Textile Industry Continues To Raise Export Rebate Rate

According to people familiar with the matter, the executive meeting of the State Council yesterday began to consider the revitalization plan for the textile industry.

As one of China's largest industries to absorb employment, the revitalization plan for textile industry was drafted in late 12 in mid 2008, and submitted to the State Council for examination and approval.

Continue to raise the export tax rebate rate. "The textile industry revitalization plan is currently under discussion. The highest decision-making level has demanded that the time should be released as soon as possible, and it is expected to be introduced before and after the Spring Festival."

Cao Xuejun, director of textile department of the Department of industry and consumer goods, Ministry of industry and information technology, who participated in the formulation of the revitalization plan for textile industry, said in an interview with reporters.

Reporter learned that the textile industry revitalization plan will be introduced by the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of industry and information technology and the China Textile Industry Association in accordance with the "11th Five-Year" development plan of the industry. The time span will be from 2009 to 2011.

People who participated in the policy development also revealed that the textile industry revitalization plan suggested that the state should set up special funds such as structural adjustment, technological pformation and industrial upgrading to support the development of enterprises.

This special fund will be allocated from the state's independent innovation and industrial structure adjustment project funds.

In addition, the revitalization plan also includes: continue to raise the export tax rebate rate to 17%; expand the credit scale, especially solve the financial difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises, propose the use of discount loans, support enterprise mergers and acquisitions, actively expand exports, consolidate and explore the international market.

It is understood that the main principles of its policy support are: promoting coordinated development through structural adjustment; enhancing independent innovation capability by technological progress; promoting energy conservation and emission reduction; implementing circular economy; strengthening the cultivation of independent brands and marketing channels.

"GSP" to support small and medium enterprises, China Textile Industry Association also participated in the textile industry revitalization plan drafting work.

Sun Huaibin, a spokesman for the China Textile Industry Association, said that the planning involved several problems of small and medium-sized textile enterprises, such as how to improve the cost of labor, how to deal with exchange rate changes, and how to solve the "high tax and low deduction" of raw materials in rough processing enterprises.

Yang Jizhao, Deputy Secretary General of the association, said in an interview with the media that the China Textile Association has drawn up five directions for revitalizing the plan in the draft proposal: first, speed up structural adjustment and promote coordinated development; two, enhance the capability of independent innovation and promote the industrialization of innovation achievements; three, increase the intensity of technological pformation and strengthen the level of technology; four, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, and form a circular economy; five, strengthen the cultivation of independent brands and the construction of marketing channels.

According to industry sources, for these five directions, the central government should draw up a larger amount of funds and set interest loans in the form of discount loans.

China Textile Association said that the specific form of support will be the form of "GSP".

Wang, a chief editor of China's first textile network, said in an interview with our reporter that although this is a good policy with great strength, it is difficult for the above policies to stimulate exports directly and timely, and stimulate the rapid recovery of the textile economy in the context of shrinking global demand.

It is advantageous to a small number of advantageous enterprises. "Improving the export tax rebate and other negative burden policy" is only giving the export enterprises more room for reducing prices, and can not create external demand, nor does it have much effect.

Wang said that the implementation of the revitalization plan for textile industry is not "sunny" for all enterprises, but is still conducive to the development of a few dominant enterprises and will not reverse the general trend of industrial recession.

The head of a foreign trade enterprise also told reporters: "even if the revitalization plan is introduced, a large number of small businesses will be eliminated."

The upcoming textile industry adjustment and revitalization plan is by no means a panacea, and the industry should not place too high expectations on it.

Wang Qianjin told reporters that measures to stimulate consumption in the textile industry are still relatively abstract, including "expanding domestic demand" and "implementing a moderately flexible export tax policy".

With the sharp shrinking of global demand, the effect of raising the export tax rebate rate of textiles and garments for two consecutive times in the second half of last year is not obvious for the time being, and it is difficult to fundamentally curb the general trend of export decline.

The expansion of domestic demand is also a slow process which depends on promoting distribution reform, increasing public income, perfecting the guarantee system and changing consumption concept.

The "green regulations" will take effect. The severe impact of the world economic recession will continue, and trade protectionism will intensify.

Some experts predict that China's exports will encounter more trade frictions in 2009, and trade frictions will become increasingly diversified, comprehensive and hidden.

Reporter recently learned that two laws and regulations (CARB and CPSIA) in the United States will come into effect this year, involving consumer products such as furniture, toys and children's products.

In addition, the European Union's new toy safety directive is about to be formally introduced.

In addition to traditional tariff protection measures, the US and Europe are building "green barriers", and Chinese related export enterprises are facing a new round of "big exams".

The "new regulations" have been introduced. The reporter learned from the SGS standard company that the CARB regulations were promulgated by the California air resources administration in April 18, 2008 and applied to California, USA, to control formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products.

The first phase of CARB came into effect in January 1, 2009.

According to SGS, the CARB regulations strictly restrict formaldehyde emissions from manufactured wood products sold or imported in California and finished products containing composite wood products.

The above products exported to the United States must be certified by third parties and marked clearly, indicating that they are in line with the requirements of California.

"If the product is not exported to the United States through CARB certification, it will have the risk of being recalled, which will also cause serious economic losses to the enterprise."

SGS experts pointed out.

CARB is the most stringent regulation of formaldehyde emissions in composite wood products so far, and California, which has always been a "wind vane" of the US legislation, will soon be applied to other states in the United States.

"CARB will change the existing international trade pattern in the related industries such as the board industry, furniture industry and so on.

As the largest furniture exporter, China is the first to bear the brunt.

In addition, the CPSIA code was promulgated in August 14, 2008 and applied to the whole of the United States.

The regulation applies to almost all consumer products, such as toys, textiles, clothing and furniture, and is intended to control the content of lead and two phthalate salts.

It is said that the act is "the most far-reaching federal law on consumer safety since 1970".

The first phase will take effect in February 10, 2009.

EU did not take it lightly.

In December 18, 2008, the European Parliament passed the new toy safety directive put forward by the European Commission, which deals with the production materials, testing and market supervision of children's toys.

It is understood that the new directive will take effect 20 days after the introduction of the official text, and the EU member states need to implement it within the next 18 months.

Xu Jianping, a OfficeDepotChina company, told reporters that their company is mainly engaged in the sale of office supplies, and the market is mainly in the US. Besides being affected by the financial crisis, the export difficulty is also increasing.

"At present, the export of consumer goods manufactured in China is facing more and more stringent technical barriers, and the environmental compliance of products will be a trend of development."

SGS toy and light products department director Zeng Xiao Hu said.

According to the model, the economic prosperity index is inversely proportional to the trade dispute.

When the economy is booming, there are fewer trade disputes and more trade disputes when the economy is depressed.

Wu Changhai, a researcher at the law and economics research center of China University of Political Science and Law, believes that under the current economic crisis, countries, starting from their own economic interests, will be able to "operate" to other countries' imports.

Worries about China's imports have been increasing since the US plunged into recession.

Jia Jinsi, a professor at Capital University of Economics and Business, said that the number of trade frictions will increase this year. There will also be new changes in the means of trade protection in all countries.

Affected by the "standard dispute", export enterprises, such as food processing and mechanical and electrical production, are the most influential ones. Under the crisis, the protection of their industries will be accelerated, and all countries will speed up the formulation of new standards.

Enterprises need to "look up and see the road". "Export risk has increased." Mr. Xu, a toy manufacturer in Guangdong, told reporters that if the product does not meet the requirements of import country regulations, once the sample is inspected, the consequent losses will be difficult to bear.

"The sale of 1 yuan in the United States to the United States is 1 dollars, but if it is detected unqualified, it will force you to recall all of them, and the recall price will still be $1! It is easy to go bankrupt when it comes to small businesses!" Xu Jianping said. "We must urge the suppliers to attach importance to them, and guide them, and the products will not meet the requirements." "enterprises should not only immerse themselves in production, but also look up the road." Li Youhuan stressed that in the current context, the export enterprises should enhance their awareness of prevention, strengthen the tracking and docking of the international market, ensure product quality, and actively adjust their products to suit the standards and regulations of the importing countries.

Zeng Xiao Hu believes that the introduction or effective of a series of regulations requires enterprises not only to pay close attention to changes in international technical regulations, but also to start from internal production processes, and strengthen quality and safety control from raw materials to processed products, so as to ensure that export products meet all kinds of environmental regulations.

"This is also a higher threshold. Some enterprises with low technology and low quality will be eliminated from these markets.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.

A new round of industry shuffling will come. "

"Severe foreign trade situation will force export enterprises to adjust their production structure and speed up the upgrading of the whole industry, especially those industries that are not competitive in export and are competitive."

Jia Jinsi believes that our government departments and trade associations should play more service responsibilities, and there may also be a number of professional intermediary services.

"For example, the standards of textile products export are very complex, and countries are not the same. Some enterprises even fail to make clear the domestic standards. All these require some institutions to train and guide enterprises.

Editor in chief: Hao Ling