Leather Shoes Exports In The First Two Months Of Dongguan Fell 15.6% Over The Same Period Last Year.

According to the statistics of Whampoa customs, in the first 2 months of this year, Dongguan exported 35 million 780 thousand pairs of leather shoes, 15.6% lower than the same period last year (the same below), and the value was 210 million dollars, an increase of 4.9%, of which the average price was 5.9 US dollars / double, an increase of 25.5%.

It is understood that the export market of leather shoes in Dongguan is mainly the United States and the European Union.

In the first 2 months of this year, 14 million 480 thousand pairs of exports to the United States decreased by 19.7%, exports amounted to 130 million US dollars, slightly increased by 0.3%; exports to the EU 4 million 296 thousand pairs decreased by 10.7%, and the export volume was 30 million US dollars, slightly more than 1%.

Most of them are exported by processing trade.

In the first 2 months of this year, processing trade exported 35 million 280 thousand pairs, down 15.6%, accounting for 98.6% of the total export volume (the same below).

Foreign investment enterprises occupy half of the country.

In the first 2 months of this year, foreign-invested enterprises exported 22 million 410 thousand pairs, down 14.3%, accounting for 62.6%, and 8 million 531 thousand of state-owned enterprises exported 22.7%, accounting for 23.8%.

According to customs officials, the main reasons for the reduction of Dongguan's leather shoes export prices from 1 to February this year include: first, the continuous high price of international oil prices, driving up the price of raw materials such as plastics, and increasing the operating costs of enterprises; two, since July 1, 2007, the state has reduced the export tax rebate rate of footwear products by 2 percentage points.

The reduction of export tax rebate rate further compresses corporate profits and increases the pressure of business operation, resulting in a decline in export willingness.

Three, in October 7, 2006, the EU imposed anti-dumping sanctions against Chinese leather shoes and imposed a 16.5% anti-dumping duty on leather shoes originating in China for a period of 2 years.

There are three major injuries to the export of leather shoes in Dongguan. Customs also confessed that the "three major injuries" hidden in Dongguan's leather shoes export are endless. The main reason is that about 80% of leather shoes exports are concentrated in the US and EU markets. Too concentrated market will bring frequent anti-dumping barriers. Too much reliance on Trade and trade, low added value of export products and low output value of unit energy consumption can not shake off the passive situation of lack of independent brands.

In addition, labor cost advantages are gradually losing and export space is shrinking.

All these forces the shoemaking industry to adjust its structure and change its original trade growth mode so as to win the competition.

In this regard, Whampoa customs professionals suggest that the leather industry will pay attention to the application of cleaner production technology, and develop green chemicals and pollution-free technology to become the pformation direction of local shoe factories.