Structure Analysis Of China'S Footwear Export Commodities

In the first half of this year, China's leather shoes exported 560 million pairs, down 15.8%, valued at 4 billion 480 million US dollars, down 0.2%.

Over the same period, rubber and plastic shoes and textile materials exported 2 billion 260 million pairs of shoes and 680 million pairs of pairs, respectively, down by 13.6% and 6.8% respectively, valued at 5 billion 200 million US dollars and 1 billion 860 million US dollars, respectively, by 11.6% and 10.2% respectively.

The above 3 categories of products account for 85.7% of the total value of China's footwear exports in the same period.

Figure 1-11 shows the proportion of China's footwear exports in 2007.

The corresponding customs codes are 6403 and 640510.

In 2007, under the influence of EU anti-dumping policy, 1 billion 290 million pairs of leather shoes exported from China decreased by 6.5% compared with the same period last year, while the export amount was 9 billion 430 million US dollars, an increase of 8.5% over the same period last year, accounting for 39.1% of China's footwear export share.

The main export markets of China's leather shoes are the United States, the European Union, Japan, Russia and other places, and the export trade mode is dominated by general trade and processing trade.

At present, China's leather shoes industry has shown the industrial cluster development status. The production of leather shoes is mainly concentrated in the four shoe making bases, that is, the Guangdong production base, which is the center of Guangzhou and Dongguan, mainly producing middle and high grade shoes; the Zhejiang production base consisting of Wenzhou, Wenling, Ruian and other regions, mainly producing medium and low grade shoes; the Sichuan production base with Chengdu and Chongqing as the center, mainly producing women's shoes; and the production center with the center of the Sichuan, Shi Shi and Ji area.

Recently, the leather shoes industry has a tendency to pfer production capacity from the southeast coast to the West.

Waterproof plastic shoes refer to waterproof footwear made of rubber or plastic sole and upper. The upper is not fixed on sole by seams, riveting, nails, swirling, plugging or similar methods; other plastic shoes refer to other boots made of rubber or plastic sole and shoe upper.

The corresponding customs codes are 6401 and 6402.

With the rapid development of China's economy and the deepening of reform, the plastic shoe industry has evolved from a large, medium sized city with large state-owned enterprises and large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, and large and medium-sized cities throughout the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and some large county towns.

According to our customs statistics, the export share of textile face shoes has been maintained at around 14% in recent years. In 2007, 1 billion 460 million pairs of textile surface shoes exported from China increased by 12.1% over the same period last year, with an export volume of 3 billion 470 million US dollars, up 20.8% from the same period last year, accounting for 14.4% of footwear exports, with an average price of 2.38 US dollars / pairs, an increase of 7.7% over the same period last year.

The production of China's textile surface shoes is mainly concentrated in coastal areas such as Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. In recent years, production areas have gradually developed from coastal areas to the mainland, and basically formed coastal dominated areas, and Shandong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Tianjin and all parts of the country are distributed.