Experts Say Domestic Footwear Industry Should Strengthen Anti-Dumping Cooperation

On December 6th, December 1, 2010, the Secretary General of the world sporting goods industry union (WFSGI), Mr. Robbert, visited China Leather Association with 10 people.

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Vice President Li Yuzhong first welcomed the visit of the Secretary General of Robbert and briefly introduced the basic situation of China Leather Association. The Secretary General of Robbert introduced the basic situation of WFSGI. The director of Wei Ya Fei introduced the export of footwear from Latin America in China from 1 to June and the measures taken by the Association to deal with international trade frictions.

The EU anti-dumping case against leather shoes, which began in 2005, has seriously affected the export of Chinese leather shoes, and has continued to decline in exports of European leather shoes.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, China's footwear export growth in 2009 was almost zero.

In the second half of 2009, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and other countries in Latin America adopted trade protection measures against Chinese footwear.

Since March 2010, Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties of $13.85 per pair on all footwear in China for a period of 5 years. Argentina set the lowest reference price for Chinese footwear products in March 2010, with the lowest FOB price of each pair of shoes being $13.38, which is lower than that of some of them.

Latin America is one of the most important emerging markets in the world. With the development of economy and the rise of the middle class, the growth of footwear consumption power is huge.

Even during the period of anti-dumping duties, footwear products exported to Latin American countries increased significantly in the 1-6 months of this year, especially plastic products.

Robbert secretary general said that the anti-dumping measures in Latin American countries will continue to be extended and the possibility of increasing penalties will be increased by the deteriorating trade environment. This is a great danger to both Chinese manufacturers and brand operators, and the interests of both sides will be damaged.

Nike said that influenced by trade friction, some big brands had the idea of shifting production lines to other countries to circumvent anti-dumping duties. Adidas said that although production in China has been basically flat in recent years, some of the growth has been made in other countries. In fact, China's share in Adidas's global procurement share is declining, which is very unfavorable for the development of China's footwear industry.

The most promising 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Brazil. The world's major brands are aiming at Latin American markets such as Brazil. The occurrence of trade friction is a direct obstacle to the expansion of Latin American market.

Unlike the European Union's anti-dumping duties against Chinese leather shoes, Brazil will classify all footwear as objects of Taxation, involving a wider range, longer time, higher taxes and worse effects, which may further trigger the Domino effect and expand trade frictions.

The two sides reached a preliminary consensus through communication and agreed that they would strengthen daily communication and information exchange to jointly cope with the increasingly severe trade situation.

In the near future, we should seize the opportunity of Brazil's anti-dumping review on shoes in March 2011, and extensively mobilize the production enterprises to participate in the review, unite the brand dealers, and form a resultant force to win the favorable results.