Ningbo'S Foreign Trade Enterprises Are "Two Days Of Ice And Fire" On New Year'S Day.

Seeing the Spring Festival approaching, what is the situation of Ningbo's foreign trade enterprises in the traditional peak season of foreign trade export enterprises? This reporter recently learned from a number of foreign trade companies that Ningbo foreign trade company could be described as "two days of ice and fire" during this period.

The production of most foreign trade factories is still very busy, and even the recruitment plan is ahead of schedule after the Spring Festival.

Zhu Feilong is the general manager of Ningbo Noble garment industry Co., Ltd.

"Customers sold a lot during the past Christmas and new year.

In addition to Noble, Guang Bo, Foleshi, Lan Da and other foreign trade enterprises are also very busy.

In order to rush orders, many enterprises have been working for several months, even during New Year's day.

In order to retain employees and reduce the impact of employees returning home on the production schedule during the Spring Festival, many companies have increased basic wages and welfare benefits for workers.

"After the wages and benefits of employees have been raised, the company has been able to keep people more smoothly. Now, the turnover of employees is only about 5% a year."

Zhu Feilong told reporters that so far, the company's orders this year have exceeded 60% of last year's total. In addition to retaining the existing manpower, we have to advance the planned recruitment plan after the Spring Festival to the new year's Eve. "During the new year's day, we have recruited a group of workers to calculate the number of recruits before the Spring Festival."

Some enterprises continue to order, enterprises have to recruit people in advance, while some enterprises can not receive orders, only let employees leave home early.

It is understood that the decline in external demand and insufficient domestic sales have become the twin predicaments faced by many foreign trade enterprises in Ningbo last year.

According to the statistics of the Municipal Bureau of foreign trade and economic cooperation, since the third quarter of last year, the growth rate of foreign trade in our city has declined.

In the 1-11 months of last year, the import and export volume of our city increased by 19.5%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the first 10 months, the lowest increase last year.

The turbulence in the external economic situation, and the increase in production costs and the continued appreciation of the renminbi have led to the shrinking of corporate profits. Many foreign trade enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, have been caught in the embarrassing situation of "not as long as the short list, but not as long as the orders are not answered".

The head of a machinery manufacturing enterprise in Yinzhou District told reporters that due to the lack of orders at the moment, the profits received from the enterprises were not enough to cover the expenses of the daily operation of the company. 1/3 of the field workers had returned home, and he was planning to stop working earlier this weekend, leaving the employees left early.

Facing the trend of "polarization" presented by our foreign trade enterprises at the beginning of the new year, how should foreign trade enterprises cope with the impacts and challenges brought about by the international and domestic situation of turbulence in the new year? In the recent "forum on foreign trade and economic situation" held in 2012, the head of the Municipal Bureau of foreign trade and economic cooperation suggested that facing the challenging foreign trade situation, foreign trade enterprises should speed up the pace of "going out", persist in innovation, strengthen risk prevention and control, and actively explore the international market.