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GlobalTrade: PET Soda Bottles to China

Since the beginning of the plastic scrap trading industry, PET has been a hot selling commodity. This is thanks to the fact that the common plastic soda/water bottle (made with PET plastic) can be processed into recycled polyester staple fiber (PSF), which can then be made into clothing.

The first thing to know about exporting and importing PET bottles to China is, like other plastic scrap, it must pass CCIC pre-inspection. As soda/water bottles sometimes have leftover liquids like leftover juices, soda, etc. Dirty plastic bottles are typically smelly and attract many insects like ants and flies, which is a “no-no” in the inspector’s eyes. To correctly export PET bottles to China, they're shredded (release liquids) and put through a fast water bath. To reduce the humidity within the PET flakes, the semi-cleaned flakes are left out in the sun for drying and then was compressed and baled for cargo.

If the PET bottles are not correctly cleaned, that is, baled entire, they're typically sent to other countries for processing like HK, Vietnam, Philippines, etc.

On the China side of things, a proper environmental license is required for importing PET plastic bottles. Actually the common import license needs the PET to be shredded or flaked. More frequently than not, purchasers of PET flakes are end-users that own the environmental certificate. This allows the purchaser to not only lower the expenses for importing; it gives the purchaser certain tax refunds. I've heard stories the Chinese administration plans to release environmental import licenses for entire plastic bottles , however , it has still to come out.

PET flakes are often categorized by type and color. The most expensive is clean, clear, dried PET flakes without labels or bottle caps. At the time of this text, this commodity sells for about $1100 DOLLARS per metric ton CNF China. The less fascinating is clear PET flakes with labels and bottle tops which are made with PP or PE plastic. Once these arrive in China, they must go thru additional processing before usage. The price for that is around $950 USD per metric ton CNF China. The above prices are based on very low, virtually no humidity and PVC content (or other plastics).

This should have given you elemental info on plastic scrap trading that should also help you in understanding it’s pricing and what you can do to help make sure you get the very finest price for your scrap.

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