Footwear Products In Libya Have Great Prospects For Development

First, the import situation of Libya's goods. Libya is an oil producing country. Apart from the petroleum and petrochemical industry and agriculture, other industrial products, daily necessities and 80% of the food are basically dependent on imports. In 2006, the amount of imports amounted to US $13 billion 600 million.

Due to geographical location and historical customs, Libya's main trading partners are Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey and South Korea, accounting for more than 60% of its total imports.

Two, the basic situation of China and Lee trade 1, China and Lee trade grew rapidly.

According to Chinese customs statistics, in 2007, the import and export volume of China and Lee amounted to US $2 billion 400 million, of which China's exports to Lee amounted to US $859 million.

From 1 to April 2008, China's exports to Lee amounted to US $390 million, an increase of 53.2% over the same period last year.

In 2006, the trade of importing countries of origin was: Italy 18.9%, Germany 14.3%, China 7.5%, Tunisia 6.3%, France 5.8%, Turkey 5.2%, US 4.7%, South Korea 4.3%, Britain 4%.

2, the main channels of China and China's trade.

Since Libya does not allow foreign companies to set up trade companies in the Leigh territory and directly engage in trade and sales operations, there are three main channels for China and China's trade, one is that Libya merchants have made direct purchases to China, which accounts for about 65% of the total trade volume.

In 2007 alone, there were more than 7000 Libya businessmen visiting the market in China and attending various trade fairs such as Canton Fair.

Some businessmen also set up representative offices in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and Yiwu.

The two is through intermediaries or commercial websites and other channels.

Intermediaries are generally entrepot trade through Dubai.

Business websites are mainly professional business websites such as Alibaba, and large enterprises are specialized networks.

Three, Chinese enterprises are directly developing the market in Libya.

The main purpose is to take part in various trade fairs and find powerful agents.

Three, the main business opportunities of China and Lee trade. In recent years, China's main exports to Libya are automobile and automobile spare parts, construction machinery, small processing machinery, textiles and clothing, shoes, household appliances, furniture, glass, tires, bags, toys, food and daily necessities.

Specific conditions are introduced as follows: 1, small processing machinery.

Libya's private sector has been developing more vigorously in recent years. The State encourages individuals to develop processing industries through preferential policies such as tax incentives.

Before Libya's sanctions, the domestic processing industry, except for the oil industry, was almost blank. At present, various small processing industries, such as tomato paste, juice and other food processing machinery, packaging machinery, washing powder production line, chemical machinery, cement production machinery and brick making machinery, are emerging in the late 80s of China.

Because buyers in Libya usually lack the most basic professional knowledge of these products, they generally need exporters to export processing machinery, but also require customers to send people to install and debug, provide necessary spare parts and quality assurance for about a year, and train local workers.

2, cars.

Libya imports China's major car saloon cars, SUV, pickup trucks, light trucks and buses.

A, car market situation, Libya automobile market is divided into three grades, the first is the European and American cars, about 25%, the second gear is Japan and Korea cars, about 70%, the third gear is about 5% of Chinese cars.

Since 2003, there are 9 brands of Chinese cars in Libya Market: Chery, Geely, Huapu, geo, Ling mu, Changhe and the Great Wall.

At first, it entered the market with the price advantage. But because of the gradual increase of Libya residents' income and the poor quality of Chinese cars, they lost their market in Libya market.

B and truck market are popular pickup trucks, light trucks and buses.

Among them, Yangzi pickup is the most successful. Since 04 years, the import volume has increased year by year, and the selling price has increased year by year, which has been widely recognized by users.

C, with the gradual recovery of Libya's tourism and long-distance passenger pport, there is a certain demand for China's buses.

Henan Yutong and Xiamen Jinlong and Zhong Tong buses have certain sales, including Jinlong bus share.

3. Construction machinery and building materials.

In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary victory of the revolution, Libya plans to implement a large number of infrastructure projects such as housing, airports, railways, highways, hotels, tourist facilities, etc., with a total investment of about 1500 billion in three years. In 2008, it made a 339 billion development budget.

Against this background, Libya market has strong demand for construction machinery and building materials.

At present, as far as construction machinery is concerned, Sany and Shandong Futian have achieved good results in the Libya market.

The most distinctive feature of Libya Expo in 2008 is the increasing number of exhibitors in construction machinery. Among them, Korean brands such as HUNDAI, Turkey HIDROMEK and BOBCAT of the United States have entered the Libya market.

In addition, because Libya has great gaps in building materials such as cement, glass, steel, aluminum and sanitary porcelain, building materials will be a new growth point for China's export to Lee.

At present, imports of glass, steel and tile are increasing year by year.

4. Oilfield equipment.

Libya is a single economic country dominated by the petroleum industry. There is a great demand for drilling equipment and processing equipment in the oil field.

Unlike other commodities, oil field equipment is basically purchased by oil companies, and exporters need to have timely information about tenders.

5, textiles, clothing and footwear.

Because Libya is a Arabia country, Chinese clothing can only be accepted by local people in men's wear, children's wear and sportswear, while women's clothing is not very suitable for local dress habits.

In footwear, China's tourist shoes and slippers are more popular, especially the high-grade leather slippers, which is related to the Libya people going to the mosque every day wearing slippers.

It is worth mentioning that since last year, China's bed products began to be popular in the Libya market.

6, household appliances.

At present, China's color TV, air conditioners, washing machines are sold in the Libya market, but the share is not large.

The appliance market is still occupied by Korea's LG, Panasonic, SONY and some European brands.

Take air conditioning as an example. At present, Chinese brands in the market mainly include GREE, AUX, TCL and GENERAL.

7, tea.

Since 80s, Libya has imported tea from China.

Libya prefers near green tea, while Benghazi prefers black tea.

Before 2007, tea was a national exclusive commodity in Libya and was exclusively purchased by the state supply company.

The company imports all green tea from China, with an annual import volume of about 5000 - 7500 tons.

After 2007, all businesses were released, and the government abolished the financial subsidy for tea. Due to the two factors of increasing the price of tea market and reducing the smuggling of tea from Libya across the country, the demand for tea dropped sharply, and the annual import volume was about 2000-3000 tons.

Four, Libya's trade regulations 1, business management system.

Libya does not allow foreign businessmen to establish commercial companies and representative offices in China, nor does it allow foreign workers to engage in business activities.

That is to say, Chinese export enterprises can not directly enter the Libya market by themselves, nor do they sell goods directly in the Libya market.

At present, some Chinese businessmen have reached a private agreement with the people of Libya, declaring sales in the name of Libya people, but the risks are enormous. Once they are found by the authorities or fraudulent by the partners, they will lose a lot.

2, trade agent system.

In order to ensure the quality of imported products, Libya has been implementing the trade agent system, ensuring the quality of imported products and providing after-sales service by agents.

Since January 1, 2007, the Ministry of trade and economic cooperation of Libya has decided that the import of certain commodities must be carried out by registered agents in Libya, and clearly stipulates the agent varieties and agency scope of agents.

For a general commodity, a commodity can only have one agent in Libya, while an agent can represent similar products of different enterprises.

In April 2008, due to the fact that the agency system intensified business monopoly and restricted free competition, the price of goods in Libya market was rising rapidly.

Therefore, the Ministry of trade and economic cooperation of Libya is studying the abolition of agency system.

3, the certification system of documents.

The Libya customs requires that the Libya trade certificate of origin and commercial invoice need to be authenticated to the local embassy in Libya. At the same time, the relevant documents are required to be plated into Arabic.

At the same time, we should also remind ourselves of the certification time and certification fees.

Specific information can be found on the website of the Ministry of foreign affairs of China (www.fmprc.gov.cn).

4, commodity inspection system.

Libya's inspection standards are mostly European standards.

With regard to strict control of food and drug inspection and registration system, only enterprises with registered commodities will be eligible to tender.

At present, the inspection department of Libya has not yet reached a cooperation agreement on product quality inspection with the Chinese government. It is still necessary for the quality inspection department to check the qualified products.

5, boycott business activities with businesses in Israel.

Because of the evil between Libya and Israel, the Libyan government banned commercial activities and foreign trade with Israel, nor did it allow Libya to ship at Israeli ports.

Five, Zhongli trade matters 1, improve the quality of export products.

Libya is an African country, but its economic strength and consumption level are higher than most African countries. The main commodity of Libya market is from Europe. It can not equate this market position with other African countries.

But in fact, the quality requirements of Libya are relatively high.

Some middle and high-income families in Libya seldom buy Chinese products. This is mainly due to the fact that most of the Chinese products in the Libya market are of low quality and low price.

It is hoped that Chinese enterprises will export more quality products to the market so as to enhance their product image and expand their market share.

2, it is very important to find strong agents.

Because Libya restricts the direct business and agency system of foreign companies, it is particularly important to choose a powerful agent.

If the agent is not strong enough or the reputation is not good, it will affect its agent's entry into the market.

People in Libya like to speak big words and must not blindly believe in it. If they want to make a thorough investigation of it, then confirm the agency relationship.

3, we must fully understand the needs and customs of the local market.

Such as Libya is a Arabia country, like to wear national costume, the weather is hot, whether the fabric is pure cotton and other requirements are not high, but must be breathable and cool.

Libya people advocate green, and they prefer white and silver gray to cars.

Libya people like to pursue fashion, and accept new models, electrical appliances and electronic products very quickly.

4, observe business procedures and pay attention to raising awareness of risk prevention.

In recent years, with the gradual liberalization of foreign trade, some trade disputes, such as the purchase of credit in arrears, and even malicious debts have occurred frequently.

It is hoped that Chinese enterprises should carry out trade activities according to business procedures. They should have awareness of risk prevention, pay attention to importers' credit investigation, standardize contract terms, adopt letter of credit and other guaranteed payment methods, and try to avoid D/P, prepayment, collection and other risky payment methods.