European Economic Crisis Affects Quanzhou'S Footwear Exports

　　在歐洲蔓延的希臘債務危機，看似發生在遙遠的地中海沿岸，其實已經波及到泉州的出口企業。

Recently, some spring enterprises have reflected that some purchasers in Greece, Spain and other European countries have postponed orders, and experts and people in the industry have also warned the export enterprises that the market may deteriorate.

Some European buyers postponed orders.

"If Greece's debt crisis worsens further, it may evolve into a debt crisis across Europe."

Yin Xiaobo, a professor at Huaqiao University business school, said that the debt problem in Europe will lead to a reduction in demand, while the EU is China's largest export market. Once the fragile EU economy is again in a predicament, China's export situation will become more complicated, and Quanzhou enterprises with the EU as the main export market will also be greatly affected.

The European Union is also Quanzhou's most important export market.

According to Quanzhou customs statistics, last year, the city exported $1 billion 520 million to the European Union, an increase of 6.8% over the same period last year, and the EU ranked first among the major exporters in the city.

"A few European guests who have talked so much have recently sent an order to postpone the order."

Mr. Chen, the head of a slipper enterprise in Quanzhou, said with reluctantly that recently, clients in Italy and Spain indicated that they wanted to postpone the order, while a Greek customer who had already placed the order asked for an extension of the shipment. These were old customers and also the main customers of the company.

"The Greek debt crisis has already had an impact on enterprises. Although orders are not lacking at present, once the Greek debt crisis spreads to Europe, the orders will be reduced sharply, and the third and fourth quarter orders will be worrisome."

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The industry has warned that the Greek debt crisis may lead to a number of local enterprises going bankrupt. In the near future, there are Quanzhou enterprises exporting goods to Greece.

In addition, the Greek debt crisis has triggered a chain reaction in Portugal, Spain and other countries. There is also a risk of market deterioration in these areas. At the last stage, enterprises exporting goods to these countries also need to raise their sense of risk.

"Spain is one of the important export markets of our foreign trade enterprises, and the market for Greece and Portugal is relatively small."

Quanzhou entry-exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau responsible person introduced, last year our city exported Spain products 2566 batches, the goods value 63 million 220 thousand US dollars, exports Spain product to the clothing, the toy, the leisure shoes, the furniture primarily.

The value of exports to Greece and Portugal was 9 million 260 thousand US dollars and US $6 million 350 thousand respectively, and most of our exports were casual shoes, clothing, domestic ceramics and so on.

Xu, deputy chief of a toy export enterprise in Quanzhou, told reporters that 6 of the orders they received now came from European countries such as Spain. "All customers who have worked together for many years, including European customers, have to pay 30% to 50% prepayments before placing orders. This can effectively reduce the risk of enterprises' recovery of goods."

Xu also reminded that Quanzhou's enterprises that still have orders from Greece and other countries still need to export as soon as possible, and recover money as soon as possible. At the same time, they should try to avoid using the exchange rate's frequent Euro settlement, adopt a stable exchange rate settlement of the US dollar, and reduce the risk of exchange rate fluctuation to the minimum through long-term settlement and export credit insurance.

In addition, enterprises should pay attention to the preservation of contacts with customers in Greece and other countries, if there is a breach of contract, these mail can be used as effective evidence, enterprises can protect their own rights and interests through legal means.

Eurozone economy will stabilize in the future

"From the general trend, the euro zone economy will not collapse in the future, but the ups and downs of the economy will be positive for some time."

Professor Yin Xiaobo believes that, in general, the EU is at a critical moment, and the fundamentals of the euro zone economy are good. Germany and France, the two countries with larger GDP share, have strong economic recovery. Greece, Spain, Portugal and other countries have also embarked on the right path to tighten fiscal policy and reduce deficits.

The European Union recently launched a 750 billion euro rescue plan to isolate the spread of the Greek debt crisis, which also helped the eurozone regain market confidence. Professor Yin suggested that Quanzhou export enterprises should keep in touch with the deferred European customers during the euro zone economic fluctuations and regularly solve the local market recovery.

No matter how the crisis develops, enterprises should first do their products well, and only products are good enough to win a share in the fierce competition.