Small And Medium Sized Foreign Trade Enterprises Have Become "Life-Saving" And "Tax Rebate" Has Become A Life-Saving Straw.

"Raw materials now Price increase Very severe, cost The pressure is increasing. Sometimes we have three months' orders with our customers, but because the cost has gone up again, if our price goes up again, it will be easy to lose the order. In April 26th, Suzhou dri Spin Ms. Wang, sales manager of the limited company, told the daily economic news reporter.

A recent survey shows that tens of thousands of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises in China are facing a severe test. From Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Sichuan, Hubei's six major export provinces, foreign trade research shows that about half of these areas enterprise Profits declined, and some enterprises increased their losses and even went bankrupt.

The 6 above Trade After the investigation, the big province also suggested that the country should maintain the stability of the export tax rebate policy. The industry pointed out that under the present circumstances, the rate of tax rebate reduction for export commodities should not be too large, controlling 1 to 2 percentage points in the year, and trying to maintain a relatively stable export environment.

　　 Export profits fell to 1.44%

At present, small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises have been close to the "life and death pass" under the joint action of commodity prices, price rises of raw materials and appreciation of RMB.

In April 26th, Yuan Xiaoming, director of the financial affairs department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in 2010, the average profit rate of China's export enterprises was 1.47%, lower than the average profit level of industrial enterprises. In 2011 1 to February, the export profit rate of enterprises dropped further to 1.44%.

Under the influence of multiple factors, the affordability of foreign trade enterprises, especially traditional labor intensive export enterprises and small and medium-sized export enterprises, is limited. At the Canton Fair, people from the market department of an electrical appliance company in Foshan indicated that the RMB exchange rate would be reduced by 1% or 16 thousand yuan, or about 100000 yuan, and the profits of enterprises would be reduced by about 5%.

A number of foreign trade companies to the "daily economic news" reporters reflect that the current price increase of enterprises can only be around 5%, up to no more than 10%, otherwise the order will be lost to Southeast Asia and other regions; at the same time, the price increase can not offset the cost of rising losses.

In April 22nd, the Ministry of Commerce issued the report on China's foreign trade situation (spring). The report points out that the development of foreign trade enterprises is facing many difficulties and problems. The main factor is the rising cost of key elements, and the pressure on business continues to increase.

The first thing mentioned in the report is the rising price of raw materials. Driven by the continuous rise in international commodity prices, domestic production prices continued to rise in the first quarter. The flow of production data increased by 11.2% over the same period, of which 17.8% of refined oil prices, 17.6% of steel products, 10.3% of non-ferrous metals and 8.8% of chemical products.

In addition, since the RMB restarted in June last year, the pace of appreciation has accelerated, and the pressure on foreign trade enterprises is self-evident. Zhao Yufang, vice governor of Guangdong Province, said that it was estimated that the RMB exchange rate rose to 1 percentage points last year, and that the export enterprises in Guangdong increased the cost by about 8 billion yuan. {page_break}

　　 Appeal for "export tax rebate protection"

According to the reporter, since April, the news of the re adjustment of the export tax rebate rate in some industries is crazy in the market. Unconfirmed sources said that the export tax rebate rate fell by 5%. The tax rebate adjustment involves clothing, textiles and non-ferrous metals such as lead, zinc, aluminum and other high energy consumption, the industry's scattered products.

According to the Ministry of commerce related personage, at present, the ministries and commissions have different opinions on tax adjustment, so the specific adjustment method is still under discussion. "Two high and one capital" (high pollution, high energy consumption, resource) and low value-added industries are the focus of adjustment.

One industry insider told reporters that "most foreign trade enterprises are living on the basis of tax rebates, and their books are all in deficit. They sell foreign products at a loss price, and their profits are 15% rebates." He pointed out that such a loss of business is mostly to maintain market size and not to make money or expand, just to survive.

According to the reporter's understanding, most export trade enterprises have heard about the possible reduction of export tax rebates. Gu Jianan, a staff member of Shaoxing fris Industrial Co., Ltd., frankly, said: "if the state wants to lower the export tax rebate rate, our enterprises will have to raise their prices."

He said that the company's current profit is only 3%~5%, if the tax rate is reduced by 5 points, then we have to raise prices in domestic products, while foreign trade orders are not selected.

　　 Experts: tax refund is still difficult to return to neutral.

A person close to the Ministry of Commerce told the daily economic news reporter that "it is not yet known that export tax rebates should be adjusted. As an important tax category, export tax rebates should be kept serious. I personally do not advocate long-term frequent adjustments."

As a competent foreign trade unit, the Ministry of Commerce has always hoped that the export tax rebate policy can be returned to a neutral policy. Zhang Peng, a researcher at the Ministry of Finance and the Institute of Fiscal Science, said that the current average export tax rebate rate is about 12%, and only the average tax rebate rate is raised to around 15%.

However, as for the possibility of raising the export tax rebate rate, the Ministry of Commerce said, "this possibility is not large, mainly because our exports are still able to maintain a relatively high growth rate, and there is no reason to raise the export tax rebate rate."