Ceramic tiles, textiles and garments, toys, bags, footwear, plastic products and steel products Foshan seven products are traditional strengths of the labor-intensive exports. Reporter learned yesterday from Foshan Customs, from January to July this year, seven major types of products, general trade exports 2.145 billion U.S. dollars total over the same period last year 11.6% growth rate declined by 25.7 percentage points. In addition to ceramic tile exports remained strong growth, the other types of exports grim.

“But in this round of export cold front, Foshan and many businesses to face the challenges, adjusting the mode of development, adjustment of export policy, and actively explore new markets, exports increased scale, there are worries also good news.” Foshan person in charge of customs-related , the four sectors of large enterprises is much greater than average growth of export growth.

The poor performance of the two businesses of large enterprises

Foshan Customs statistics show that 1-July, luggage, plastic products, iron and steel products three types of traditional labor-intensive exports of a general decline in the market, including bags, iron and steel products export enterprises also decreased the degree of the scale. “This reflects the largest exporter of these two types of industry, environmental degradation, this year’s export enterprises in the circumstances, the response is ineffective, in the maintenance of the situation.” The responsible person said. In addition, the textile and garment, footwear and toys, the first 7 months of export growth also significantly declined, with exports growth slipped up toys, up 29 percentage points.

Among the many traditional labor-intensive exports blocked situation, the first 7 months, exports of ceramic tiles are thriving. January-July, exports of ceramic tiles, Foshan, 216.49 million square meters, total exports of one billion U.S. dollars, respectively, an increase of 23.9% and 41.7%, the growth rate accelerated by 9 percentage points.