The true cost of trade among neighbors: the role of Japanese imports in waste generation in China
The true cost of trade among neighbors: the role of Japanese imports in waste generation in China
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DOI：
10.1080/09535314.2021.1971947
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发表时间：
2021-09
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
M. Tsukui;Chen-Hua Lin;Kaiyan Ji;Xiaoliang Lang
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作者：
M. Tsukui;Chen-Hua Lin;Kaiyan Ji;Xiaoliang Lang
中国经济的快速发展在废物产生和处理方面造成了相当大的环境问题。其中一个重要原因是中国制造业向其他国家出口，如主要贸易伙伴日本。然而，此类进口国的贡献尚未得到充分探讨。本研究定量分析了中日贸易中的最终需求对两国经济和废弃物产生的影响。结果表明，中国最终消费品进口到日本，在中国产生了巨大的废物，而在日本产生的废物可以忽略不计。即使中国对日本的最终需求出口在经济上对中国有很大的好处，但中国解决诱发废物产生的成本似乎太高，使这些出口物有所值。为了鼓励建设性的讨论，提高中国废物统计数据的可靠性和透明度，使之能够与其他国家进行比较，将是非常重要的。
China’s rapid economic development has caused considerable environmental problems in waste generation and treatment. One important reason for this is China’s manufacturing exports to other countries such as Japan, a major trading partner. However, the contribution of such importing countries has not yet been fully explored. This study quantitatively examined how final demand in trade between China and Japan affects both countries’ economies and waste generation. The results show that imports of final consumption goods from China to Japan induced enormous waste generation in China, while the wastes induced in Japan were negligible. Even if final demand exports from China to Japan are significantly economically beneficial to China, the cost to China from addressing the induced waste generation seems too much to make these exports worthwhile. To encourage constructive discussions, improvement of reliability and transparency of waste statistics in China that allows comparison with other countries would be significant.