in September In Vietnam, the dominance of Japanese TNCs is less pronounced because of their shorter history. Shortly after Japanese TNCs started motorcycle assembly in Vietnam in the mid- 1990s, the imports of low-priced motorcycles from China surged from 1999 to 2001, accounting for nearly 80 percent of the market in 2001 (Figure 1). The surge of imports from China gave rise to the emergence of over 50 local companies that assemble Chinese
4 motorcycle parts. Although the Japanese TNCs countered the Chinese motorcycles by launching new models and rapidly recovered their market share since 2002, local companies continue to keep certain market share due to their price advantage vis-à-vis Japanese products. Yet, they have not succeeded in developing their own motorcycle models, instead of copies of Japanese models that they continue to produce. Motorcycle industry is also a typical example if the industry where China s threat on other Asian countries has been enormous. China is the largest producer as well as the largest market of motorcycles in the world. In 2003 the country produced over 14 million motorcycles in 2003, 3 million of which were exported overseas. Chinese motorcycle industry is dominated by local companies that boast competitive advantage in mass production of low-priced products. Since the end of 1990s harsh competition at home has driven many Chinese motorcycle assembling companies to search for export market. The export drive of Chinese motorcycle companies has been perceived as a serious threat to motorcycle manufacturers in the region as well as the rest of the world, though its actual impact has varied from country to country. Thailand and Vietnam would make an interesting comparison in this context because (1) the extent of the Chinese shock has been so different, and (2) the ways in which the local companies reacted to the shock as well as their outcomes were also very different. Explanation of why they were so different might be attributed to several factors, namely, the history of Japanese motorcycle companies (which affected the penetration of Japanese brands, development of marketing and distribution networks, development of networks with Japanese and local parts suppliers), the level of development of local companies, government policies, and so on. Themes of the Paper 1. The extent of China s threat : How serious was the impact of the export drive of Chinese motorcycle companies on motorcycle market in Thailand and Vietnam? Why was the extent of the impact so different in the two countries?
5 2. The reaction of local companies: How did the local companies react to China s export drive, and to what extent could they develop? What explains their success or failure? Initial Findings Generally, the longer presence of Japanese TNCs and higher indigenous technological and marketing capabilities of Thai assemblers and part suppliers making Thailand less vulnerable to China s threat. Parts produced from China are perceived as inferior products than those produced locally. Thai government also tries to use standard to block Chinese imports, as quality standards of parts are being established by responsible Thai authorities. Therefore, Chinese motorcycle/parts were not so successful in penetrating into Thai market (see Table 2.) Table 2:C hina 's Export of M otorcycles and P arts to T hailand and V ietnam (1) M otorcycles (H S 8711) U nit:num ber of m otorcycles Thailand ,041 13,054 14,706 15,906 Vietnam 3,801 2, ,778 1,229,195 1,833, ,194 31,193 25,466 (2) P arts Unit:m illion U S$ Thailand Engines O ther parts Total Vietnam Engines O ther parts Total Notes:H S codes are as follow s:m otorcycles (8711),engines (840732),m otorcycle parts other than engines (871419). Source:W orld Trade A tlas. Specifically, to Japanese companies in Vietnam and Thailand, China is undoubtedly a competitor, and they have reacted to China s threat in different ways. While Honda has launched low-priced models in both countries, Yamaha has pursued higher value added, with more emphasis on brand, design, and quality. The focus of our analysis is, however, to be on local companies. For more established Thai company like Tiger, China is viewed as a competitor and an opportunity provider. To differentiate from Chinese motorcycles, Tiger is trying to produce higher-quality product for upper market. It attempted to increase its own technological capabilities by doing setting up design and development department and starting collaboration with local
6 universities and public research institutes. At the same time, some Chinese imported parts, not locally produced, were accepted. This gives Tiger flexibility in choosing the best parts for their motorcycles. For SME 007 Plus, since it is a new group of companies and they cannot produce all parts by their members, Chinese imports provide opportunity for them, especially when the group aims to assemble the whole motorcycle under its owned brand. In contrast to Thailand, the impact of China on Vietnam s motorcycle industry has been far-reaching. The imports of motorcycles from China increased dramatically from 1999 to 2001 (Table 2). Chinese motorcycles, priced approximately one-third to one-fourth ($ ) of the motorcycles produced by Japanese companies (approximately $2,000) in the late 1990s, quickly penetrated into the Vietnamese market, expanding the annual sales from 379,000 in 1998 to 1.96 million in Since Vietnamese authorities prohibited import of completely assembled motorcycles from 1998 to 2003, the Chinese motorcycle parts had to be assembled by Vietnamese companies, giving rise to more than 50 local motorcycle assembling companies around the year Since 2002, some of these local motorcycle assembling companies shifted from simple assembly of Chinese parts to in-house production of parts. For these newly emerging companies, China has been perceived as a partner. Many of them relied on technology transfer from Chinese companies for in-house production of some engine parts, and sourced other key parts from Chinese companies based in Vietnam as well as parts imported from China. While they have acquired a certain level of manufacturing capability and increased procurement of parts from local, Taiwanese and Chinese companies in Vietnam, they have not managed to overcome their dependence on China for production and sourcing of key parts. 3 Since assembled motorcycles could not be imported, Chinese motorcycles went through the Vietnamese customs as knocked-down parts. The parts were re-assembled by Vietnamese companies. But the Chinese customs statistics used here show that exports in the years were in the form of assembled motorcycles and not parts. While knocked-down parts were subject to import tariffs according to the localization ratio (i.e., with higher localization ratio, companies were subject to lower tariffs), Vietnamese motorcycles assembled claimed false localization ratio to benefit from low import tariffs, which could not be checked by the Vietnamese authorities until 2002, when inspection and regulation of motorcycle assembling companies was significantly strengthened.
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