Processing Trade Is Now Upgrading.

A few days ago, the catalogue of processing trade prohibited products was published in 2008. There were 1816 customs commodity codes, including 39 new banned categories and 598 second banned products in 2007.

New catalogues lock in products with high pollution and high environmental risk.

Compared with the first batch of prohibited products in processing trade in 2007, there were 1853 commodities. This year, the catalogue of prohibited products in processing trade decreased significantly.

Experts pointed out that it is mainly considering the great pressure brought by the changes of internal and external environment to China's processing trade enterprises. At the same time, they insist on promoting the pformation and upgrading of processing trade in recent years, and guide enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to develop to higher technological content and greater value-added links.

The Ministry of Commerce pointed out that the newly revised processing trade policy no longer applies "one size fits all" to the processing trade, and many small and medium-sized enterprises will also present the vitality of industrial upgrading.

The new policy will relax the low polluting labor intensive processing trade industry, but still restrict the high energy consumption and high polluting industries.

It is understood that due to the pformation of the "New Deal" in processing trade, all traditional industries that belong to small and medium sized enterprises, which provide a large number of job opportunities and pollution-free will be excluded from the regulatory list.

This will lead to the revive of most furniture, clothing, footwear and textile enterprises, especially many small and medium-sized enterprises will reappear on the road of industrial upgrading.

Processing trade has always played a pivotal role in the national economy of our country. It plays an important role in promoting the national economy, promoting the development of supporting industries in China, promoting the adjustment of domestic industrial structure and technological progress. It is also an important way to make use of foreign capital and increase employment and improve the quality of workers.

However, for a long time, there are still some problems in the development of processing trade, such as the high degree of dependence on foreign trade, the development of domestic related raw material industries, and the intensification of international trade frictions.

It is precisely these problems, especially in recent years, that the huge trade surplus not only aggravated the trade frictions between China and Europe, but also increased the appreciation pressure of RMB.

And processing trade is not only about half of China's total import and export, but also the main source of China's current trade surplus.

Since last year, the state has adopted a series of macroeconomic regulation and control policies, such as limiting the export tax rebates for some products, and setting up a catalogue of prohibited processing trade commodities.

Under the cumulative influence of these policies, the impact of China's tightening of processing trade policy is becoming clearer.

On the one hand, from September last year, the export volume of light industry, textile and garment processing trade continued to decline.

This year, China's foreign trade surplus is lower than that of the same period last year, and it is decreasing month by month.

On the other hand, the large number of processing trade enterprises in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta have generally reduced their profits and even lost money. Some of them have also chosen to pfer their origin.

Of course, "part of the business failure is not a factor of" processing trade ". Labor difficulties, appreciation of the renminbi, increased environmental costs, and rising labor costs are also the main reasons.

Experts point out that the trade surplus will be greatly reduced in a short time, and the pressure of RMB appreciation will increase. This will inevitably bring pressure to employment and the plight of many processing enterprises, especially many small and medium-sized enterprises will suffer the greatest impact, so that China's economic development will be affected to a certain extent.

Against this background, relevant departments have made technical adjustments to the processing trade policy in 2008.

As soon as the new policy came out, it aroused great repercussions in light industry and textile industry.

Because many of these industries are small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in processing trade export, they are the traditional industries that provide large amounts of employment opportunities and pollute the country.

According to the introduction, in the industrial environment where RMB appreciation continues to rise and raw materials and labor costs continue to rise, enterprises should bear the impact of many regulatory measures such as reducing export rebates, increasing export tariffs and adjusting processing trade policies.

This has a huge impact on some light industry, textile and other export enterprises.

The industry can clearly feel that the adjustment of the government's export policy will be more moderate and pragmatic in the future. It takes full account of the enormous pressure brought by changes in the internal and external environment to the enterprises, and realizes that upgrading enterprises is never overnight.

The industry generally believed that the processing trade policy appeared "relaxed", is a positive signal.

This change means that the adjustment of export policy can not only buffer external pressure, but also give enterprises a space for digestion. It is a rare development opportunity for textile, footwear, furniture and other traditional labor-intensive industries, especially for outward oriented SMEs. It is the best chance to show vitality on the stage of industrial upgrading.

Experts point out that the positive role played by processing trade in China's economic development is irreplaceable in other modes of trade.

At the same time, China's processing trade is also facing some problems. There are some restrictive factors and need to be soberly understood.

Only by recognizing the challenges faced by the processing trade, further improving the policies on processing trade, and accelerating the pformation and upgrading of processing trade can we make greater contributions to China's economic take-off.