Zhongshan Shoes And Clothing Export Growth "Fatigue" Show

According to Zhongshan customs statistics, in January this year -5 month, Zhongshan's foreign trade import and export value of 11 billion 800 million US dollars, more than the same period last year (the same) increased by 33.5%.

Processing trade accounts for 70%

According to statistics, in January -5, the total import and export value of Zhongshan's processing trade amounted to 7 billion 860 million US dollars, an increase of 31.6%, accounting for 66.6% of Zhongshan's foreign trade import and export value.

Of which, exports of US $5 billion 220 million, an increase of 27.1%, and imports of US $2 billion 640 million, an increase of 41.3%.

General trade import and export value of US $3 billion 840 million, an increase of 38.9%.

Of which, exports of US $3 billion 100 million, an increase of 32.9%, and imports of US $740 million, an increase of 71.4%.

In May, Zhongshan's export growth rate hit a new high of nearly 40 months. At the same time, the province and even the whole country's exports increased significantly.

In response, Zhang Xiaoji, a researcher at the Ministry of foreign economic development of the State Council Development Research Center, said that the resumption of export growth is still moving along the original path, and the task of adjusting the structure of export products is still facing great challenges.

As a matter of fact, Zhongshan's foreign trade, especially its exports, showed a rapid growth momentum, mainly relying on the strong driving of processing trade, and accounted for 66.6% of the total foreign trade import and export value of the city.

Compared with general trade, processing trade mainly relies on low labor cost and low product price is its pronoun. Due to the lack of independent innovation and marketing capabilities, the quality, grade and added value of export products, there is still a big gap between the right to participate in the formulation of international rules and the bargaining power of important commodities trade.

In the press interview process, many enterprises responsible person said that although the order increased this year, the profit of enterprises has been continuously compressed with the increase of manpower cost, and so on.

Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, many enterprises in Zhongshan have chanting slogans of pformation and upgrading, and have begun to attach importance to the creation of their own brands. However, as the international economic situation gradually improves and foreign orders begin to increase, some enterprises re focus their attention on orders, so the growth of processing trade has increased rapidly, and the proportion has reached nearly 70% of foreign trade exports.

Low growth rate of labour intensive products

According to statistics, in January 2010 -5, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Zhongshan was 5 billion 800 million US dollars, an increase of 35.5%, accounting for 69.6% of the total export value of the same period. The export of high-tech products increased by 2 billion 530 million US dollars, an increase of 50.8%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from January to April.

Over the same period, the export of clothing and accessories in Zhongshan increased by 720 million US dollars, an increase of 8.6%; footwear exports amounted to US $390 million, an increase of 11%; exports of lamps, lighting fixtures and similar products increased by 21.7%, and furniture and parts exported 250 million US dollars, an increase of 20.4%.

Compared with January - April, the growth rate of the main export commodities has increased to varying degrees, and the growth rate of furniture exports has increased significantly. The growth rate has increased by 6 percentage points over January - April.

However, compared with the average increase in exports and the export growth of similar products in Guangdong, the export growth of the above labor-intensive products can be found to be either "horizontal" or "longitudinal".

According to the analysis of the industry, this data can be regarded as a pformation of Zhongshan's productive factors from labor-intensive to capital intensive knowledge and technology.

For example, the proportion of labor-intensive industries such as plastic products, clothing textiles and hardware products decreased year by year, and the development of advanced manufacturing industries such as equipment manufacturing, auto parts, steel and shipbuilding accelerated.

But on the other hand, we can see that the competitiveness of Zhongshan's labor-intensive products is declining. If we do not pform and upgrade as soon as possible, the future export may still fluctuate.

"Now the rising cost of manpower is not the biggest difficulty, but the most difficult thing is not to recruit workers."

During the reporter's interview, many labor intensive enterprises told reporters that their worries are showing that the cheap and massive labor force advantage of labor-intensive industries has been lost.

Regarding this, foreign trade experts pointed out that under the new background of raw materials, manpower cost rising, staff shortage and fierce competition in the international market, traditional labor intensive products must attach importance to the issue of export efficiency, and can no longer be satisfied with small profits but quick turnover.