Sichuan'S Export Footwear Enterprises Respond Positively To Financial Turmoil

Wall Street's financial turmoil has swept the globe. Sichuan's export enterprises are actively coping with avoiding exchange rate risks. With the Wall Street financial turmoil sweeping across the globe, the United States has faced the challenge of an unprecedented economic crisis. The downside risks of the world economy have also increased, which is also facing great challenges and shocks to many foreign trade enterprises that export to Europe and the United States.

Facing the aggravation of international financial turbulence and the increasing risk of export enterprises, many export enterprises in Sichuan have begun to respond positively, and implement the export "exchange rate assessment" mode, and predict the RMB exchange rate when they receive foreign trade orders in order to maximize the risk reduction in financial turbulence.

The shoe enterprises are not affected very much. "About 40% of the Sichuan footwear enterprises will be exported to Europe and the United States.

"According to the personage of shoemaking factory in the Western women's shoes city, although about 40% of the products of Sichuan's shoemaking enterprises will be exported to Europe and the United States, the impact of the financial turmoil on Sichuan's footwear enterprises in Sichuan is not yet apparent.

According to the insiders, the shoes exported from Sichuan to Europe and the United States have already begun to take the high-end footwear as the market position, which is very different from the traditional "dumping".

At the same time, he said footwear belonged to the fixed consumption of daily necessities, and the demand for shoes was relatively large in Europe and the United States. The annual consumption of footwear in the European market was 7-8 pairs, while the annual consumption of footwear in the United States was more than 10.

"Just like luxury goods, no matter what the economic situation is, the price will never drop too much.

"Before trading, exchange rate assessment", the US dollar depreciated very badly now, so many shoe factories have begun to invite someone to conduct exchange rate risk assessment before trading.

"Speaking of the impact of the financial turmoil in the United States on the footwear industry in Sichuan, the head of Chengdu Shun Xin Footwear Company disclosed that the impact of the financial turmoil in the United States on the footwear industry in the city of Chengdu was revealed.

He said that usually shoemaking enterprises need 3 months from receiving orders to formal delivery, and the exchange rate changes considerably.

As early as the RMB exchange rate against the US dollar began to rise slightly in 2005, Chengdu footwear export company took the lead in implementing the "3 month expected exchange rate quotes" mechanism to minimize the possible losses to the enterprises caused by the change in the RMB exchange rate.

In the event of the financial turmoil in Wall Street, many shoemaking enterprises in Sichuan have launched the "exchange rate assessment" before placing orders. They can be assessed by the professionals of the financial sector before delivery, so that the exporters can avoid exchange rate risks if they can agree.