Textile Foreign Trade Risk Surge In The Epidemic Situation, Many Countries Again "Fengguo" And "Fengcheng"

Recently, the epidemic situation in many countries (regions) continues to deteriorate and rebound seriously. In order to prevent the further spread of the epidemic, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, the Philippines and other countries have implemented more stringent epidemic prevention measures. Foreign trade enterprises should pay close attention to the development of epidemic situation in various countries, keep in touch with customers at any time, and prevent the risks brought by the upgrading of prevention and control measures in various countries.

Britain: the third enfeoffment

More than 58000 new cases were reported in the UK on Monday (April 4) after the emergence of a variant of the new coronavirus, a record high in a single day, and 407 patients died of the disease. Prime Minister Johnson on Monday (4) issued a national television address, announced that England will implement the third nationwide blockade measures until at least mid February.

According to the new restrictions, people must stay at home unless they go out to buy necessities, do sports or seek medical assistance. Employees should stay home to work unless they are unable to work from home. As for all restaurants, only takeout is available, and most schools will be closed.

With regard to the new coronapneumonia vaccination program, Johnson promised that if all goes well, the first dose of vaccine will be completed in the middle of next month for four categories of people, including those in nursing homes, people over 70 years old, medical staff and people with extremely vulnerable clinical conditions. It is estimated that the British Parliament may meet on Wednesday (6th) to vote on whether to pass the measures.

Japan: consider declaring a state of emergency in some areas

Recently, the epidemic situation in Japan, especially in the capital area, has been deteriorating. On the morning of the 4th, Japanese Prime Minister Kan Yiwei said at a press conference that he would consider declaring a state of emergency in some areas and strengthen epidemic prevention measures to curb the spread of the epidemic.

According to statistics, there were 816 new confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Tokyo on the day of March 3, and the number of severe cases also increased to 101. Tokyo Metropolitan Government said that the number of New Year holiday detection is less than usual, so the actual situation is more severe than this number. In the surrounding areas of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama counties continued to deteriorate. Earlier, on the 2nd, the governors of Tokyo and the three counties jointly asked the government to issue a "Declaration of emergency" as soon as possible to curb the spread of the epidemic.

At a press conference held on the morning of the 4th, Japanese Prime Minister Kan Yiwei said that he would consider issuing an emergency declaration in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama counties in accordance with the special measures law. At the same time, he said he would strengthen immigration restrictions and require catering and other service industries to shorten business hours. In addition, he said that the Japanese government is stepping up preparations for vaccination, and is expected to open vaccination to the public by the end of February.

As for the specific arrangements for the release of the emergency declaration, Kan Yiwei did not make clear his position, but Asahi Shimbun and other Japanese media quoted government insiders on the 4th, saying that the Japanese government plans to officially issue the relevant notice within this week, starting from 0:00 on the 9th.

Greece: return to strict blockade in the coming week

On January 3, Greece began a week-long, more severe blockade to reduce pressure on the health system and prepare for the resumption of schools.

According to reports, from January 3 to January 11, Greek people must stay at home in principle, except for necessary reasons of work, medical treatment and shopping. Walking pets and sports can only be carried out in the vicinity of their homes. The curfew is extended to 9:00 p.m. every day to 5:00 a.m. of the next day (except for work and health reasons).

Commercial institutions opened during the festival, including bookstores, barbershops, beauty salons and nail salons, will be closed again; the "order and pick-up" operation mode of retail stores will be suspended; churches will be temporarily closed; hunting and fishing will be prohibited.

Germany: consider extending the "city closure" measures to January 10

The number of deaths from new coronavirus infection in Germany from December 2 to January 1 this year was 16718, about three times that of November last year, German media quoted the country's disease control agency as saying. Germany's health minister said on the same day that the number of new daily confirmed cases is still very high, the current implementation of the "city closure" measures need to be extended to January 10.

On May 5, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss with state governors whether to extend the "city closure" measures that will expire on January 10. In an interview with RTL television on the same day, Germany's federal health minister, Michael Spang, said that it was necessary to extend the "city closure" measures in view of the high number of newly diagnosed cases.

It is worth noting that although the first vaccine approved by the European Union was developed by German enterprise biontech, the progress of vaccination in Germany has lagged behind due to the fact that the states are unable to obtain enough vaccine in time. Some politicians have criticized the federal government for failing to take a more aggressive approach and pre order more vaccines last summer.

France: decision to extend curfew in 15 provinces

In order to curb the spread of the virus, the French government has strengthened control measures and extended curfews in 15 provinces, including coastal Alps, Du Duc and Jura, French government spokesman said on Monday. The curfew in these 15 provinces started from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and ended at 6:00 a.m. the next day. The measure will take effect on the 2nd. Meanwhile, officials are investigating a carnival in Brittany, northwest France, where at least 2500 people participated.

Artar also confirmed that it is "impossible" to reopen cultural venues on July 7. He said the French Ministry of culture is in consultation with relevant departments to determine a timetable for the resumption of the opening of new cultural venues. Museums, theaters, cinemas and other cultural places have been closed since October 30 last year after France's second "closure".

The Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on entry to 21 countries and regions, including the United States

In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant to the Philippines, on January 2, local time, the Philippine Immigration Bureau announced that it would temporarily ban U.S. tourists from entering the country from 0:00 on January 3. U.S. tourists who had arrived in the Philippines and met the entry requirements were still allowed to enter the Philippines, but will be put into one-stop service center for 14 days of quarantine isolation. The United States was included in the provisional travel ban list by the Philippines after 20 countries and regions such as the United Kingdom.

On December 23, Philippine President duterte approved the suspension of flights from Britain from December 24 to 31. On December 29, duterte approved the extension of all travel bans from or through the United Kingdom to January 15, 2021, and added another 19 countries and regions, including Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore and Switzerland China, South Korea, South Africa, Canada, Spain.

According to the new regulations released by the Philippine Immigration Bureau on February 2, passengers who only transit from countries and regions covered by the travel ban and only stay at the airport during transit will be allowed to enter the Philippines. However, if passengers leave the airport or pass the immigration inspection of 21 countries and regions, they will be banned from entering the Philippines. In addition, visitors to these 21 countries and regions 14 days before arriving in the Philippines will also be banned from entering the country.

South Africa: City closed to level 3

South Africa's president ramafossa said in a national television speech recently that the new crown epidemic has been spreading faster in South Africa, and the mutated virus is more infectious than before. Major cities such as Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria have become the hot spots of the second wave of epidemic. Therefore, the government has decided to upgrade the "city closure" level from level 1 to level 3 from midnight on December 28, 2020 to January 15, 2021.

According to the new prevention and control regulations, all alcohol sales are strictly prohibited in South Africa; a curfew is implemented from 21:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day; all gathering activities are prohibited except funerals; all business places are closed before 20:00 every day except those necessary for maintaining the normal operation of the society. Ramafossa said people must wear masks in public or face fines and up to six months in prison.

Spanish Catalonia closes all town boundaries for 10 days

Due to the obvious rebound trend of all relevant data and indicators of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Spanish Catalonia regional government announced a new restrictive measure on January 4, local time. From January 7, local time, all the town boundaries in the region will be closed, and this measure will last for 10 days.

During this period, all non essential commercial places with an area of more than 400 square meters will be closed. Small non essential commercial places will also be closed on weekends. The opening hours and capacity of catering and cultural venues will continue to be restricted.

According to the data from the government of Catalonia region on the 4th of local time, the risk of outbreak rebirth in the region has reached 500 points, which is in the high-risk stage, and the pressure of the medical system is also increasing.

Malaysia's existing national epidemic control measures extended to March 31

Malaysia's Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Jacobs announced on the 1st that the country's current operation restriction order (rmco) in the recovery period will be extended to March 31, 2021. Malaysia plans to start vaccinating more than 80% of the Malaysian population in phases starting in February, the Ministry of Health said on the same day.

The recovery period action restriction order is a further deregulation measure implemented by the Malaysian government on the basis of the original conditional action restriction order. It was implemented on June 10 last year, and has been extended several times to December 31, last year. Rmco allows most economic and social activities, but closes schools and restricts gatherings.

In addition to the implementation of rmco nationwide, the Malaysian government has also implemented more stringent control measures in some areas with severe epidemic situation according to the different epidemic situation.

Thailand: implementing 8 new measures

According to Thailand's "world daily", the highest level meeting of Thailand's new crown pneumonia epidemic management center was held at the State Council Office on March 3, presided over by Prime Minister bayou. Eight measures were basically finalized to curb the spread of the epidemic. However, there was no rigid rule that restaurants were not allowed to eat in restaurants, and cross government travel was not prohibited between high-risk and low-risk governments. People were only asked to avoid unnecessary travel as far as possible Travel activities.

The Committee initially decided to implement the above strict epidemic prevention measures from 6:00 a.m. on January 4, and the deadline was 6:00 a.m. on February 1. However, if the epidemic situation worsens further, the prevention and control measures may be further upgraded before the above date.

Mongolia extends national alert in capital area

Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the national emergency committee soderbart said at a news conference on the 4th that the current situation of the new epidemic situation in Ulan Bator is extremely severe and complex. The government has decided to extend the national alert to 6:00 on November 11, and will not hold gathering celebrations during the upcoming 2021 Mongolian traditional festival "White Moon Festival".

Soderbartel also said that the government is studying the feasibility of reducing the national alert state in the capital area to a high alert state from November 11, under which the catering and service industries can gradually resume business.

In order to contain the new epidemic situation, Mongolia has been on national alert since November 12, 2020. Since December 1, different levels of national alert have been implemented in accordance with local conditions. Ulan Bator city has been lowered from national alert state to high alert state since December 14. For the sake of epidemic prevention and control, Ulan Bator will implement the national alert again from 6:00 on December 23, 2020 to 6:00 on January 6, 2021.

Ireland does not rule out extending the highest level of prevention and control measures until February

According to data released by the Ministry of health of Ireland on the 3rd, 4962 new cases of new crown were confirmed in a single day in Ireland, setting the highest record of newly diagnosed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the epidemic for three consecutive days; the total number of confirmed cases exceeded 100000, reaching 101887; and the total number of deaths was 2259.

The number of confirmed cases in Ireland's new crown soared after Christmas. Tony hollohan, the chief medical officer of the Ministry of health, said on the 3rd that the rapid rise in confirmed cases has put great pressure on the country's health system. Ireland's deputy prime minister, Leo vallardka, told the media on the same day that it was possible for the government to extend the current epidemic prevention and control measures to February, or to take further preventive and control measures.

Ireland is currently in the state of the highest level 5 epidemic prevention and control, which is valid until January 31. In this state, people's range of activities should not be 5 kilometers away from home in principle, and all retail stores and indoor cultural and sports facilities that are not necessary for life must be closed.

The amount of loss reported by Guangzhou Export enterprises increased by nearly 20% year on year

This year, affected by the new epidemic situation, the global trade presents new risk characteristics. The export enterprises in Guangzhou are facing an obvious increase in "situation". At the beginning of the year, they were faced with the request of overseas customers to cancel orders and extend the account period. After the outbreak of the epidemic in the middle of the year, buyers defaulted on payment for goods on the grounds of poor sales and closed markets. According to SINOSURE's Guangdong branch this year, 249 cases of breach of contract and reported loss have been reported in Guangzhou export business this year, with a year-on-year increase of 14.7%, and the amount of reported loss increased by nearly 20%. The actual risks faced by export enterprises under the epidemic situation have increased significantly compared with those in previous years.

U.S. cases still rank first, light industry and textile industry bear the brunt

After so many years of foreign trade, I'm really afraid that I'll step on the pit if I'm not careful. A trading company salesman said so.

The above is the business personnel of a trade company in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, expressing their aspiration to do foreign trade business this year. This year, under the influence of the epidemic situation, a large number of buyers tried to default or even fail to pay due to poor sales, extension of payment period or quality problems. At the same time, in terms of the number and amount of breach cases, the United States ranked first in terms of quantity and amount, and Hong Kong and India also ranked in the forefront. In addition, Italy and other countries had a larger growth rate. In terms of industry distribution, light industry and textile industry accounted for the largest proportion of compensation, jewelry industry reported more loss cases, while electronic technology industry was relatively concentrated in small amount cases.

Taking light industry and textile as an example, textile light industry, as a traditional advantageous industry in Guangdong Province, has a perfect upstream and downstream industrial chain, and is also one of the key export industries in Guangzhou. It is understood that many famous overseas textile brands have entered bankruptcy liquidation or protection procedures due to poor management and the impact of the epidemic situation, including JC penny, Brooks brothers and other brands familiar to consumers.

The bankruptcy case of Aldo, a famous Canadian footwear brand, is the single case with the largest amount handled by the Sales Department of SINOSURE Guangdong branch. The buyer has maintained close business contacts with factories in Guangzhou and Wenzhou for several years, and there was no sign of breach of contract during the cooperation period. The bankruptcy news of Aldo, a well-known Canadian footwear brand, was suddenly exposed in May this year, which affected many domestic suppliers and was only covered by SINOSURE Under the scope of the default amount reached nearly 18 million US dollars, of which the amount owed by two enterprises in Guangzhou accounted for half.

The number of cases rejected by the buyer increased, and the epidemic situation made it more difficult to handle the goods

In this year's overseas cases, the number of rejection cases of small and medium-sized overseas buyers increased significantly due to the closure of overseas cities due to overseas epidemic situation and economic shutdown. The number of rejection cases handled by the business department of SINOSURE Guangdong branch increased by nearly 70% year-on-year, mainly concentrated in India, Maldives, the United Kingdom, Brazil and the Marshall Islands.

Head of toy trade: we are afraid that the buyer will not take delivery of the goods after the goods arrive at the port, so we will issue several orders this year. As for the toy products we export, the original value is not high. If the toy products are detained in Hong Kong, the storage cost at the destination port is very high, so it is unrealistic to pull it back. It is also very difficult to resell them to other buyers, and they can't be sold even if they are labeled.

Yuexiu District, the head of a toy trade said. In the same situation, there was a small and micro enterprise in Huadu District, which mainly engaged in bathtubs. After the goods arrived in Maldives in August this year, the buyer took a tough attitude and clearly refused to accept the goods. "The demurrage charge is very high. They (the buyer) are not willing to accept the goods and do not communicate with us. We can only think about abandoning the goods." At the end of August, the enterprise contacted SINOSURE, entrusted by the business department of SINOSURE Guangdong Branch, to investigate and recover from overseas channels, successfully contacted the buyer and negotiated with it to recover all the payment in mid September.

Claim Specialist of business department of SINOSURE Guangdong Branch: when the buyer refuses to accept the goods, the export enterprises are often very passive. The goods are usually customized products made according to the buyer's requirements, which are difficult to resell, and there is no significance of loss reduction after being transported back. It is suggested that when using the D / P payment method, the export enterprises should collect an advance payment before shipment, increase the bargaining chips, reduce the probability of the buyer rejecting the goods, and pay close attention to whether the cargo right is controlled. If the shipping company releases the order, the insured enterprise should immediately contact China SINOSURE and entrust overseas channels to negotiate with the buyer to reduce losses. The claim settlement specialist of SINOSURE Guangdong branch also gave the above suggestions.

Small and micro enterprises should do enough to keep trade documents

An enterprise in Liwan District, Guangzhou, mainly engaged in hand sanitizer and other daily necessities. After the goods arrived at the port in the Middle East in August this year, the buyer refused to pay and tried to control the goods. "Millions of dollars worth of goods is not a small amount for us. We were really worried at that time." Fortunately, the enterprise has taken out SINOSURE's small and micro enterprise SINOSURE's easy insurance policy. After the above situation, the enterprise reported to SINOSURE. Through overseas channels, the business department of SINOSURE Guangdong branch took decisive measures to control the right of goods, started negotiations with the buyer, and finally reached a discount scheme, which helped the enterprise successfully obtain most of the payment, and the discount part was compensated by SINOSURE, The loss of the enterprise has been reduced to the minimum, and it has survived the difficulties without any danger.

A small and micro enterprise that produces festival supplies had a bad business. However, in more than a year, it was unfortunate that the buyer went bankrupt twice. Fortunately, it had taken out the SINOSURE insurance policy for small and micro enterprises, and after SINOSURE verified the loss, it successively obtained about 100000 US dollars of compensation. ：

SINOSURE Guangdong branch reminds: in the process of trading with overseas buyers, small and micro enterprises often do not have a standardized trading process. Sometimes they place an order in wechat and other chat tools and ship the goods. As a result, it is difficult for the follow-up rights protection due to lack of risk awareness. Therefore, it is suggested that export enterprises should keep good trade documents regardless of whether they have purchased insurance, so as to provide overseas buyers with good trade documents Zhang Dao's creditor's rights.

In the face of the ever-changing international situation, small and micro export enterprises are often difficult to obtain the true information of overseas buyers due to their limited credit channels. They are usually more cautious for the buyers who actively contact with each other and are easy to miss the trading opportunities. In the past, the leaders of small and micro enterprises have received new overseas orders, and they are always worried about losing both money and goods in case of risks.