Sadness "Christmas Robbery": Order Shortage Swept The Foundry Industry

The "order shortage" swept the Pearl River Delta, which should have been a happy and auspicious Christmas Eve. enterprise Is experiencing unprecedented pressure. In the afternoon of December 14th, Liao, a boss of the leather goods factory in Dongguan, chose to burn himself in an extreme way and ended his own life. But behind him, the trouble of debt did not go away because of his death. This may be just a microcosm of many foundry enterprises in the Pearl River Delta. Guangdong customs statistics released in January 2011 ~11 month foreign trade statistics show that Guangdong has processed since the second half of this year. Trade Exit Increase From 18.4% in June to negative growth in November. The second half is the concentrated delivery date of Christmas orders. What difficulties does the shoe industry in the Pearl River delta face? Under the slogan of the "leftover king" industry, what kind of helplessness and reflection are made in China?

Houjie "injured city"

The most extreme way of self destruction appeared in the Pearl River Delta. In the afternoon of December 14th, Liao, a boss of leather factory in Dongguan, burned himself with petrol in his office. However, the debt troubles behind him did not go away because of his death. Since the beginning of this year, enterprises in the usury game have been fleing, hanging, jumping buildings and other cases. What is the dilemma facing the boss who has chosen such a tragic way to end his life? In a field survey, reporters found that the long-term frustration of the manufacturing industry caused the boss to fall into deep psychological anxiety, "shut down factories, close stores, or export to domestic sales." this anxiety has spread to many areas of the Pearl River Delta.

Murder Caused by millions of debts

On the morning of December 19th, in front of Dongguan guanshun leather products Co., Ltd., No. 4 middle Garden Road, laoxia village, Houjie village, Houjie Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong, 3 debt collectors waited for the person in charge of the factory. In the afternoon of December 14th, the more than 40 year old Houjie local businessman, Mr. Liao, poured gasoline on himself on the first floor office and ignited himself. And behind this Liao Mou, leaving behind is nearly 4 million yuan debt. Guan Shun leather products Co., Ltd. was founded in 1996, specializing in the production of various kinds of CD bags, manuals, photo albums and handbags. The factory building occupies an area of more than 1800 square meters, and the scale of personnel is over 300. But as of the date of the incident, there were only 80 employees left. According to the staff, one night before the incident, several people came to the factory to collect debts, and the owner's self Immolation may not be related to arrears. Reporters later saw at laoxia community service station, the registered debt collection suppliers nearly 10 people. According to the staff, the company has declined since 2011, and its employees are basically "a few days off for a few days".

It is totally different from the busy scenes of Christmas and new year's rush in the past year. It was the busiest season every year from June to October. But from June this year, the order of Guan Shun leather goods factory has been reduced by nearly half. In October this year, the crown leather factory began to default on its wages. In December 1st, dozens of workers in the factory began to strike and complain to the labor service station. Liao Xiamen community service station on the morning of the 14 day to ask questions, Liao said at the time, said shortly to pay wages. Unexpectedly, after lunch at noon, Liao himself burned himself in the office. Although Li Qitian, deputy director of publicity and Education Bureau of Houjie Town, believes that Liao's self Immolation incident is mainly personal. However, according to a reporter's investigation, Liao's company has been in debt for a long time. Its choice of extreme suicide is directly related to the company's long-term management difficulties. In December 19th, a supplier waiting at the factory gate told reporters that as early as June, he supplied 2 needles machines to the crown leather products, with a total price of more than 15000 yuan. At that time, he did not receive cash payment, but only got a cheque. However, when transferring a bank account, the teller said there was no money to be paid in the checking account. He asked Liao's financial problems by telephone, and the reply was: "wait a minute, November funds must be credited." However, in the past November, the amount remained unchanged.

Closing shop is the best choice.

Similar to Liao, such a small and medium-sized enterprise, which is insolvent, is only a microcosm of hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises in Dongguan. In the past six months, numerous export-oriented Chinese enterprises have chosen to shrink their businesses or even go out of business, and some have even fled the way of volume to cope with the shrinking of capital chains and market demand. There is an industrial park less than 500 meters away from the crown crown leather factory. One of the factories called Wanli Shoes Co., Ltd. closed down at the end of September, but before the announcement of the bankruptcy, the boss fled with the money when he failed to repay the debt. Today, the company has gone to the ground.

Even earlier, in July this year, Houjie Shoe Company Limited took the initiative to close its doors. According to the data provided by the Dongguan business department for reporters, only in August this year, the city cancelled and revoked 104 kinds of shoe enterprises. In addition to the officially registered enterprises, the number of factories that have been quietly shut down locally is unknown. It is understood that there are more than 1500 shoe enterprises and more than 2000 supporting enterprises in Dongguan.

Closure is a forced necessity. "Shoe production profit margins have been greatly reduced, even if there are orders, we dare not answer. Sometimes factories start up, but staffing is seriously inadequate. And small factories are basically running at a loss. Hui Sen shoe city D area of a foreign trade store owner said.

The North Ring Road of Houjie Town, Dongguan, which is "one shoe Street", is the most concentrated place of shoe industry in Dongguan. It has more than 10 professional markets, namely, laoxia market, Hongyun shoe material square, Kangmei shoe city, husinen shoe city and so on. The Houjie ha ha community, known as the "10 pairs of shoes in the world, has 1 pairs of products" since then, with an annual export volume of 500 million pairs. However, nowadays, apart from the large enterprises such as Huajian group and BELLE group, these stores are mainly for customers from Africa, the Middle East and other places, and these customers are very sensitive to prices. "A pair of shoes earn only a few yuan."

In December 20th, reporters found that a large number of stores had closed down in the "shoe city" survey. In the once booming market of Hongyun shoe materials, reporters found that nearly half of a row of stores closed. Zeng boss has closed for more than 1 months at a store in the shoe city of Hui Sen. Giving up the nearly 20 square meter store means that he will also lose another 10 thousand yuan of rental deposit. "Business is so bad, rather than 10 thousand yuan." As he did, there were more than 10 in the shoe city of Hui Sen.

The city of Conson shoes is just like the front door of the city. The most prosperous northern ring road is the most famous shoe city in Dongguan and the Pearl River Delta. Nowadays, there are few pedestrians on the streets. The lorries are parked in the twos and threes, and most of the drivers do nothing at all. And half a kilometre away, soon after the completion of the heyday shoe Bo city is facing the opening. Although the rental price has been approved as a relatively cheap 70 yuan / square meter, and half a year's rent free period, there are still more than 10 stores in 50 stores that have not yet been leased. Most of the rented shops have no signs of being settled. Once the boss told reporters that now that "small orders, fewer employees, cash shortage, high cost" era, many bosses are considering how to spend the winter next year, how to quit the industry.