Transformation And Upgrading Of Zhejiang Shoe Leather Industry Is Urgent.

In the face of many adverse factors, the first half of the year Zhejiang foreign trade handed over a pcript of "stabilizing and promoting".

Reporters learned from the Hangzhou customs today that from 1 to June this year, our province achieved a total import and export volume of US $102 billion 390 million, an increase of 27% over the same period last year, which is 1.3 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate.

Among them, exports of US $73 billion 100 million, an increase of 26.1% over the previous year, is 4.2 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate.

Our province is a major foreign trade province with a high degree of dependence on exports.

Since the beginning of this year, under the multiple effects of accelerating RMB appreciation, international oil prices and new subprime mortgage crisis, the rapid growth of foreign trade in our province has been hindered. In the first half of the year, the two export growth rate was lower than the national average.

Faced with unprecedented difficulties, our governments and foreign trade enterprises have worked together this year to adhere to the principle of "tackling both problems and stability", and doing everything possible to overcome difficulties and maintain steady development of foreign trade, and have begun to show results.

Hangzhou customs statistics show that in June the export growth of our province has increased compared with last month.

Near "maintaining stability", efforts to promote "adjustment" are also advancing.

Hangzhou customs statistics show that in the first half of this year, a number of new products with high technology content, such as ships and auto parts in our province, have greatly increased export growth than traditional export products such as textiles, clothing and footwear.

For example, ships exported 1 billion 560 million US dollars in the first half of this year, an increase of 113.1% over the same period last year.

These new products with strong aftereffect have added an important weight to our province's foreign trade through the current difficulties.

In the second half of the year, the export situation of our province is still very grim.

Hangzhou customs statistics show that in the first half of this year, the growth rate of traditional export commodities such as textiles, clothing and accessories, footwear and agricultural products in our province slowed down significantly or decreased.

The responsible person of the provincial foreign trade and Economic Cooperation Department also said that at present, our province's foreign trade exports still face many unfavorable factors. The pressure of maintaining stable export growth in the second half of this year is greater. Our foreign trade enterprises must estimate more and more difficulties.