Jinjiang Shoes Exports Exceed $1 Billion 700 Million

Reporters learned from the inspection and quarantine department that in 2008, Jinjiang inspected 475 million pairs of export footwear products and the value of goods was 1 billion 731 million US dollars, down 0.48% and 10.75% respectively over the previous year, of which 180 million US dollars and 744 million US dollars were exported to the United States, Switzerland and the European Union.

Despite a slight decline in exports, exports exceeded the US $1 billion 700 million mark for the first time.

Jinjiang Bureau of Commerce analysis, last year (2008) since the second half of this year, Jinjiang shoe enterprises to actively adjust the industrial structure, improve production conditions, undertake a lot of high price orders, which is stable export volume, export volume increased by 10% more than the main reason.

At the same time, Jinjiang shoe enterprises are speeding up the development of the international market. Under the premise of maintaining stable orders in the European and North American markets, sales channels are gradually expanding to Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South America and Africa.

Jinjiang's foreign trade department takes the initiative to serve and guide enterprises to participate in international exhibitions such as Las Vegas, Germany, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Italy shoes exhibition, etc., and adjust and improve the "Jinjiang Street" of Hungary's Asian center, making it the main business platform for the export of Jinjiang footwear products to the European Union.

At the same time, we should speed up the construction of "China's commodity direct selling center" in Losangeles, and further expand the American market.