Investigation On The Impact Of Foreign Technical Trade Measures On Chinese Export Enterprises In 2013

The survey selected 3148 export enterprises from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. According to the survey results, in 2013, about 38% of the export enterprises were affected by foreign technical trade measures to varying degrees; the total export trade loss in the whole year was about US $66 billion 200 million, which was 2 billion 300 million US dollars lower than that in 2012, accounting for 3% of the total export volume in the same period, and 0.34 percentage points lower than that in 2012; the added cost of enterprises was 24 billion 250 million US dollars, down 1 billion 710 million US dollars compared with 2012.

From the survey data, we can see that the direct losses of China's export enterprises affected by foreign technical trade measures still amount to more than 60 billion US dollars, and the impact of foreign technical trade measures on China's foreign trade is still very large. The slight decline of data indicates that some industries and enterprises in recent years have achieved some achievements in transformation and upgrading, and the technical trade measures led by the quality inspection departments have achieved certain results.

The survey shows that Chinese Enterprises The top five countries with export impact are the United States, the European Union, Japan, Canada and Latin America, accounting for 31.9%, 29.2%, 9.3%, 3.7% and 2.7% of the total direct loss respectively.

The top five industries affected by foreign technical trade measures are electromechanical instruments, textile shoes and hats, chemical minerals, agricultural products, food and toy furniture, accounting for 41.7%, 23.9%, 18.1%, 6.6% and 4.6% of the total direct loss respectively.

Abroad Technical trade Among the top five provinces, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Guangdong, Shandong and Zhejiang accounted for 27.2%, 11.2%, 11.1%, 10.4% and 9.5% of the total direct loss respectively.

Sampling shows that the main Trading partner The types of technical trade measures affecting the export of industrial products in China focus on five aspects: certification requirements, technical standard requirements, labeling and labeling requirements, toxic and hazardous substances limitation requirements, packaging and material requirements, etc. the types of technical trade measures affecting agricultural products and food exports are concentrated on five aspects, namely, the requirements of pesticide residue limits for veterinary drugs, heavy metal and other harmful substances limit requirements, microbial indicators, food labeling requirements, processing plants and warehouse registration requirements.

Sampling shows that enterprises have strong demand for comprehensive public information services of technical trade measures, and export enterprises are generally more active and active in dealing with foreign technical trade measures. "Strengthening management, independent innovation, improving product quality and competitiveness" has become the preferred practice for enterprises to encounter restrictions on foreign technical measures or technical requirements.