The Leather Industry Will Usher In New Development Opportunities This Year

In recent years, the leather industry has been in a difficult situation. With the increase of international trade friction, adjustment of export policy, strengthening of energy conservation and emission reduction and social responsibility, substantial turbulence of raw materials, rising cost of production factors, and aggravation of international financial crisis, the leather industry, which is already in the process of reshuffle, is in a difficult situation. The international and domestic economic slowdown has intensified the strength and depth of industry reshuffle, and the industry is beset with difficulties. However, opportunities often contain challenges and difficulties. Recently, the high-level trend and a series of measures of the central ministries and commissions show that the leather industry is pregnant with great development opportunities. ????? 2008 is a nightmare year for China's import and export enterprises. Many enterprises have suffered extraordinary attacks and incalculable losses. Especially in the second half of 2008, the financial storm originated from the United States has evolved into a global financial crisis and economic crisis. China's leather industry is inevitably affected by multiple adverse factors at home and abroad, and its development has encountered many new difficulties and challenges. Hebei leather industry and the national leather industry suffered the same. It is the morning when the nightmare wakes up. How should the leather industry scientifically analyze and judge the current and future international and domestic situation, smoothly pass through the adjustment period, and then continue to win the initiative in the new round of market competition, is a new topic that the industry needs to discuss together. ????? In 2008, it was a year of disaster for Hebei leather industry. The European Union's PFOS directive, the strong wind of environmental protection in Hebei Province to meet the Olympic Games, and the global financial crisis, have made Hebei leather industry suffer a lot of impact, but many people in the industry are optimistic that this is only a slight trauma to the whole leather industry in Hebei Province. ????? The export market of leather, fur and its products has been in a downturn, which is the most prominent problem facing Hebei leather industry this year. Since the end of last century, this period has been a period of hardship for Hebei leather industry. In 2008, the development situation of leather industry in Hebei Province was more difficult to grasp: the domestic leather garment leather market was still in the doldrums and further shrinking, most of the foreign markets were not standardized, various cases (incidents) hit Hebei leather industry one after another, EU trade barrier cases were one after another, In 2007, the Russian government issued a new immigration policy to prohibit foreigners from engaging in retail business in Russia. A layer of external pressure made the leather industry in Hebei too busy to withstand. At the same time, the national environmental protection indicators have been continuously improved, leather and leather clothing technology update has been accelerated, and the domestic and foreign trade market is unstable. All these fully prove that the development situation of leather industry is difficult to grasp, which makes Hebei leather industry suffer from internal and external troubles, and the industry is in a dilemma. ????? This year, Hebei leather industry market can be described as "at a loss". In Xinji, Daying and Shangcun of Hebei Province, where leather, fur and leather fur clothing are mainly exported, more than 50% of enterprises worry about not getting orders at the beginning of the year; In half a year, more than 50% of the enterprises are worried about having orders; By the end of the year, nearly 50% of enterprises had accumulated goods and pressed goods to varying degrees, and even some enterprises had leather clothing ????? The accumulation of more than 10000 pieces of goods has caused heavy economic losses. However, there are always rules to follow in the development of the market, which is predicted by industry experts and experts. At present, this situation will create more and greater development opportunities for many small and medium-sized leather, leather clothing, shoe-making and luggage manufacturing enterprises, because they have the characteristics of light burden, professional skills and fast transition. But Hebei leather, leather clothing, shoes, bags and other industry characteristics determine its market concentration is not very high, and small and medium-sized enterprises occupy the mainstream position in the market. Thinking determines the way out, enterprises with unconventional development must have unconventional development strategy. In order to seek greater development, small and medium-sized enterprises must broaden their horizons, innovate their ideas, and be good at grasping and daring to let go. ????? The European Union PFOS directive once became a headache for Hebei leather garment industry. PFOS, the full name of perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS), is the main active component of antifouling agent for textiles and leather products. It is widely used in the production of civil and industrial products. It is the most difficult to degrade organic pollutants. It has high bioaccumulation and multiple toxicity. It will not only cause respiratory problems of human body, but also cause the death of newborn infants, People are paying more and more attention to the global pollution caused by it. ????? After the directive came into effect, the export of related products in Hebei Province was seriously affected, especially leather garment manufacturers. In the first half of 2008, when many people in Hebei leather garment industry didn't know what PFOS meant, some leather and leather garment manufacturers who were operating in the European Union unexpectedly received product quality problem notices from Europe and the United States, and there were calls for refund and return. The situation for a time made the boss of leather garment enterprises worried and at a loss. However, after the joint efforts of the government and enterprises to seek quality and technical improvements, the PFOS restriction, which is regarded as a permanent disease by the industry, has been successfully resolved. ????? The green Olympic environmental protection storm action and the global financial storm have made some "leather bases" in Hebei Province, which are famous for small leather making, suffered heavy losses. Since the reform and opening up, Hebei leather and fur industry has ushered in a rapid development stage. It has not only formed its own distinctive characteristics, but also occupied half of the domestic leather market. It has become a small and well-known Distribution Center for leather and leather products production and processing in the world. There are all kinds of leather, fur, leather making, clothing and shoe making. From the geographical point of view, there have been many leather production bases with different characteristics: Xinji, the capital of leather and leather clothing, which is famous for the production of sheepskin garment leather, shoe upper leather, leather clothing and fur clothing; There is a history of the production of sheepskin glove leather and the popularity of leather trade; There is a rapid rise in the production of cattle and horse leather sofa leather; There are Daying and Shangcun, which are famous for their fur clothing and clothing; Yuanyang and Yuxian are good at processing Ningxia Tan sheep skin and broken leather mattress; There are Nangong and the Forbidden City, which are developing rapidly with sheep shearing products. However, in the year of Beijing Olympic Games, the leather industry in Hebei has suffered an unimaginable predicament, and the leather and fur industry in Hebei Province is still in a situation of struggling with heavy load. From January to August 2008, 30% of the enterprises in Xiangying tannery Industrial Zone in Xinji were underemployed, and 40% of them were in the state of production and half production in the whole year. Only 30% of the enterprises were in normal production. The market sales and local tax revenue in the first three quarters decreased by more than half compared with that of the previous year. This situation is even more serious in Wuji and leaving history. The above two places are famous for small-scale leather making. Most of them are small-scale and large-scale, and most of them are small-scale and large-scale domestic workshop type tanning enterprises in the transitional period. With serious pollution, high energy consumption and extensive impact, the production has been completely banned since 2007. In 2008, some medium-sized leather making enterprises that are not qualified for environmental protection were also "power cut, equipment removed, raw materials sealed and closed", It almost caused the local leather enterprises to suffer from the disaster. In Shangcun and Daying fur raw material production bases, fur prices have been falling all the way, and all kinds of leather sheet trading market is flat. There was even a period of time when no one wanted to buy fur, which was never seen in previous years. On the surface, the closure of these small leather enterprises has seriously affected the production and development of Hebei leather industry. However, the government and the industry generally believe that the heavy management of small leather making enterprises has not had a great impact on the whole leather industry in Hebei Province, but accelerated the development of Hebei leather industry. Only by seizing the opportunity, breaking through the traditional thinking and realizing the renewal of products, can we finally grasp the market discourse power. In the period of market integration, it is the golden period for leather machinery industry to strengthen its own construction, and it is also a strategic opportunity period for fur machine manufacturing enterprises to further develop and expand. ????? At present, although the global and domestic economic situation is still not blindly optimistic, it is a foregone conclusion that the international and domestic economic development trend will gradually recover to be stable, which will be a good information for Hebei leather industry, which is heavily dependent on export, to smoothly pass the adjustment period. ????? The global economy has been deeply affected by the financial crisis. It is not long before the global economy is worried about the recession until it is finally confirmed. The bursting of the financial bubble seems to happen overnight. The three major economies of the United States, Japan and the European Economic Community (EEC) have experienced significant negative growth in the past year, and all three economies have fallen into recession. Some experts predict that in the coming year, the global economy is not just a recession, but a serious recession! According to the report on the international economic situation and outlook for 2009 issued by the United Nations on December 1, the most pessimistic situation is that the global economy may shrink by 0.4% in 2009, and the developed countries may fall into a deep recession, which will reduce the economic growth rate of developing countries to 2.7%. However, the United Nations also pointed out that its basic forecast is 1% of global GDP this year, 0.5% decline in the United States, Europe and Japan, and 4.6% expansion in developing countries. This pessimistic forecast has added to the pessimism of the market, worrying that the global economy is not just a recession, but a severe recession, not a landing, but a hard landing. However, due to the unprecedentedly severe economic situation, governments all over the world have made every effort to rescue the market. Interest rates, exchange rates and funds have fallen sharply. It is rare for governments of all countries to reduce interest rates, exchange rates and spend large sums of money to save the economy at the same time. Experts predict that from the second half of this year, economic support from all countries in the world will play an important role. ????? For China, 2009 is a year full of challenges and opportunities for China's economy. On the one hand, the spread of the U.S. financial crisis and the global economic downturn make China's economic development face many adverse factors and uncertainties; On the other hand, the adjustment of the world economy and the slowing down of China's economic growth make it possible for China to take advantage of this opportunity to speed up the transformation of development mode, adjust the industrial structure, improve the conditions of factor supply, and straighten out various economic relations, so as to lay a solid foundation for stable and rapid growth and sustainable development. ????? China's economic growth in 2009 is facing a very complex and severe situation. The deterioration of the external environment caused by the financial crisis in the United States and the adjustment of the world economy has made the export of Chinese products and the export economy face the unfavorable situation of slowing down the growth rate and decreasing the profits. At the same time, the imbalance of industrial structure characterized by labor-intensive manufacturing industry and real estate industry is affecting China's economic balance and sustainable development ability. ????? The long-term factors of China's economic development in 2009 are still good. This is reflected in the development space brought about by the process of industrialization and urbanization. At present, China is in the development stage of heavy chemical industry as the main body. Heavy chemical industry has the characteristics of capital and technology intensive, which has a huge role in promoting economic growth and industrial upgrading. From the perspective of urbanization level, China's urbanization rate is about 50%. Although it is difficult to achieve the urbanization level of more than 80% in developed countries due to the large rural population, there is still a lot of room for improvement in China's urbanization. The central government has decided to invest 4 trillion yuan of funds to boost domestic demand by 2010, which will provide fundamental support for China's stable and rapid economic growth in 2009. Under the stimulation of positive fiscal policy and moderately loose monetary policy, China's economic operation will show a smooth adjustment trend in 2009. The economic growth level will be lower than the potential growth rate and remain at about 8%. Meanwhile, CPI and PPI will be at a low level of about 3%, and the economic structure is expected to be further improved. The increase of government investment will certainly lead to the upgrading of residents' consumption. ????? The leather industry in Hebei Province will surely go through the adjustment period smoothly. From a small point of view, it is the most difficult period for Hebei leather industry in the past 30 years; However, from a broad perspective, it is not difficult for us to see that the dawn is rising. The world economic rescue plan will take effect in the second half of the year and the domestic market demand will continue to increase. The Chinese government has recently adjusted the export tax rebate rate of some leather products. The export tax rebate rate of leather clothing and fur clothing has increased from 5% to 11%, which will relieve the pressure faced by enterprises to a certain extent. This situation will be the most favorable factor for Hebei leather industry, which is heavily dependent on export, to smoothly pass the adjustment period in 2009. ????? 2009 is the key year for the survival and development of Hebei leather industry. The industry must keep up with the pace of China's economic development and actively welcome it