Footwear Exports In Fujian Decreased By 0.5% In 1-6 Months.

In the first half of 08 years, 930 million pairs of shoes exported from Fujian Province, 0.5% lower than the same period last year, valued at 2 billion 440 million US dollars, up 5.9% over the same period last year.

Among them, the new trend of the EU market deserves attention.

Fuzhou customs July 30th news, customs statistics show that in the first half of 2008, Fujian shoes export 930 million pairs, compared with the same period of 07 years (the same below) 0.5%, worth 2 billion 440 million US dollars, an increase of 5.9%.

First, the main characteristics of exports: (1) general trade exports increase slightly, and processing trade exports decline.

In the first half of the year, Fujian province exported 800 million pairs of shoes in general trade mode, an increase of 0.5%, accounting for 86.4% of the total export volume of shoes in Fujian Province in the same period, and 100 million pairs of shoes exported by processing trade decreased by 8.6%, accounting for 10.8%.

(two) the export of foreign-funded enterprises is growing, and the export of domestic enterprises is declining.

In the first half of this year, 220 million pairs of shoes exported by foreign invested enterprises in Fujian increased by 15.7%, accounting for 23.3% of the total export volume of shoes exported to Fujian in the same period.

Over the same period, private enterprises exported 480 million pairs, down 3.2%, accounting for 51.4%, and state-owned enterprises exported 180 million pairs, down 15.1%, accounting for 19.4%.

(three) exports to the US declined, and exports to the EU increased slightly.

In the first half of this year, Fujian province exported 300 million pairs of shoes to the United States, a decrease of 6.6%, and 200 million pairs of exports to the EU, an increase of 3.9%.

The above two places account for 53.8% of the total export volume of shoes exported to Fujian in the same period.

(four) the export of textile fabric shoes and leather shoes is relatively large.

In the first half of the year, the 700 million pairs of shoes made of rubber or plastic in Fujian's export outsole and uppers increased by 5.3%, accounting for 75.4% of the total export volume of shoes exported from Fujian in the same period. The export of textile materials was 140 million pairs of shoes and 11.1%, while the export of leather shoes 80 million pairs decreased by 20.7%.

Two, the recent trends in the EU market deserve our attention.

With the increase of labor costs and raw material costs, appreciation of the renminbi, export rebates and adjustment of processing trade policies, the pressure of Chinese footwear enterprises has intensified. The US subprime mortgage crisis, the EU trade restrictions and technical barriers continue to increase, which further worsens the export environment. In the first half of 08 years, the export of shoes in Fujian has shown a negative growth trend.

As the second largest market for shoes exports in Fujian, the EU's recent trend deserves attention: first, the EU will extend the anti-dumping period.

Since October 7, 2006, the European Union has imposed a 2 year and 16.5% anti-dumping duty on Chinese leather shoes. After the re export trade and other reasons, the measure extended to Macao in April 29th 08.

Anti dumping measures led to serious setbacks in exports of Chinese leather shoes to the EU.

In 2007, Fujian exported 30 million pairs of leather shoes to the EU, down 27.1% from the same period last year, and exported 10 million pairs of leather shoes in the first half of 2008, down 30.4% from the same period last year.

Although the EU's anti-dumping measures against Chinese leather shoes will expire in October 2008, the Italy Footwear Association and the European footwear Federation have begun to lobby actively. The European footwear Federation has decided to extend the anti-dumping measures to China and Vietnam leather shoes to the EU for 5 years.

The two is the implementation of the two major green barriers of the European Union.

The European Union's registration, assessment, licensing and restriction system (REACH) has been pre registered since June 1, 2008, and the directive on the sale and use of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) came into effect in June 27, 2008, which greatly improved the "threshold" of footwear exports to Europe.

According to the REACH code, after January 1, 2009, unregistered or pre registered footwear items will not be allowed to enter the European Union.

Compared with REACH, the limitation of PFOS directive is more specific, and will directly impact on textiles, leather shoes and so on. However, China has not yet developed textile auxiliaries that can fully comply with EU's PFOS control standards.

Three, suggestions: first, the government should play a guiding role in dealing with EU anti-dumping measures and technical barriers, and actively coordinate with the EU. Two, the chamber of Commerce and trade associations should shoulder heavy responsibilities in coordinating their external behaviors and strengthening their self-discipline.

Establish an industry's import and export monitoring and early warning system, establish smooth information distribution channels; three, enterprises should play the main role in dealing with anti-dumping measures and technical barriers.

Footwear enterprises should change their traditional distribution methods, improve their technological level and environmental quality, and explore their own brand development path.