Export Of Leather Industry Is Unstable, Zhejiang Leather Production Is Slowing Down.

This year, 1~4 month, China

The fur trade and footwear industry achieved a surplus of US $16 billion 998 million, an increase of 2.53% over the same period last year, accounting for 88.09% of China's total trade surplus.

However, leather enterprises still face three big mountains, such as rising labor costs, rising prices of raw and auxiliary materials and exchange rate risks.

At present, the leather industry in the eastern region has developed steadily, and the leather industry in the central and western regions has been developing eye-catching.

Reporters learned from the China Leather Association that China's leather industry is an important industry for export earning.

Products and footwear industry exported 1~4 US $19 billion 344 million this year, an increase of 3.39% over the same period last year.

Imports of US $2 billion 346 million, an increase of 10% over the same period last year.

The surplus reached US $16 billion 998 million, an increase of 2.53% over the previous year, accounting for 88.09% of China's total trade surplus.

In 1~3 months, the surplus was $11 billion 929 million, down 0.59% from the same period last year.

Export rebound: further observation is needed

This year 1~4 months, China's leather, fur and footwear industry output value, profit growth year-on-year growth rate fell than last year, output growth has ended more than 20% of the rapid growth.

At the same time, imports of finished leather, semi finished leather, raw leather, raw fur and tanned fur continued to decline compared with the same period last year. The growth rate of light leather, shoemaking, leather and fur clothing decreased compared with last year, and the trend of slowing growth in production has become increasingly evident.

Zhejiang is a big province of leather industry in China. Wang Dong of the comprehensive statistics office of Ningbo customs has not fully grasped whether the foreign trade situation is improving.

Wang Dong said: "it may be influenced by the foreign trade situation. At present, a single customs declaration form and some large amount of bills are not as many as before, and some small bills will be more.

It is expected that with the implementation of a series of stable foreign trade policies in the early stage, the import and export of Ningbo port will have a gradual rebound process, but the intensity and duration of the rebound need further observation.

Insiders say that every spring, that is, April and May, is the peak period for foreign trade enterprises and international partners to form orders and implement trade volume. If we can maintain such a growth rate in the coming months or even improve again, we should say that enterprises have initially crossed the most difficult period of foreign trade.

Rising prices: no profit for enterprises

There is no doubt that the rising cost of labor and raw materials is an irreversible trend in the long run.

The head of a shoe company compares labor costs, raw and auxiliary materials, and exchange rate risks to three big mountains on the top of the enterprise.

Statistical analysis shows that the proportion of workers' wages in the current cost of shoes has risen from 13%~15% 5 years ago to 17%~19%.

But the rise of wages is linked to the benefits of enterprises. Enterprises are not effective at present, but wages are still increasing. Many enterprises are already overburdened.

According to footwear enterprises, the cost of materials has accounted for about 70% of the total cost of shoes, up by 3~5 percentage points from 5 years ago, and raw materials generally increased by 10% over 10 years ago.

The reporter understands that for the main raw material of shoemaking, the price of pig head is 10% higher than that of 2009 in 2010, and 38.5% higher than that in 2010. The soaring prices of main raw materials make * shoe enterprises unprofitable.

Central region: a new growth point of corporate profits

Reporters learned in the interview that the development of leather industry in our province is stable and the central region is eye-catching.

In the 1~4 months of this year, the largest proportion of the total industrial output value of leather, fur and footwear and footwear industry in China is still the largest in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. The total number of three provinces accounted for 51.29%; the output value of Hunan, Jiangxi, Henan, Hebei and other provinces increased faster than that of the industrial average, while the central share grew by 34.4%, faster than the eastern part by 20.2 percentage points.

In terms of profits, in the first quarter, Fujian accounted for the largest share of the total profits of leather, fur and products and footwear industry all over the country, followed by Henan and Hebei, while Guangdong and Zhejiang, the major industrial provinces, declined year by year.

Sales manager of a large chemical trading company said that the central and western regions have become the company's profit growth point: "foreign trade orders and the first half of last year fell by 30%~40%.

The number of declining companies is offset by the growth in domestic sales. The main area of domestic sales is the central and western regions. The volume of specific business in Chengdu, Wuhan and Chongqing is growing at a rate of 30%~40%.