据中国海关统计，2012年中国稀土出口总额为9.06亿美元，同比下降66.1%。外媒称，中国政府有意通过企业合并与重组改变现有稀土战略。

According to China's customs statistics,In 2012, China rare earth export amount of $906 million,66.1% year-on-year drop.Outside media said,The Chinese government through the enterprise merger and reorganization to change existing rare earth strategy.

　　《日本经济新闻》1月31日指出，主要用于生产混合动力车及信息技术零部件的稀土，2012年的出口量比前一年减少了3.5%，下降至1.6265万吨。只有中国政府设定出口上限的大约一半。连续三年的负增长使得稀土价格比2006年高峰时下跌了三成左右。

[Japan's economic news]On January 31 points out that,Mainly for the production of hybrid and information technology of parts and components of rare earth,In 2012 the previous year exports decreased by 3.5%,Descend to 16265 tons.Only the Chinese government set about half of the upper limit value of the export.Three successive years of negative growth makes the price of rare earth in 2006 when peak fell thirty percent.

　　报道称，日本企业强化技术研发减少稀土用量是造成中国稀土出口回落的主要原因。2010年秋中日因撞船事件引发对立之时，中国政府事实上暂时冻结了稀土出口。这使得日本企业感受到了过分依赖中国稀土的不安。

Reports say,Japanese enterprise strengthening technology research and development of rare earth volume is reduced by China rare earth export the main reason for the fall.In autumn 2010 because of the collision events caused by the opposition,The Chinese government in fact temporarily frozen rare earth export.This makes the Japanese enterprise felt depend on China's rare earth.

　　更令中国政府苦恼的则是稀土价格的下跌。这主要源自中国国内稀土需求也出现下降以及投机资本的撤出。

What makes the Chinese government strait is rare earth a drop in prices.This is mainly from China's domestic rare earth demand also decline and speculative capital out of.

　　导致价格低迷的另一个原因则是推高稀土需求的投机资本在意识到可能的损失后采取的抛售行为。他们已经看到，随着日本企业的技术革新，未来对于稀土的需求将出现大幅下降。在2011年夏天稀土价格升至顶点之前，中国国内的空调企业也开始大规模采用高性能磁铁，而稀土就是生产这种磁铁必不可少的原料。但受到价格飙升的影响，高性能磁铁的使用也随之受到抑制。

Low prices another reason is pushing up rare earth needs of speculative capital in consciousness to the possibility of loss taken after selling behavior.They have seen,With the enterprise technology innovation,The future for rare earth needs will appear to drop considerably.In the summer of 2011 rare earth price rose before vertices,China's domestic air conditioning enterprise also began mass by high performance magnet,And rare earth is producing this kind of magnet essential raw materials.But by the influence of the prices,The use of high performance magnets with is restrained.

　　一位中国稀土企业的高层指出，“2012年国内对于生产磁铁所需稀土的需求仅有3万吨，比前一年下降了一半”。这导致国内稀土价格暴跌至2011年夏天巅峰时期的三到四成。内蒙古包钢稀土（集团）高科技股份有限公司与五矿集团等行业巨头早在2012年秋天开始就处于停工状态。

A Chinese rare earth enterprise top points out,"2012 for domestic production for the needs of the rare earth magnet only 30000 tons,More than a year before the fallen by half".This leads to the domestic rare earth collapsed to the peak in the summer of 2011 the three to forty percent.Inner Mongolia baotou rare earth(group)High-tech co., LTD and minmetals industries giant early in the autumn of 2012 began in shutdown state.

　　报道指出，中国政府一直将稀土作为牵制日本的一张外交牌来打。但是国内蜂拥而起的百余家稀土企业却因需求减少价格下跌而陷入停产，且混乱局面仍在持续。

Reports say,The Chinese government has been rare earth will act as a counterbalance to Japan's a diplomatic CARDS to play.But the domestic swarm moves over rare earth enterprise but because demand to reduce prices and into production,And chaotic situation continues.

　　政府计划通过增加储备提振价格。此外由政府主导的由包钢稀土兼并重组12家企业这样的战略也在实施中。

The government plans to boost by increasing the reserve price.In addition the government dominated by baotou rare earth merger and reorganization and enterprises in the implementation of this strategy is in.