Go Out And Go To The China Textile Alliance Branch To Investigate And Study In Georgia.

From June 25th to July 2nd, Xia Lingmin, vice chairman of the China Textile Industry Federation and chairman of the circulation branch, led the regional professional market in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Humen, Chengdu, Ji'nan, Weifang and Zhuzhou.

Georgia's industry is lagging behind, and more than 90% of its goods need to be imported. Among them, 80% of textile, clothing, shoes and hat products come from Turkey and China.

But because of its livable, business friendly, enlightened, open environment and excellent geographical location, attracting a group of Chinese enterprises to invest and develop trade, hoping to make it a pfer hub for the surrounding 400 million population.

On the 25-29 day of June, Xia Lingmin, vice chairman of the China Textile Industry Federation and chairman of the circulation branch, led a delegation of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Humen, Chengdu, Ji'nan, Weifang, Zhuzhou and other regional professional markets to conduct research on industrial cooperation in Georgia, focusing on the overseas investment projects of Xinjiang Hualing group, Tbilisi Nino wholesale market and Chinatown, while visiting the Ministry of economic affairs of China and the Chinese Embassy in Georgia.

The delegation has an in-depth understanding of the local industrial development environment and needs, and focuses on publicizing the functions of China Federation of textile industry and circulation branch, and actively promoting cooperation and negotiation between the two countries in textile and clothing trade and circulation, and has achieved initial results.

01, Georgia is stable, open and free.

Georgia has a total population of 3 million 718 thousand people. Natural resources include forests, minerals, water resources and so on. Tourism is a relatively mature industry. Georgia has superior geographical advantages. It looks across the Black Sea to Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and other Eastern European countries, and borders on Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other countries. It has the international market of nearly 400 million people in the Black Sea Economic Zone. It is the core hub of the "one belt and one road" and the bridgehead connecting Europe and Asia.

The land and sea pport in Georgia is directly accessible to Eastern European countries, and domestic railways and highways are connected with neighboring countries. Recently, a railway and highway pport line across Armenia to Iran has been opened, providing convenient pportation conditions for re export trade.

Zuo Hongbo, the representative of the Chinese Embassy in Georgia, said that Georgia actively responded to the "one belt" initiative and was committed to creating an economic corridor linking Europe, Asia, trade, logistics and pportation. The political situation was stable, the degree of opening up to the outside world was high, the scope of the free trade agreement network was wide, the procedures for business operation were convenient, the labor and electricity cost was low, and the investment environment was good.

More than 90% of Georgia's goods need to be imported.

Georgia's manufacturing industry is lagging behind, accounting for only GDP14.3%.

Among them, 80% of the textile and clothing shoes and hat products come from Turkey and China; Turkey has a market share of over 50% due to its good technological level and high performance price ratio; the Georgian apparel industry employs 6000 people, 85% of whom are female workers; a total of about 20 garment manufacturers, mainly in uniforms, fast fashion production and international famous sports brand OEM; 90% for small enterprises, mainly concentrated in Batumi, a small number in Tbilisi and Kutaisi; because of its strong cultural and artistic atmosphere, enterprises have strong clothing design capabilities.

Giorgi Edilashvili, senior investment adviser of the Ministry of economic affairs of Georgia, stressed that in recent years, investment in textile and apparel industry in Georgia has been developing rapidly, and it is also one of the most desirable areas for government to invest, especially shoes and hat products.

Georgia has signed free trade agreements with the European Union, Turkey, the Commonwealth of Independent States and China. Therefore, although the market share is small, it can basically achieve zero tariffs through Georgia's entry into other neighboring countries.

In addition, the grid will provide superior policy conditions, including pferring land at a symbolic price, and enterprises in the industrial park will be exempt from all other taxes in addition to paying the employee's income tax.

According to statistics from the Georgia National Bureau of statistics, the volume of foreign trade in 2017 1-11 was 9 billion 563 million 800 thousand US dollars, up 12.9% over the same period last year.

Of which, exports amounted to US $2 billion 439 million 700 thousand, an increase of 27% over the same period last year, with an import volume of US $7 billion 124 million 100 thousand, an increase of 8.8% over the same period last year.

From the perspective of countries, Turkey is the largest trading partner in the world, with trade volume of US $1 billion 412 million, Russia as the second largest trading partner and trade volume of US $1 billion 54 million, China as the third largest trading partner and trade volume of US $834 million, of which US $194 million is exported to China and US $744 million is exported to China.

02, Hualing group, the largest foreign-invested enterprise in Georgia.

After 30 years of development, Xinjiang Hualing group has been targeting five major market clusters at home and abroad, with a total construction area of 3 million square meters and a total assets of about 20000000000 Yuan. The total annual sales of goods to Central Asia are more than 2 billion dollars, accounting for Hua Ling.

The total annual sales amount is more than 70%, accounting for 80% of the total exports of similar commodities in Xinjiang.

In 2007, Xinjiang Hualing group began to actively layout along the Silk Road Economic Belt, invested and developed the Hualing international economic special zone and Kutaisi Industrial Park in Georgia, and nurtured and developed modern animal husbandry, real estate and hotel services, and successfully established and purchased the first foreign bank in Georgia.

By the end of 2016, Xinjiang Hualing group had invested 500 million US dollars in all kinds of investments and provided 3500 jobs. After the completion of the project, the total investment can reach US $2 billion 500 million and provide more than 20000 jobs.

The Hualing International Special Economic Zone is located in the hinterland of the capital city of Tbilisi, with its strategic location. It is the commercial core area of the new urban area in the future. It is divided into commercial blocks, commercial streets, Youth Olympic Village and international business center.

Among them, the international trade center, Hualing Tbilisi maritime industry Plaza, is located in the city of Tbilisi, and is one of the main commercial projects in the Hualing Tbilisi international special economic zone.

According to Fang Qi, general manager of Hualing Tbilisi maritime business plaza, the project is an International Trade Plaza integrating retail, wholesale and international trade. It consists of five floors, 110 thousand square meters of main building, 20 thousand square meters of building materials market, and 100 thousand square meters of logistics center (bonded warehouse, Zhou Zhuancang).

Area, processing area, customs bonded zone, storage area, logistics freight pport, characteristic commercial pedestrian street, etc.

Bags, supermarkets, lighting, furniture and restaurants, boutique exhibition areas, leisure and entertainment, free trading areas, art galleries, etc. at present, China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other multinational businesses have signed up and operate normally.

Haining Georgia Co., Ltd. is stationed in Hua Ling Tbilisi maritime industry Plaza. It has more than 2000 square meters exhibition hall and 1700 square meters warehouse. It operates curtain fabrics, sand distribution, polyester dyed fabrics, garment fabrics, bedding, imitation leather, scarves, slippers, socks, sweaters, quilts, Christmas gifts, etc. the products are mainly from 38 suppliers in China.

Tian Lixin, general manager, is very optimistic about the development prospect of the "one belt and one way" national textile and garment industry. It will expand the market of neighboring Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran and Ukraine, and build a channel for the domestic professional market and industrial cluster with customers from neighboring countries in Georgia.

Kutaisi Industrial Park is located in Central Georgia, connecting ports, railways and highways, with convenient pportation, and an important industrial city of the former Soviet Union. It has gathered a large number of industrial functions and low labor costs.

The total area of the park is 72 hectares, the processing area is 400 thousand square meters, the market area is 220 thousand square meters, and the living area is 100 thousand square meters.

The products processed in this free park are exported to all countries in Europe for zero tariff. To local sales in Georgia, only 4% of customs service fees are charged, which reasonably avoids the trade barriers of European exports to China, and greatly reduces operating costs.

At present, the business projects include timber processing, furniture production, stone processing and other finished products and raw materials re export trade. There are 13 manufacturing enterprises and more than 80 logistics enterprises. The plan will continue to invest in a group of domestic textile and garment production enterprises, covering an area of about 200 mu.

Ma Penglong, general manager of the Hualin Georgian free Industrial Park, believes that there is no textile enterprise in Georgia at present, and there is also a lack of larger garment enterprises. "Georgia is the best platform to expand to the surrounding market, and the market prospect is very good."

Xia Lingmin expressed high recognition of Hualing group's investment and trade in Georgia. At the same time, he said that in the future, we should further explore how to promote the further cooperation between the domestic textile and garment market and the Hualing Tbilisi maritime industry square and the Kutaisi Industrial Park, so that Georgia can become a pfer hub for the European Union and the Middle East to realize the global market of China's textile and garment industry, which will bring new opportunities for China's textile and garment market.

03, Nino and Chinatown, Central Asian characteristic wholesale market.

The Nino wholesale market in Tbilisi is the largest comprehensive wholesale market in Georgia with a high reputation.

The market covers an area of 235 thousand square meters, and there are about 6100 business operators, mainly wholesale on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and retail at other times.

In terms of business category, there are a wide range of commodities, including clothing, home textiles, small department stores, etc. the goods come mainly from Turkey, about 70%, about 12% of China's products, and 8% of Iran's products. The products are mainly medium and low grade, and they are 60% and 37% respectively.

Matching, the market has 4 banking business hall, 6 restaurants, 10 international logistics companies office, domestic logistics mainly around the shuttle bus and the purchase of the main business.

Tbilisi Chinatown, near Nino wholesale market, was operated and managed by the Wenzhou chamber of Commerce of China and Fujian chamber of Commerce. It opened in 2000 with an area of about 5000 square meters, with a total number of shops of about 100, and Fujian and Zhejiang.

Chinatown covers varieties of clothing, shoes and hats, bags, small department stores, bedding, lamps and lanterns, etc. the products are mainly from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. The products are mainly sold to Georgia and sold to Armenia and Azerbaijan in a small quantity. Chinatown operates 24 hours every Wednesday and Saturday, attracting 200-300 local small shoe family workshops to come to market.

During the 5 day inspection tour, members of the delegation also made a detailed understanding of the local per capita wages, consumption levels, investment requirements, production and trade constraints, and left a deep impression on Georgia.

Members of the delegation

It is very satisfied with the investment environment in Georgia. "This is a rare opportunity, just like China's reform and opening up.

We must keep pace with the times, respond to the call of the state, go out and attack overseas markets.

Yang Xiufeng said.

He said that Georgia's local trade policies and geographical features are very suitable for importing textile products, and can enter Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Europe and other countries, and have reached initial cooperation with Hualing group.

It is believed that this visit has greatly increased knowledge and will help the domestic professional market in developing the international market.

In the way of cooperation between both sides, we can consider selecting excellent domestic brand products, providing goods for local businesses, and purchasing products with unsalable products at preferential prices, so as to reduce operational risks of both sides.

On the one hand, on the one hand, the concise and convenient administrative procedures of Central Asian countries such as Georgia are worthy of reference from the domestic professional market and enhance the intimate service consciousness of the market for merchants. On the other hand, China's textile and garment market has significant advantages in terms of hardware facilities, fire safety management, market site operation management and merchant brand management, etc. it can consider promoting export cooperation between the two countries by means of management output.

China's textile and garment industry has been among the best in the world in terms of its processing capacity and technology level. It has been open to the public for many years, and has promoted China's textile and garment industry to carry out international cooperation and sharing in technology, products and markets.

At present, China's textile and garment market is vigorously promoting pformation and upgrading in order to accelerate the development towards high quality. "Going out" is an important path. Especially under the "belt and road initiative", the domestic textile and garment circulation enterprises should seize the opportunity to actively utilize the excellent trade expansion foundation of Xinjiang Hualing group and so on, fully integrate overseas resources, and increase international exchanges and cooperation in production, processing, trade, brand building, and channel construction, so as to promote the pformation of their own development mode and achieve win-win development.