The Tenth Asian International Leather Technology Conference Held Ceremoniously

The tenth Asia International Leather Technology Conference (AICLST) was opened in Okayama, Japan in November 24, 2014. More than 200 representatives from 21 countries and regions in the world attended the conference. China Leather Association World Leather Association of Taiwan businessmen The mainland delegations and the Taiwan delegation were respectively organized to attend the meeting.

Around this conference To curry leather The most important theme in the industry of eco environmental protection and sustainable development has been arranged. More than 50 representatives from all over the world have made brilliant oral speeches, including more than 20 oral speakers in China. From the perspective of leather industry chain, they have made leather theory, leather technology, leather chemicals, pollution control technology, leather detection, and so on. Leather products design The latest research results are introduced. In addition, the representative of China displayed more than 40 research results in the form of posters, all of which received wide attention from the delegates.

During the meeting, the International Federation of leather chemists and Chemists Association (IULTCS) executive committee meeting and the IULTCS Environment Committee (IUE) meeting were also held. In addition, after discussions and decisions by Asian countries and regions, the eleventh Asia International Leather Technology Conference will be held in China in 2016.

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According to TUOI TRE NEWS reported on Monday, the United States is likely to overtake the EU as the largest import market for Vietnamese footwear.

Media reports believe that because China's business environment no longer has a competitive advantage, many importers have shifted their orders to Southeast Asian countries, and Vietnam is the most important one.

Vietnamese customs statistics show that footwear products exported to the EU market account for more than 50% of Vietnam's total footwear exports, but last year the figure dropped to 35%. The share of exports to the US market has risen to 33%. Vietnam's total exports of footwear reached $8 billion 300 million last year.

Matt Priest, chairman of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, said that the value of Vietnam's exports to the United States has increased at an annual rate of 20%-21% since 2001.

From January to October this year, Vietnam exported $2 billion 670 million worth of footwear products to the United States, an increase of 22% over the same period last year.

Nguyen Chi Trung, the head of a footwear enterprise in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the company is now close to the goal of exporting 3 million pairs of shoes this year. Hu Zhiming said He also said that now 70% to 80% of shoes were exported to the United States, and in 2013 this figure was only 10%. The United States is our most important export market.

Scott Thomas, the representative of Wolverine World Wide (Inc.), a well-known footwear company in the United States, said that the company's suppliers have changed a lot. In 2007, 81.7% of the supply of footwear came from China, while Vietnam only had 10%. But last year, footwear imports from China dropped to 75% while imports from Vietnam increased to 14.5%. He added that in 2020, the company would import 35% of its footwear from Vietnam and 33% from China.

Insiders say that next year, after the signing of the span Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), Vietnam's exports to the United States will grow more rapidly.