European Leather Shoes "Break Free" Anti-Dumping

Recently, the Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce held a "meeting on the follow-up to foreign trade in China's products trade friction" in Wenzhou. Xia Xiang, Deputy Commissioner of the Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, said that after the unremitting efforts of all parties, the EU anti-dumping measures on leather shoes in China are expected to end in March 31st this year.

All along, Chinese shoe companies frequently encounter trade friction in the international market, especially in the European market. Between 1995 and 2005, the EU imposed a quota limit of ten years on Chinese leather shoes. In 2005, the European Union launched an anti-dumping lawsuit involving US $700 million in China. This lawsuit lasted for many years. The Chinese government and enterprises have been arguing. In April 8th last year, the Chinese government appealed to WTO to set up an expert group's request for anti-dumping measures against China's leather shoes by the European Union, and formally launched the WTO dispute settlement expert group proceedings. After a round of competition, the lawsuit is expected to come to an end in March this year.

Wei Yafei, director of shoe making office of China Leather Association, said yesterday that although the EU may cancel anti-dumping duties, the other side is seeking to include Trade In terms of subsidies, market access and intellectual property rights, Chinese shoe enterprises must seriously study the EU's laws and regulations on leather shoes export, standardize their own business practices, abide by industry rules, and create a favorable environment for the export of Chinese shoe enterprises.

At present, China's shoe export orders continue to grow rapidly. According to the General Administration of customs statistics, in January this year, China's shoes exported 4 billion 110 million US dollars, up 39.2% over the same period last year. Wei Ya Fei suggested that the EU anti-dumping duties should be suspended after the end of March. EU leather shoes Export enterprises must control the export volume, extend the export period, and try to avoid concentrated exports in the 4~6 month of 2011.

Some shoe companies are worried that once the EU cancels the anti-dumping duty of 16.5%, some of these profits may be brought to price war by some enterprises, which will affect the healthy development of the industry. Wang Zhentao, chairman of AOKANG footwear, who has been pleading with the EU anti-dumping, said that the cancellation of anti-dumping duties is no doubt a "burden reduction" for export enterprises, but it should not be blindly optimistic. In order to seize the initiative on the international stage, China's footwear industry must develop diversified markets, optimize the structure of export products, focus on the construction and protection of independent intellectual property rights, and ultimately win the quality of products in the international market rather than relying on low prices.

Reporters learned that with the labor costs and raw materials prices rise, Guangdong, Wenzhou and other shoe base Shoe enterprises Accelerate transformation and upgrading, enhance product value-added and expand domestic sales.