18, GuangZhou Customs statistics released in 2010, a quarter of Guangdong Province exported 960 million pairs of shoes, worth 2.59 billion U.S. dollars, compared with a year earlier (the same below) were up 16.5%, 7.7%. But in March the export 260 million pairs, significantly decreased by 22.2%.
A quarter of Guangdong shoe exports to the U.S. 1.15 billion U.S. dollars, up 6.6%, accounting for the same period total exports of Guangdong Shoes 44.5%; exports to the EU 410 million U.S. dollars, up 14.4% over the same period accounted for 15.7% of Guangdong’s total exports. March exports of these two market growth in both the United States and the European Union exports of 380 million U.S. dollars, 100 million U.S. dollars, up by 16.7% and 0.3%.
Footwear exports to emerging markets in Guangdong different movements. One of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Latin America exports 180 million U.S. dollars, respectively, 140 million U.S. dollars, up by 27% and 34.3%. While in Africa, the Middle East exports 76,890,000 U.S. dollars, respectively, 66,370,000 U.S. dollars, decreased by 6.3% and 37%. The March on the exports showed a declining trend in emerging markets, ASEAN, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, exports decreased by 37.7%, 8.4%, 45.9% and 66.2%.
March, Guangdong shoe exports decreased significantly, after the Spring Festival holiday welcome addition to the traditional factors of production low, some shoe postganglionic PRD employment gap emerged phenomenon of heavy shoes on March exports impact. Meanwhile, exports still face the future in Guangdong shoe trade measures focus on the outbreak, the cost of upgrading the pressure.
Customs analysis is that increasing attention in recent issue of income distribution in china, companies in addition to significantly increase the wages of workers, the matching of significantly improving the living conditions, increased labor costs. Other raw material costs gradually increase, due to the drought in southwest China, rubber production decreased, shoe prices led up; Tong Shi ? ?? 4 ? now, as Southeast Asia, Africa and some other less developed areas of the raw leather exports to a number of restrictions, leading to supply there, leather imported raw materials prices continue to rise, labor and materials costs squeezed corporate profit margins.