Vietnamese Leather Shoes Raw Materials Rely On Imports From Taiwan To Import Leather Up To 14%

November 6th reported. Vietnam footwear And the luggage and bags Association (Lefaso) statistics show that Vietnam leather shoes The added value of luggage products is still low. Therefore, Vietnam's increasing the proportion of leather shoes raw materials is the standard and requirement to integrate into the international market.

In the cost structure of shoes products, leather shoes raw material The proportion is very large, reaching 68% to 75%. However, at present, the localization of Vietnam's products is only 40%-45%. Important raw materials such as cooked leather, artificial leather and shoes and hat cloth almost depend on imports.

Increasing the localization ratio of raw materials and accessories will become the goals and requirements of Vietnam's integration into the international market. The conference on promoting leather shoes will focus on these problems and their solutions.

The auxiliary industry of leather bag and suitcase industry includes about 129 enterprises, including cooked leather enterprises. The production value index of the auxiliary industry of leather shoes industry increased by 16.5% from 2006 to 2011. In 2011, the proportion of leather auxiliary auxiliary industrial production in the whole leather shoes industry accounted for only 20.3%.

In addition, Vietnam footwear and luggage Association statistics show that the added value of Vietnamese leather shoes and bags is still very low. In 2013, the total amount reached US $10 billion 300 million, while the cost of raw materials and accessories accounted for about 70%, equivalent to about 7 billion US dollars. Of which, 4 billion 200 million US dollars were imported, accounting for 60%, and domestic production was US $2 billion 800 million, accounting for 40%.

The main import market of raw materials for leather shoes in Vietnam: 1. leather: 18% from Korea; 14% from China Taiwan; 11% from Thailand; 9% from mainland China; 48% from other countries. 2. other raw materials: 60% from China, 20% from Taiwan, 10% from Korea, and 105% from other countries. 3. machinery and equipment: 49% from Taiwan, China, 36% from China, 9% from Korea, and 6% from other countries.

In addition, the Vietnamese leather shoes industry is mainly processing exports, the raw materials are supplied by foreign countries, the design ability of style number is still weak, and there is a lack of synchronization in production development and raw materials supply. Some types of raw materials, such as imitation leather, non-woven fabrics, technical fabrics, shoe materials, cardboard, accessories, accessories, glue, chemicals, etc., have little or no basis for production. At present, only 20% of these raw materials are supplied.

The goal of Vietnam's leather shoes industry is to export about $12 billion in 2014, an increase of 16.5% compared with 2013, of which 9 billion 500 million dollars for leather shoes, 13% for growth, 2 billion 500 million for bags and 31% for growth. To achieve these goals, Vietnam also needs to win the advantages from the free trade agreement (FTA) and the trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP).