Customs General Administration: Exports Of Textiles And Other Products In Europe Dropped By 0.9%

< p > this morning, Zheng Yuesheng, director of the General Administration of customs and general statistics department, "a href=" http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_z.asp, "Customs Commissioner", held a news conference to introduce the import and export situation in the first half of 2014.

Referring to some factors that affect the development of China's foreign trade in the second half of the year, Zheng Yuesheng summed up four words: "turn, back, weak, and rub". Among them, the export of labor-intensive products in China continued to decline in the main market share in Europe, America and Japan, down by 0.9, 0.6 and 2.4 percentage points respectively.

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< p > "pfer" means that traditional manufacturing industries, especially labor-intensive goods, are moving faster towards neighboring countries such as Southeast Asia.

Exports of labor-intensive products in China continue to decline in major markets such as Europe, America and Japan.

In the first quarter of this year, the share of seven major labor intensive commodities such as textiles in the US market dropped by 0.6 percentage points to 44.4%.

In the EU and Japan, the market share declined by 0.9 and 2.4 percentage points, respectively, 41.2% and 58.2% respectively.

At the same time, Vietnam, Mexico, India and other similar products in the United States market share increased by 0.8 and 0.1 percentage points respectively; Bangladesh, India and Pakistan similar products in Europe and the United States market share increased by 0.6, 0.3 and 0.4 percentage points year-on-year; Vietnam, Thailand and Bangladesh similar products in the Japanese market share increased by 1, 0.4 and 0.1 percentage points respectively.

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In order to revitalize the national economy and expand employment, some developed countries have taken measures to promote the return of manufacturing industry to domestic investment and foreign investment in P.

Data from relevant departments show that in the 1-5 months of this year, China's manufacturing industry actually used foreign capital of 17 billion 400 million US dollars, down 16.5%.

According to the analysis of the International Monetary Fund, the competitiveness of the US dollar, the cheap energy generated by the shale gas revolution and the narrowing of labor costs in emerging economies are driving the recovery of the US manufacturing sector.

The report also pointed out that after the current crisis, the manufacturing industry in the United States not only recovered quickly, but also quickly recovered to a level beyond the pre crisis level. The return of manufacturing industry in developed countries will have a certain impact on China's related industries and foreign trade.

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< p > "weak" means the continuous increase of production cost elements such as labor, which has weakened the competitiveness of China's export products.

In recent years, the minimum wage standards in various parts of China have been rising continuously.

According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of this year, more than 10 provinces and cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, adjusted the minimum wage standard one by one, with an average increase of about 14%.

In addition, the cost of financing, land and raw materials in China's export enterprises continues to rise, the constraints of resources are also increasing, the constraints of the environment are more and more stringent, and the competitive advantage of traditional industries in China has been weakening.

In June this year, we surveyed nearly 2000 enterprises, and 61% of the enterprises thought that the total cost of exports was increasing year by year. 65.2% of enterprises reflected the increase of labor cost.

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"P", "friction", the aggravation of trade friction has restrained the further expansion of our export space.

At present, Global trade protectionism continues to rise and trade restrictions are increasing.

In February 17th, the WTO issued a global trade surveillance report. From the middle of October 2012 to the middle of November 2013, the trade restrictions adopted by the Member States reached 407.

China's international trade environment report 2014, issued by the relevant departments, said: in 2013, China's export products were subject to 92 trade relief surveys, involving a total amount of $3 billion 660 million.

Since 2014, Global trade protectionism has become increasingly fierce.

For example, in May, there were up to 6 trade relief actions against China's exports.

In May 14th, the European Union made an arbitration ruling to impose anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on solar glass produced in China.

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Besides P, Zheng Yuesheng also talked about other factors that affect the import and export of foreign trade.

Since the beginning of this year, global commodities, such as energy and resources, have been oversupplied, and prices have continued to fall.

For example, in the first half of this year, the prices of major energy resources imported from China, such as iron ore, coal, copper and soybeans, showed a marked decline compared with the same period last year.

Zheng Yuesheng said, "in the first half of this year, China's import price has fallen by 2.4%. The decline in commodity prices, although it is conducive to improving our terms of trade, can buy more goods with the same money, but at the same time, it also reduces the import value of the current period to a certain extent.

The trend of low price of commodity prices is continuing in the second half of the year, and will also have an impact on our imports, especially on the basis of trade value statistics.

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