Since the 1980s, China’s use of the international transfer of industry opportunity, the rapid development of the world’s largest footwear producer and exporter. With the financial crisis gradually spread to the real economy, China’s footwear industry to raise the export tax rebate is also growing calls. To boost domestic shoe-making enterprises “winter” of confidence in the China Light Industry Crafts Import and Export Chamber of Commerce organized a “footwear export quality and safety of Practical Handbook” (hereinafter referred to as “manual”), and recently by the Ministry of Commerce, the state quality inspection General Administration, China Light Industry Import and Export Chamber of Commerce jointly issued crafts.

China Light Industry Crafts Import and Export Chamber of Commerce of the Secretary-General Wang Ying in an interview with our reporter said, “manual” to enhance our country’s footwear export quality standards as a whole, as soon as possible to help enterprises are familiar with the United States, the European Union and other developed countries and regions of footwear Increasingly stringent product quality and safety, environment standards, similar to Italy to avoid malicious speculation “Chinese shoes toxic” and other events.

Standardization shoe into the future direction of

At present, China’s footwear industry has been basically set up by a set of national standards, industry standards, local standards and enterprise standards for the composition of the standard framework for the system. As of September this year, China’s footwear a total of 203 standards, involving environmental protection standards for class 2, on the basis of 13 standards, methods, standards, 65, 123 standard products, in addition to mandatory standards 7 and 51 using the same International standards.

“Handbook” of the view that China’s future development direction of the standardization of footwear mainly in the following aspects: First, the technical standards to increase research efforts and speed up scientific and technological achievements into standardized, scientific and technological research and development and the promotion of coordinated development of standards; II Is to strengthen international standardization work; Third, do a better job of footwear standardized publicity; The fourth is to strengthen business-oriented services, encourage enterprises to actively participate in international standardization; five are active on foreign advanced standards and procedures for foreign market access , To calmly deal with market access abroad to block the process.

We take the initiative to deal with trade friction

Fabrics, adhesives and shoe soles, and so is the production of major raw materials, which makes leather and footwear industry, textiles and chemical industry have inextricably linked. However, these industries have developed is the use of environmental standards, security and eco-certification and corporate social responsibility review of the technical barriers to trade, such as the strictest in the area.

In summary the United States, the European Union, Japan and other major market-related technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures on the basis of the “manual” that in order to effectively deal with foreign technical barriers to protect China’s footwear exports to the normal, the footwear industry in China must be familiar with The relevant WTO rules to form a division of labor to deal with foreign technical barriers to collaboration mechanism.

In the process, to deal with the main enterprise, it is necessary to continuously improve quality management system, according to the national or regional trade barriers, technical requirements, take the initiative to meet customer requirements to develop new products and at the same time the use of cleaner production technology. Government departments concerned to foreign technical regulations and implementation of the legislative dynamic, the organization of foreign technical regulations of the Legislative Council. Business (ASEAN) will be testing and research institutions will have to step up technical barriers to study abroad, in particular, pay attention to standards and conformity assessment procedures for the formulation and implementation of dynamic, to improve production technology, product design, alternative methods and recommendations. At the same time, enhance the risk of early warning bulletin, in a timely manner to foreign technical barriers and dynamic response to this enterprise.

“Manual” to remind, in response to trade friction, China’s footwear industry should not only understand, in a timely manner to develop effective programs, but also in line with the “Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade”, and attention to establish a national image. To this end, domestic footwear enterprises have to seriously study the technical barriers to foreign footwear, active social responsibility SA8000 certification, to collect product quality certification documents. At the same time, strengthen national mechanisms to resolve trade disputes, negotiation strategy and related case studies.

In addition to the use of barriers to trade and WTO to resolve the dispute settlement body, the domestic prices of shoes can also import and export of Chinese light industrial crafts of the major chambers of commerce, commodity-sensitive consultations and lobbying work, with major markets abroad, with industry organizations to communicate on a regular basis and exchange . Or with the Ministry of Commerce, Chinese Ambassador to the EU Embassy in China and the EU www.chinaview.cn, the Government’s foreign representations to mediate negotiations.

Related reports: the footwear industry will face a re-shuffle

“Although China’s footwear industry has experienced unprecedented difficulties, but inevitable after a severe winter or spring.” China Light Industry Crafts Import and Export Chamber of Commerce of the Secretary-General Wang Ying said. With the financial crisis in the global knock-on effect on the real economy, as well as the possible impact and damage China’s shoe industry will face a re-shuffle and re-development.

As said Wang Ying, China’s shoe industry has entered a rapid development of more than 20 years after the real “winter.” According to the Asia Footwear statistics, Guangdong Dongguan, Huizhou, and other surrounding areas Jinqian Jia shoe factory and related businesses, take the initiative to go out of business has been closed down, sealed by the court or move elsewhere. According to the Wenzhou Shoe Association of 371 shoe-making business to a survey conducted this year in February, did not start 32 companies have closed down 52, 14 flight debt, accounting for investigation of the total number of enterprises 34.1 percent.

I know that the domestic prices of the shoes is very difficult to survive, the country’s wish to increase the export tax rebate from 2 to 4 percentage points, the best solution is to revert to the original 17%. Noor, general manager of Zhejiang and Zhejiang Lin Ming-S Co., Ltd. is frankly, from the fourth quarter of this year to the first quarter of next year, export orders and corporate profits will decline in both.

As the State Council Development Research Center of Foreign Economic Research Department said Long Guoqiang, deputy minister, precisely in the crisis brewing in the life of China’s shoe industry in transition and the time has come to upgrade and enhance the international division of labor in the value chain, from low to high value-added segments Value-added aspects of the transition a matter of priority. In particular, the first extension of the value chain, supporting the development of upstream parts and components, the formation of industrial clusters advantage; The second is to increase research and development efforts, from OEM to ODM development, technical innovation excess profits; The third is to extend the services value chain, development Warehousing and logistics, the establishment of an international sales channels.

China’s shoe-making enterprises to help the security industry through the adjustment pains, Wang Ying put forward three proposals: First, continue to strengthen the inter-industry cooperation and exchanges, China’s footwear industry will be co-organized mechanism, and discuss plans for the development of Chinese shoes ; The second is to guide, organize more enterprises to actively participate in trade survey respondent in a timely manner to reflect the demands of the industry, at the same time to strengthen the Organization and the European footwear industry exchanges and cooperation, as far as possible to resolve the contradictions; The third is to promote our own products, footwear design And research and development, improve the ability to innovate, and gradually form a number of influential brands.