The Swiss Textile And Apparel Market Has Advantages And Disadvantages. China's Textile Enterprises Should Be Vigilant.

　　 Agreement It stipulates that Switzerland will immediately impose zero tariffs on 99.7% of China's exports. China will eventually impose zero tariffs on 84.2% of its products. If some tax reduction products are added, the proportion of products that Switzerland participates in tax reduction is 99.99%, and China is 96.5%. Switzerland's textile products, clothing, shoes and hats, auto parts and metal products are the main export products of our country.

According to the latest statistics from the Chinese Customs recently, Switzerland is China's fifth largest trading partner in Europe. In 2013, bilateral trade amounted to US $59 billion 500 million, an increase of 126%. Among them, Switzerland exported 56 billion US dollars, an increase of 145%, and China exported 3 billion 500 million US dollars, an increase of 0.6%. The deficit is 52 billion 500 million US dollars. In 2013, Swiss imports of textiles and clothing from China increased, and exports of textiles and clothing to China declined.

The main commodities imported by Switzerland from China are clothing and accessories, footwear, automatic data processing equipment and parts, pearls, etc. the main commodities exported to China are watches, metrological testing and analysis, automatic control instruments and appliances, inductors and parts. In 2013, Switzerland imported 2 billion 40 million Swiss francs of textiles, clothing and footwear from China, an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year, accounting for 17.9% of the total imports of textiles and clothing and footwear in Switzerland. Switzerland exported 158 million Swiss francs to China for export of textiles, clothing and footwear, down 5.3% from the same period last year, accounting for 1.9% of the Swiss textile clothing and footwear exports.

It is called " European Heart Switzerland, as a non EU country nearest to the EU, has developed bilateral trade and economic relations with China through the construction of a free trade area, and has also built a new channel for economic and trade interconnection between Europe and China. Switzerland is a non EU country, but it belongs to the European Economic Zone with the European Union, and has signed about 120 cooperation agreements with each other to implement free trade.

Some export garment enterprises responsible person said: "although the Swiss market is not large, but its role in the EU market can not be overlooked. After the entry into force of the agreement, it is possible to import semi-finished products from China to Switzerland and then sell it to the European Union, thus helping enterprises expand the EU market to a certain extent.

At the same time, the industry has suggested that new business opportunities exist, but enterprises should not blindly act. The benefits brought by the Sino Swiss FTA to enterprises are objective, but due to the small population of Switzerland, the overall consumption scale is limited.

Moreover, due to EU City The field has its unique characteristics. It is not a contract signed by all countries, but also enjoyed by all countries. Therefore, Switzerland's influence on the whole EU market is also limited.

Whether Switzerland or the European Union, the inspection and inspection of product quality are very strict. In recent years, many European Union countries have used the procedures of improving inspection to prevent the entry of other countries' products. Therefore, in order to get more orders, enterprises must first improve their product quality.