The Negative Impact Of Weak External Demand On Shantou'S Clothing Exports Will Continue.

< p > Shantou customs statistics show that in 2012 1-11, Shantou exported < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/" target= "_blank" > clothing < /a > and attachment accessories (hereinafter referred to as "clothing") $1 billion 310 million, an increase of 1.4% over the same period last year (same below).

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< p > it is reported that Shantou's clothing exports to the main markets have shown negative growth, and exports to Africa and ASEAN have increased significantly.

In 1-11 months, exports to Africa amounted to US $96 million 810 thousand, an increase of 36.9%, and exports to ASEAN amounted to US $94 million 890 thousand, an increase of 50.3%.

Sweaters, underwear, pajamas and other traditional dominant varieties of exports were sluggish, wedding dress and evening wear exports increased significantly.

In 1-11 months, the total export of all kinds of wedding dresses and evening gowns amounted to US $68 million 210 thousand, an increase of 21.3%.

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< p > customs analysis shows that the negative impact of weak external demand on Shantou's clothing exports will continue.

The weakening of foreign demand reduced the orders of most garment export enterprises. According to statistics, the turnover of Shantou trade group was only $290 million at the 112nd Canton Fair, which was 9.5% lower than that of the previous session.

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< p > Shantou Customs said that the questionnaire survey conducted by Shantou customs this year on small and medium-sized enterprises in the customs area showed that the biggest difficulty faced by SMEs is the reduction of orders.

In addition, trade barriers emerge one after another to raise the threshold of clothing export.

China's < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/" target= "_blank" > textile < /a > clothing products has been the main target of Global trade friction and the key object of import and export restrictions in Europe and America.

In 2011 alone, the European Union, the United States, Egypt and many other countries and regions had more than 40 items of laws, regulations and technical requirements for the newly revised and promulgated export garments in China.

In the first 3 quarters of this year, the EU RAPEX system issued 236 announces to China's textile and clothing products, an increase of 81.54% over the same period last year. In addition, the European Union announced that it would ban all imports of textile products containing environmental hormones.

In the first half of this year, the United States issued nearly 20 recall reports on China's exports of textile and clothing products.

At the same time, India, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Russia and other emerging economies also frequently launched trade remedy measures for China's textile and clothing products.

Trade barriers emerge in an endless stream, raising the export threshold of clothing products in Shantou, and increasing the cost of inspection for garment export enterprises.

With rising labor costs and accelerating exchange rate growth, the prices of textile raw materials such as cotton and polyester staple fluctuate greatly, which also increases the export pressure of enterprises.

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"P" Customs analysts point out that Shantou clothing export to maintain stable growth, the key is to speed up the structural adjustment of products and industrial upgrading, cultivate and develop independent brands, combined with the world trend and the consumption habits of export market, to create Shantou characteristics, Shantou manufacturing, Shantou created products, get rid of only rely on "a href=" "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_s.asp" > export < /a > to earn low processing fees, to improve the comprehensive competitiveness of products.

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