A study of environmental impact on manufacturing products trade in Shandong,China

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2010-02-12
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BasedonthesituationthatthetradeofmanufacturedgoodstakesthemainpositioninShandongProvince,thispaperidentifiesShandongindustrialpollutantdischargebythreeindices,whichareindustrialeffluentdischarge,industrialSO2emission,andsolidwastedisposal.Furthermore,itconductsanempiricalanalysisofthetradetermsofpollutioncontenttransferonnineidentifiedindustrialsectors.Theconclusionisthattheincreaseinindustrialeffluentdischarge,industrialSO2emission,andsolidwastedisposalhasparalleledthegrowthoftheGDPinShandong.Therapideconomicgrowthbringsobviousnegativeimpactontheenvironment.Comparedwiththatin1998,theincreaseinthepollutioncontentofexportsin2007indicatedthatmoreenvironmentalcostsweregeneratedwiththeeconomicdevelopmentinShandong.ThereisaneedforoptimizationofforeigntradestructureinShandong,especiallytheneedforincreasingimportofthepollutionintensiveproductsanddecreasingtheexportofthepollutionintensiveproducts.Theresearchontherelationshipbetweenmanufacturedgoodstradeandtheenvironmentalimpactwillmakeacontributiontotheadjustmentofforeigntradeandenvironmentalpolicies.