Wenzhou'S Exports To TPP Member Countries Have Increased Orders For Shoes And Apparel.

Wenzhou customs official said, taking shoes as an example, Wenzhou currently exports to the United States Tariff of about 8%, and the TPP reached 5 this month, so that Vietnam and other member countries in the future trade in each other to implement low tariffs or zero tariffs.

"This may further aggravate the pfer of traditional industrial export orders to Vietnam and other countries, which will lead to further squeezing the share of our labour products in the international market."

The TPP negotiations involve 12 countries, including the United States, Japan and Australia, covering 40% of the world's economic scale.

Some analysts pointed out that after the formal implementation of the agreement, the competitiveness of traditional industries in Vietnam and other countries along the border will be enhanced.

Wenzhou customs statistics show that the city's current shoes,

Labor intensive products accounted for nearly 50% of exports.

From 1 to September this year, the city exported nearly 21 billion 800 million yuan to TPP member countries, accounting for 27.49% of the total export volume of the same period.

Among them, the export of footwear is about 6 billion 249 million yuan, and clothing export is about 1 billion 405 million yuan, which accounts for more than 1/3 of the total export volume of TPP member countries.

Over the same period, the total export volume of footwear in the city is about 20 billion 250 million yuan, and the total export of clothing and accessories is about 7 billion 291 million yuan. In other words, 30% of Wenzhou's shoes and nearly 20% of clothing are exported to TPP member countries.

Shoe companies reflect that their American customers have begun to look for suitable factories in Southeast Asia and make preparations for pferring leather shoes orders to Southeast Asian countries.

In the first three quarters of this year, exports of shoes, clothing and bags in our city showed a downward trend, with a decrease of 12.35%, 18.24% and 11.32% respectively.

"There have been more than one.

Communicating with enterprises, I hope we can move production to Vietnam. "

Zhou Jinmiao, vice president of Kangnai group, believes that the implementation of TPP will be impacted by the total export volume, but it will not be destructive to the whole shoemaking industry. "From the whole industry output, it will maintain growth from 1 to August, and there will be a broad domestic market."

On the other hand,

Local enterprises can not produce basic raw materials for shoes making and rely on procurement from China.

However, according to the principle of origin of TPP, if you want to enjoy zero tariffs, Vietnam must import raw materials from TPP members, which will also inhibit domestic shoe manufacturers from exporting raw materials and semi-finished products to Vietnam.

A garment company interviewed said that the most practical way is to pfer excess capacity in the face of increasing domestic production factors and shrinking profit margins.

"Many Korean and Chinese Taiwan garment enterprises have been pferred to Southeast Asian countries, and the local garment industry chain is relatively complete. We also have the intention to establish processing zones in Southeast Asian countries, and only retain the high-end parts of the industrial chain such as R & D in Wenzhou."

Some clothing owners said that trade associations had also organized inspections in Southeast Asia and other countries.