China'S Shoe Exports To Europe Have Dropped 30%, And The Market Has Been Carved Up.

China's shoe exports to Europe have dropped by 30%, and the market has been divided into Pakistan, Indonesia and India shoes.

In response to the EU's trade barriers against China's leather shoes products, some Chinese shoe companies filed a lawsuit against the first instance court of the European Union, accusing the European Council of imposing a 16.5% anti-dumping duty not in conformity with the relevant EU laws.

It is reported that the European Union Court of first instance has completed the first round of defense against anti-dumping proceedings filed by Chinese shoe companies, and AOKANG and other Chinese shoe enterprises will enter the second round of defense. The time will be about a year.

Wang Zhentao, vice president of the China Leather Association and President of AOKANG group, said that Chinese shoe enterprises will strive to achieve breakthroughs in the second stage of the judicial process.

EU anti-dumping failed to reduce the import of cheap shoes. In October 7, 2006, the EU imposed a 16.5% anti-dumping duty on leather shoes originating in China and other countries for 2 years.

It is understood that the implementation of the EU anti-dumping measures has had a great impact on the export of China's leather shoes industry for a year.

According to the data provided by the China Light Industry Arts and crafts import and export chamber, the number of imports of antidumping products from EU leather shoes dropped by 7.76% in the first half of this year compared with the same period.

Among them, imports from China and Vietnam declined significantly, the number of imports from China was 86 million pairs, and the import amount was 943 million US dollars, down 26.37% and 21.36% respectively from the same period last year.

However, there are signs that "containment" originates from the number of leather shoes exported by China, which is replaced by leather shoes from other countries. Many anti-dumping measures have led to many European customers turning to countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, India and Macao, China.

There are also media reports that the industry in Austria analyzed the market reaction after the implementation of the measure in the past year, and found that the import of cheap footwear did not decrease.

People in the industry say that this is because the shoemaking industry is a typical "jumper" industry, which relies mainly on labor force and related low cost to achieve competitive benefits. Therefore, the EU's so-called trade protection measures to avoid the impact of the European local shoe industry are of no practical significance.

Wang Zhentao said, "this result is obviously contrary to their original intention, and the EU should profoundly reflect on it."

China's shoe enterprises filed the first round of defense. Last December 29th, AOKANG group, Wenzhou TIMA, Guangdong golden shoe and Guangdong freshman Hong Kong dollar and other shoe companies submitted litigation materials to the European Court of first instance.

After the court of first instance accepted the litigation request of Chinese footwear enterprises, the two rounds of defense were carried out on both sides. The total time was about 2 years, and the first round of defense has been completed.

"As the first round of defense, the Council of the European Union has made a reply to the lawsuit filed by Chinese shoe companies one by one," the Chinese attorney general Pu Ling said.

However, in the first round of defense, the European Commission did not enter the judicial process as a stakeholder, but only retained the right of oral defense.

In April this year, the European Commission, as an interest related direction, made an appeal request from the first instance court of the European Union, expressing its support for the Council of the European Union.

Then in July, the European Footwear Association and 17 shoe manufacturers in Italy also made requests and intervened in the judicial process.

Pu Ling said that according to the European Union's anti-dumping proceedings, the second round of defense procedures will be launched immediately after the first round of defense procedures. The time will be one year.

In the second round of defense, China will mainly defend the defense points raised by the accused party in the first round of defense, such as the technical problems of dumping calculation, and how to apply the sampling investigation procedure.

Wang Zhentao said that Chinese shoe enterprises will strive to achieve breakthroughs in the second stage of the judicial process.