Leather Industry 12Th Five-Year Plan To Introduce Next Year To Eliminate 30 Thousand Tanneries Below

"Leather manufacturing enterprises with annual output below 30 thousand sheets are going to be eliminated, and it is estimated that 1000 or so."

On June 2nd, Su Chaoying, Secretary General of China Leather Association, revealed at the press conference of China International Leather Exhibition in 2010 that the state's 12th Five-Year plan for leather industry is being consulted and is expected to be released next year, and energy conservation and emission reduction will be a major focus.

According to Su Chaoying, the plan has not yet been finalized, but the "COD and ammonia compounds emissions are 10% lower than the end of 11th Five-Year".

Su Chaoying said.

Since the beginning of this year, with the stabilization of macro-economy, the development of leather, fur and products in China has shown a good trend of recovery.

Customs statistics show that in 2010 1-3, China's finished products and semi-finished products were exported to 8 kiloton, up to 70 million 460 thousand US dollars, up 99.3% and 87.5% compared to the same period last year, and imports 202 thousand tons, 765 million US dollars, up 32.1% and 38.5% respectively over the same period.

Su Chaoying believes that the leather industry is running better in the first quarter of this year, but there are also many uncertainties, including the rise in prices of raw materials and appreciation of the renminbi, which may cause fluctuations in the leather market that has not yet fully recovered.

"First, the rise in the first quarter is largely based on the very low base of last year. Therefore, we should take an objective view. Secondly, because of the relatively large number of natural disasters this year, we have been alert to the export of raw materials from abroad. The long rainy weather in the South will affect exports. Third, the restructuring task of the leather industry is very heavy this year, and has fallen into the specific implementation of the provinces. Finally, the potential consumption of the domestic market, especially the two or three line cities and the rural market, is unknown.

Su Chaoying told reporters.

In fact, the footwear industry in China's leather industry has already experienced changes in the market.

Many shoemaking enterprises in Dongguan have told reporters that orders and prices have increased by 10%-20% in May. "But most of them are short lists. We are not sure about the future economic trend, especially the exchange rate, so we dare not take long orders."

A person in charge of a shoe enterprise in Dongguan told reporters.

Su Chaoying pointed out to reporters that the depreciation of the euro and the EU's anti-dumping duties on Chinese leather shoes had forced the Chinese shoe companies to turn to the US or other emerging markets for some time.

"Now we are not too brave to take European orders. The more we connect, the more we die."

The Dongguan Footwear Company official said.

According to statistics, in the first quarter of this year, 220 million pairs of leather shoes exported from above scale leather shoes enterprises in China amounted to 2 billion 40 million US dollars, up 4.6% and 9.1% respectively from the same period last year, and 3 million 500 thousand pairs of imports, 123 million US dollars, down 8.6% and 3.1% respectively over the same period last year.

The reporter roughly calculated that our exports of leather shoes averaged 9.3 US dollars per pair, while foreign leather shoes averaged 35.1 US dollars per pair, more than 3 times that of our country.

In this regard, Su Chaoying admitted that achieving industrial upgrading and increasing the added value of the product will be an important goal of China's leather industry in 12th Five-Year. "Therefore, we set the annual growth target at 5%, compared with 10% in 11th Five-Year. We hope to build 3-5 internationally renowned brands on the basis of the original domestic brands."

Su Chaoying said.