Since the beginning of the plastic scrap trading industry, PET has been a hot selling commodity. This is because the common plastic soda/water bottle (made with PET plastic) can be processed into recycled polyester staple fiber (PSF), which can then be manufactured into clothing.
The very first thing to understand about exporting and importing PET bottles to China is, like other plastic scrap, it must pass CCIC pre-inspection. As soda/water bottles usually have residual liquids like leftover juices, soda, etc. Dirty plastic bottles are usually smelly and attract many insects such as ants and flies, which is a firm "no-no" in the inspector's eyes. To properly export PET bottles to China, they're shredded (release liquids) and put thru a quick water bath. To scale back the humidity inside the PET flakes, the semi-cleaned flakes are left out in the sun for drying then was compressed and baled for cargo.
If the PET bottles are not correctly cleaned, that is, baled entire, they are customarily sent to other states for processing like HK, Vietnam, Philippines, and so on.
On the China side of things, a proper environmental license is necessary for importing PET plastic bottles. In reality the common import license requires the PET to be shredded or flaked. More frequently than not, purchasers of PET flakes are end-users that own the environmental certificate. This permits the purchaser to not only lower the expenses for importing; it gives the purchaser certain tax rebates. I have heard stories that the Chinese government plans to release environmental import licenses for full plastic bottles nonetheless , it has yet to come out.
PET flakes are often specified by type and colour. The most expensive is clean, clear, dried PET flakes without labels or bottle tops. At the time of this article, this commodity sells for around $1100 USD 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 through extra processing before usage. The price for this is around $950 USD per metric ton CNF China. The above costs are based on very low, almost no humidity and PVC content (or other plastics).
This should have given you elemental info on plastic scrap trading that should also help you understand it's pricing and what you can do to help make certain you get the best price for your scrap.
The very first thing to understand about exporting and importing PET bottles to China is, like other plastic scrap, it must pass CCIC pre-inspection. As soda/water bottles usually have residual liquids like leftover juices, soda, etc. Dirty plastic bottles are usually smelly and attract many insects such as ants and flies, which is a firm "no-no" in the inspector's eyes. To properly export PET bottles to China, they're shredded (release liquids) and put thru a quick water bath. To scale back the humidity inside the PET flakes, the semi-cleaned flakes are left out in the sun for drying then was compressed and baled for cargo.
If the PET bottles are not correctly cleaned, that is, baled entire, they are customarily sent to other states for processing like HK, Vietnam, Philippines, and so on.
On the China side of things, a proper environmental license is necessary for importing PET plastic bottles. In reality the common import license requires the PET to be shredded or flaked. More frequently than not, purchasers of PET flakes are end-users that own the environmental certificate. This permits the purchaser to not only lower the expenses for importing; it gives the purchaser certain tax rebates. I have heard stories that the Chinese government plans to release environmental import licenses for full plastic bottles nonetheless , it has yet to come out.
PET flakes are often specified by type and colour. The most expensive is clean, clear, dried PET flakes without labels or bottle tops. At the time of this article, this commodity sells for around $1100 USD 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 through extra processing before usage. The price for this is around $950 USD per metric ton CNF China. The above costs are based on very low, almost no humidity and PVC content (or other plastics).
This should have given you elemental info on plastic scrap trading that should also help you understand it's pricing and what you can do to help make certain you get the best price for your scrap.