ASEAN Implements Zero Tariff &Nbsp To Four Countries; Jinjiang's Attitude Is Different.

Before July 6th, Quanzhou customs statistics showed that in April, Quanzhou and ASEAN's foreign trade and import and export amounted to US $118 million, up by 106.7% over the same period last year, of which 93 million US dollars were exported, up 100.45% from the same period last year, and imports of US $25 million increased by 133.6% over the same period last year.

It is reported that, in addition to China, ASEAN is also implementing import and export in four countries, including Japan, South Korea, India and New Zealand. Zero tariff Policy, Quanzhou's products can go through the ASEAN to enter the four countries. According to industry sources, recently, there are several shoe manufacturers in Quanzhou planning to establish factories in ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and Burma. Through the ASEAN, the preferential trade between China and ASEAN will be extended to more countries and regions through policy superposition.

However, in the course of the visit, reporters found that there were many different opinions among Jinjiang footwear enterprises. Shoe enterprises This opportunity is not "moving".

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Clever policy can enjoy preferential overlay.

"China ASEAN Free Trade Area" can serve as a springboard for domestic enterprises to develop wider international market, and achieve twice the result with half the effort through "policy". Lin, deputy director of the footwear industry of foreign trade, said that at present, ASEAN has established a free trade zone with Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand to achieve "zero tariff", but China has set up a free trade zone with New Zealand. Domestic enterprises can make use of the FTA agreement signed by ASEAN and other countries, set up factories in ASEAN, make two processing of commodities exported to ASEAN, and change their origin attribute again. Exit To other countries that sign preferential trade agreements with ASEAN, the "superposition" of multiple preferential policies can be realized, so as to extend the preferential trade between China and ASEAN to more countries and regions.

For example, Japan is the third largest footwear importing market in the world (except Hongkong, China). In the import of Japanese footwear products, Chinese shoes occupy an absolute leading position with a market share of 70.2%. In Japan's imports of footwear, China's plastic shoes and textile shoes market share of more than 80%. "But the Japanese market is almost completely liberalized from the United States. The difference is that in order to protect the domestic footwear industry, Japan implements tariff quota system for imported footwear, that is, tariff limits the import volume. Imported shoes exceeding the quota part are subject to high tariffs to control import volume." Lin said that the import tariffs of footwear companies in Japan were nearly 10%. But with the choice of processing exports from Vietnam, ASEAN has established a free trade zone with Japan and implemented a "zero tariff", whereby China's products can cleverly avoid Japan's high tariffs and open the other side's market. In the same way, other products exported to the EU are often heavily taxed. The ASEAN countries can get a lot of trouble by "borrowing the way". There are restrictions on the export of products to India, and Burma is much more convenient.

It is reported that in ASEAN countries, the export of products can not only be "zero tariff" into Japan, Korea, India and other countries, products can also bypass the direct export to Europe and the United States and other places to face the higher trade threshold. This is also a good channel for many shoe manufacturers in Jinjiang to export to the European and American markets.

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Difficult to control channels, preferential treatment is not good.

Although all kinds of preferential policies are exciting, some shoe companies are not interested in this opportunity.

Speaking of exports, Li Zhifeng, chairman of the name sports goods (China) Limited, said that the foreign trade market is complex today, although there are channels to enjoy "zero tariff" exports, but cooperation with the import and export companies is also a problem. Li Zhifeng told reporters that in the past few years, the famous brands had once exported to the United States and other markets, and the sales volume of the market was considerable at that time. However, it was precisely because they did not grasp the channel that although they had repeatedly offered profits to the cooperative import and export companies, the final import and export companies still chose to fight their brands and then place orders for the famous companies. Since then, the famous company has not had enough energy to set up an import and export company and set up a marketing office abroad, even though "zero tariff" is not willing to fight the international market for the time being. {page_break}

In this regard, Lin Jiancheng, President of alligator group, has the same feeling. In Lin Jiancheng's view, the export of shoes enterprises, even if it is a roundabout way to ASEAN, and enjoy "zero tariff" exports to Japan, Korea and other countries, the import and export companies will not cooperate on the original price. "These importers and exporters are not oil saving lights. If there is such a channel, they will inevitably lower the price to the production shoe enterprises on the basis of this, and the resulting shoe manufacturers in the ASEAN area have no place to shift their costs. If the cost is transferred to terminal retail, the price advantage abroad will also be lost. Unless they set up an import and export company to operate their own foreign markets, they are unfamiliar with their talents, lack of energy and hard to keep up. Not all enterprises have the strength to grasp the market channel.

Chen Anhui, director of Quanzhou Peng Xiang Xingye import and Export Co., Ltd., told reporters that the company's current main business is more inclined to take orders from foreign merchants and then put them into production for domestic enterprises, which is more convenient. According to Chen Anhui, because all sectors of our country enjoy export tax rebate policy, when choosing agents to export their own brands, they need to pay tax rebates for enterprises, which will bring greater pressure to the import and export companies.