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Export Big Shoe Enterprises Guangdong Encounter Waterloo

2008/6/30 13:13:00 6

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Under the stimulation of multiple unfavorable factors such as exchange rate changes and raw materials rising, Guangdong's export large footwear enterprises encountered Waterloo. Reporters learned from Guangzhou customs yesterday that Guangdong exported 1 billion 350 million pairs of shoes in 1~5 months this year, down 15.5% from the same period last year. What's more, it is worth noting that the most heavily exported Pearl River Delta region exports 940 million pairs of shoes, a sharp decrease of 25.7%, and nearly half of the export enterprises withdraw from the footwear industry.

Export enterprises

A sharp decrease of 2331 from last year.

Guangzhou customs professionals told reporters that the Pearl River Delta region's footwear exports this year showed multiple "big changes."

The first thing to bear is that footwear companies have withdrawn greatly and export companies have reduced by nearly half, but the source said, "but the number of large export enterprises has increased."

According to statistics, in the 1~5 months this year, there were 2428 footwear export enterprises in the Pearl River Delta region, a sharp decrease of 2331 over the same period last year. Nearly half of the PRD footwear export enterprises have no export performance this year.

Reporters learned from the Federation of footwear associations and customs officials that the main reason for the great change in the export of footwear enterprises lies in the reduction of export tax rebates and the adjustment of processing trade policies, as well as the continued appreciation of the renminbi and the rapid rise in labor costs. "A number of shoe factories with insufficient internal force have begun to move to areas outside the PRD or to withdraw from the shoemaking industry", customs professional analysts told reporters.

However, it is fortunate that although the footwear export enterprises are suffering from a cold current, big enterprises still live very well.

Customs officials also said that the export performance had not been greatly affected, and the export value of 1~5 was $3 billion 460 million, which still achieved a 8% increase.

Among them, there are 4 enterprises that export shoes exceed 100 million US dollars, an increase of 2 over the same period last year.

Customs officials said.

European anti-dumping measures will be extended

It is learnt that, with the tension in the Pearl River Delta, the appreciation of the renminbi and the impact of the subprime crisis on trade with the United States and the gradual increase in domestic inflationary pressures, the enterprises in the Pearl River Delta are facing severe challenges due to the pains caused by the changes in the internal and external environment.

According to a series of anti-dumping investigations listed by the customs, the footwear export will still encounter multiple barriers in the future, and the latest EU anti-dumping has had a certain negative impact on the Pearl River Delta shoe enterprises. The customs personages introduced that the EU anti-dumping measures to China will expire for two years in October this year.

But in mid this month, Artioli, chairman of the Italy Footwear Association (ANCI), declared in Milan that the European footwear Federation has decided to extend to the European Union the extension of anti-dumping measures on leather shoes in China and Vietnam to 5 years. Although it has yet to decide whether to continue to impose anti-dumping duties on China's leather shoes exported to the EU, the PRD footwear companies still need to respond positively and try to defuse the EU's possible anti-dumping duties.