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Effective Response To Green Barriers In Europe And America, Shantou Garment Exports "Upside Down"

2008/9/5 10:09:00 60

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Under the dual pressure of the severe international trade situation and the increase of the comprehensive cost of domestic production, Shantou still achieved good results in the first half of this year, with a total export volume of US $2 billion 49 million, an increase of 13.83%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over the same period in the whole province. It is the first time that it has surpassed the provincial average growth rate in recent years.

Among them, clothing exports are showing a trend of upward trend. In the first half of this year, the national clothing exports increased by 3.4%, and the whole province dropped by 31.3%. In the first half of the year, the export garments and accessories of Shantou enterprises were 410 million dollars, up 10.2% over the same period last year.

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Why does the clothing export of Shantou still maintain a relatively substantial growth rate when the whole country and the whole province face "cold winter"?

According to the analysis of the people in Shantou, clothing is Shantou's traditional export product, accounting for 0.8% of the total export volume and 3.8% of the whole province.

There are more than 20 thousand textile and clothing production and sales enterprises in Shantou, many of which are engaged in export related businesses, ensuring that garment exports are of great significance for maintaining normal production and solving labor employment. Therefore, governments at all levels in Shantou attach great importance to the development of foreign trade exports. In recent years, a series of encouraging policies and measures have been adopted, including vigorously encouraging enterprises to introduce advanced technology and equipment, and gradually promoting industrial restructuring and technological progress.

Last year, the city imported 140 million dollars of textile and clothing machinery and equipment free of charge.

Under the grim situation of increasing trade pressure in recent years, Shantou garment export enterprises promptly adjusted the market direction and increased exports to Asia African countries, thus making the export market more diversified.

In the first quarter of this year, Shantou exported $23 million 210 thousand and US $20 million 110 thousand to Africa and Latin America, respectively, by 76.6% and 22.3% respectively.

With the abolition of EU's export quota for clothing this year, Shantou exported $66 million 370 thousand to the EU in the first half of this year, an increase of 1.6 times, thus making the EU take the place of the United States as the second largest garment export market in Hongkong after Shantou.

In addition, due to the fierce competition in the industry, the garment enterprises in Shantou are also developing and full of vitality in the competition. At present, the clothing export records enterprises in the city have increased by more than 30% compared with 5 years ago, and the average export scale has also increased by about 2.5 times.

Shantou's outstanding advantages and the favorable conditions for the development of an endogenous and endogenous economy are the advantages of private capital and the strength of overseas Chinese.

In recent years, the vitality of private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises in Shantou has been increasing and has become the leading force in export growth.

In the first half of this year, private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises in the city exported garments of 190 million US dollars and US $180 million respectively, which increased by 15.4% and 10.4% respectively, accounting for 90.2% of the total export volume of the city.

Since August 1st this year, the export rebate rate of some textiles and garments has increased from 11% to 13%. The export pressure of many garment export enterprises in Shantou has been reduced, and the garment export in the second half of the year is expected to show a further growth trend.

A medium-sized garment manufacturer in Shantou used to export clothing products through other companies, and gained self import and export rights since 2005, with an annual export volume of nearly US $2 million.

In the first half of this year, the export volume of the company increased by about 15% over the same period last year.

The company official told reporters that the more than 10 advanced equipment imported from abroad last year was the foundation for improving production efficiency and product quality.

Clothing is a typical labor-intensive industry. It can play a role in solving employment and increasing taxes. Under the current difficulties that restrict many export factors, it is hoped that the government can support small and medium-sized enterprises more.

At the same time, we should realize clearly that the clothing industry in Shantou is still dominated by extensive management mode of quantity expansion. In recent years, the average price increase of clothing exports is obviously lower than that of the quantity increase, and the growth of export volume is largely supported by the growth of quantity.

The impact of rising raw material prices, the pressure of appreciation of the renminbi, the impact of the US subprime crisis, the adjustment of China's processing trade policy, and the increase in labor costs on the export of enterprises are also obvious.

The industry has warned that there will be more green barriers in Europe and the United States in the second half of this year, which will make the textile and garment industry face more severe challenges.

Therefore, garment enterprises only need to adjust their business strategy in a timely manner, vigorously carry out technological pformation and innovation, improve product quality and grade, expand new markets, and try to avoid the green trade barriers between Europe and the United States.