Export Growth Of Zhejiang's Foreign Trade Clothing Was Negative In The First Half Year

According to the statistics of Hangzhou customs, in 2012 1-6, Zhejiang achieved a total import and export value of US $149 billion 650 million, an increase of 3.5% over the previous year, lower than the national average growth rate of 4.5 percentage points, and the import and export value ranks fifth in all provinces and cities of the country. Among them, exports of US $105 billion 650 million, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year, is lower than the national average growth rate of 4 percentage points, and the export value ranks third in all provinces and cities of the country. Imports of US $44 billion, down 0.4% compared to the same period last year, while the national import growth has been 6.7%. The value of imports in Zhejiang has been sixth in all provinces and municipalities across the country.

Last month, the value of imports and exports in Zhejiang decreased. In June, Zhejiang's foreign trade import and export value was US $26 billion 580 million, an increase of 1.1% over the same period last year, a decrease of 6.1%. Among them, the export ring ratio decreased by 3.9%, and the import annulus ratio decreased by 12.1%. This is also the third time this year that the import and export trade value of Zhejiang has dropped.

　　 Garment industry Negative growth in exports

"Actually bought 200 yuan clothes in the X building." This is Miss Zhuang's recent sigh on micro-blog. Consumers with similar feelings are not in the minority. In recent years, the clothing prices of shopping malls have soared, and thousands of dollars are not rare. However, recently, most of the shopping malls in Hangzhou city have been quietly discounting prices of clothing. "Generally below 50 percent off." After visiting the shopping mall, Ms. Zhang told reporters that this was rare in previous years.

On the one hand, influenced by the European debt crisis, the order of China's foreign trade enterprises has dropped sharply; on the other hand, domestic purchasing power is not as strong as in previous years, and two factors have different effects on import and export business.

Hangzhou customs revealed that in the first half of this year, the traditional export commodities such as textiles, clothing and high-tech products were relatively low, of which export clothing and high-tech products were 12 billion 310 million US dollars and 7 billion 540 million US dollars, down 1.7% and 0.59% respectively from the same period last year.

"This negative growth is probably the first time in Zhejiang's garment industry, so this year's Clothing enterprise Whether domestic or foreign trade, inventory is generally relatively high, discount is also the performance of the garment industry to supply more than needed. Hangzhou economic and Trade Commission textile department official said.

The decline of export value of clothing and other traditional commodities mainly comes from the impact of traditional export markets.

It is more obvious that exports to the EU continued negative growth in the first half of this year, with exports of US $24 billion 810 million, down 6.8% from the same period last year. Exports to the US, ASEAN and Russia increased by 13.6%, 10.4% and 14.1% respectively, and the growth rate dropped 26.2 percentage points over the same period last year. This slowing down of growth also makes businesses feel more and more difficult to do business.

"Orders for handicrafts exported to Australia and Europe and the United States have been reduced by at least half of last year." Mr. Li, a Yiwu foreign trade international freight forwarder limited, told reporters that the depreciation of the euro and Australian dollar has also directly reduced the profits of foreign trade. He is now trying to switch to emerging markets such as Brazil and Africa.

Zhoushan and Yiwu lead Zhejiang's foreign trade

Although the overall growth rate of Zhejiang's foreign trade slowed down in the first half of this year, Zhoushan's and Yiwu's achievements were the most eye-catching in this half year report of foreign trade.

In the first half of this year, Zhoushan and Yiwu imported and exported 7 billion 360 million US dollars and US $2 billion 20 million, up 29.1% and 20.5% respectively over the same period last year. The traditional markets of Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shaoxing imported and exported 47 billion 300 million US dollars, 30 billion 390 million US dollars and 15 billion 840 million US dollars respectively, representing an increase of 1%, 0.78% and 1.5% respectively, which are lower than the average growth rate of 3.5% of the total foreign trade import and export.

In June, Zhoushan and Yiwu imported and exported 1 billion 370 million US dollars and US $410 million, up 49.9% and 16.4% respectively over the same period last year. Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shaoxing imported and exported 8 billion 200 million US dollars, 5 billion 150 million US dollars and 2 billion 870 million US dollars respectively, representing an increase of 0.05%, a decrease of 4.2% and 5.9% respectively over the same period last year.

Data show that Zhoushan and Yiwu are widen the gap with other regions and become the leaders of Zhejiang's foreign trade. This shows that the advantages of the two key regions as the four major national strategies of Zhejiang province have emerged.

Foreign trade enterprise transformation or stick to it?

Expert analysis, the current foreign trade in our province faces three main difficulties: first, the global economic situation is still grim, the uncertain factors of instability are increasing, the external shocks can not be underestimated, the European and American markets are shrinking, the two is the rising cost of labor, the price of raw materials is still high, the problem of small and medium enterprises' loans is still outstanding, the cost of RMB exchange can not be ignored, the comprehensive operating cost of enterprises is increased, the profit margins are compressed, and the pressure of operation is increasing; three, the increase of trade friction and the tightening of trade environment. China has become the country with the most frictions in the world for 17 consecutive years. The form of friction has been constantly renovated, the industry has been constantly expanding, the industry has been expanding continuously, the number of launching countries has been increasing, and the institutional and institutional problems have gradually increased.

"This year's import and export business is really not ideal. I do import business from the downstream retail market." Ms. Yang, general manager of Yiwu Chiao Tuo commerce and Trade Co., Ltd. admitted that she had imported German knives, cooking utensils and so on in the past few years. The market has gradually opened, but the situation this year has made her somewhat confused.

In the face of such confusion, foreign trade enterprises should stick to this transformation? For this reason, there are also optimistic enterprises. Luxury goods But exports of commodities are still large. In addition, the European and American markets have not done well, but the market for South America, such as Brazil, is still very large. Yiwu foreign trade Mr. Li told reporters.

It is worth noting that, from the first half of the data, some exports have not been greatly affected, but on the contrary, they have shown a relatively good growth trend: the export appliances in the first half of this year were 2 billion 670 million US dollars, up 17.4% over the same period last year; export cars were US $100 million, an increase of 92.8% over the same period last year; the export of auto parts was US $2 billion 230 million, an increase of 9.4% over the same period last year.