subject: River Shoes In January Increasing Export Volume And Price Outstanding Private Enterprises - River [print this page] HC Shoe News Network on April 21 in recent years, Sichuan shoe industry to undertake the "East shoe West" in the process of building the brand through the development of footwear parks, industrial ladder, Export 3 consecutive years of high-speed growth. 2005 River shoes Export The first time exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, up 160 million U.S. dollars in 2006, 2007, increased to 260 million U.S. dollars. Sichuan footwear exports to maintain growth for 3 years. According to customs statistics, in January 2008, Sichuan 3.86 million pairs of footwear exports, worth 31.6 million U.S. dollars, compared with same period in 2007 (below) grew 36.4% and 82.1%, exports averaged 6.1 from 2007 USD / double up to 8.2 U.S. dollars / double, an increase of 33.5%, far higher than the national 3.2 U.S. dollars / double the average price.
1, the main features of Sichuan shoe exports are:
(A) of the general trade-based, supplemented by the processing trade. January 2008, exports of general trade in Sichuan 2.62 million pairs of footwear, worth 23.46 million U.S. dollars, up 11.4%, respectively and 71.9% of total export value accounted for 74.2%; processing trade exports 730,000 pairs, worth 7.91 million U.S. dollars, rose by 55.8% and 1.1 times.
(2) Russia And the United States as the top two export markets, a marked decline in exports to the EU. In January 2008 on Sichuan Russia 1.01 million pairs of footwear exports, 12.79 million U.S. dollars, money grew by 2.5 times, respectively, of total export value accounted for 40.5%, has become the largest export market; on 860,000 pairs of footwear exports to the U.S., 7.85 million U.S. dollars, money, respectively increased 1.1-fold; on 500,000 pairs of footwear exports to the EU, 274 million were down 20% and 30%.
(C) of the product range to plastic Shoes And leather-based shoes and leather shoes export is increasing rapidly. January 2008 Sichuan export 1.53 million pairs of leather shoes, 19,170,000 U.S. dollars, money grew 1.3 times, accounting for the proportion of export value were 39.7% and 60.7%; plastic Shoes 1.85 million pairs, 10.78 million U.S. dollars, accounting for the proportion of export value were 47.9% and 34.1%.
(D) export of private enterprises is the main force, mostly small and medium exporters. January 2008 Footwear 26.66 million U.S. dollars export the private sector, an increase of 93.5%, the proportion of total export value up 84.4%, export average price is 8.7 USD / double, an increase of 46.6%. Exports by 100 million in only four companies, exports more than 100,000 U.S. dollars is less than 100 million, 28 companies, accounting for 41.2% of the total number of export enterprises; exports 10 million U.S. dollars below 19 enterprises, accounted for 27.9% of the total number of export enterprises.
2, River shoes export prices and export markets, changes in pattern of the main factors are:
(1) Sichuan shoes continue to enhance industrial competitiveness, as prices rose in the space provided. In the "East shoes West" and Sichuan footwear industrial clusters in the process, while in Sichuan enterprises through independent research and development and brand building, improve product quality, is gradually changing the past, "restricted to the employees, OEM," the embarrassing situation, another heavily to expand marketing network, signing directly with foreign importers, which provides a higher price for the product space.
(B) the pattern of EU trade barriers affecting the export market. In 2006 the EU formally imposed on Chinese shoes products of 16.5% Anti-dumping Tax, basically the importer's profit pressure depleted, Sichuan cold snap shoe exports to the EU, the European Union Order Began to Russia, the United States and other countries transfer, Russia and the United States as the two biggest export markets of Sichuan shoes.
Three shoes exported to the Sichuan suggestions:
(1) speed up the construction of independent brands. Sichuan shoe currently lack a significant domestic and foreign well-known independent brands, to encourage independent innovation and enhance core competitiveness, taking the road of brand footwear industry in Sichuan only way bigger and stronger.
(B) trade associations to play a leading role in the market, vigorously implement the diversified market strategy. Full use of industry associations and trade policy to international market macro ability to grasp, in a timely manner to guide exporters to avoid the risk of trade friction, while trading platform for enterprises set up more to help the landlocked, issued after the Sichuan enterprises to develop international marketing channels, change long-standing over-reliance on European and American markets, increase in South America, Australia and Africa, pioneering efforts in emerging markets, using characteristics of northern and southern hemispheres of-season, the promotion of balanced production enterprises.
