Optimization Of Overall Growth Structure Of Guangdong Footwear Industry

At a press conference held at the Guangzhou international footwear exhibition recently, the Guangdong footwear manufacturers' Association said that in the face of the pressure of domestic and international economic environment, Guangdong's footwear industry still maintained a good momentum of rapid growth and structural optimization, and most shoe-making enterprises did not intend to withdraw from Guangdong or the footwear industry due to new difficulties. According to the data of Guangdong footwear manufacturers' Association, in 2007, Guangdong's footwear export was about 9.58 billion US dollars, an increase of about 13% over the same period of last year, accounting for 40% of the total value of China's footwear export; from January to April 2008, Guangdong's footwear export was about 3.2 billion US dollars, with a year-on-year growth of 10.5%. Qiu Xiaoguang, President of the Guangdong Footwear Manufacturers Association, said that the current international trade protection, the reduction of export tax rebate, the appreciation of RMB, the rise of raw material prices, the shortage of land and energy supply, and the implementation of the labor contract law have a direct impact on the development of China's shoe industry, with the rise of manufacturing costs and the narrowing of profit space. Qiu Xiaoguang analyzed that in the face of pressure, Guangdong's shoe-making enterprises have both advantages and disadvantages. After more than 20 years of accumulation, Guangdong has become a global footwear trade center and shoemaking material supply center, with complete industrial support, low raw material procurement cost, and strong R & D, production and market expansion capabilities of enterprises. However, Guangdong's shoe-making industry has more OEM, less independent brands, low added value of products, and materials, technology and technology are still compared with the international advanced level There is a certain gap, the development of modern logistics and electronic trading is relatively slow, professional and technical personnel and management personnel are relatively lack, "labor shortage, power shortage" and other problems are prominent. Qiu Xiaoguang said that the adverse factors have a greater impact on the Pearl River Delta and other economically developed regions, but have little impact on several major shoe-making industrial clusters; they have a greater impact on small factories and less on large factories, but have little impact on Guangdong's footwear industry as a whole, showing a trend of growth and structural optimization. Enterprises with backward production and management will find it difficult to adapt to the new competitive environment and withdraw from the footwear industry. Enterprises that are good at allocating resources, paying attention to innovation and independent intellectual property rights, standardized management and daring to take social responsibility will survive and develop. More than 900 footwear related enterprises from 27 countries and regions will participate in the 18th International Footwear, leather and industrial equipment exhibition, which will open on May 28.