Inventory: 2015 Top Ten Headlines Of Leather And Footwear Industry In China

First, the growth rate of footwear exports has dropped to negative since 2010.

In December 8, 2015, the General Administration of Customs issued

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1-11 months, the total export volume of footwear products (finished shoes and footwear parts) increased by -5.4%, and the cumulative growth rate dropped from July to negative.

China's footwear exports have maintained rapid growth for more than 20 years. From the annual growth rate, exports decline in 1998 and 2009.

It is worth noting that during the first two downward cycles, the export growth rate of footwear products in Vietnam, Indonesia and other major competitive countries also dropped to a negative value, but the countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia still maintained about 10% growth.

Two. Professor Shi Bi won the highest honor award in leather science and technology circles.

In November 25th, the thirty-third International Federation of Leather Technologists and Chemists Association (IULTCS) was held in new Hamburg, Brazil.

More than 300 representatives from 30 countries and regions including Brazil, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, Japan and Taiwan participated in the conference.

At the meeting, the biennial IULTCS Merit award was awarded in a grand ceremony. The academician of Shi Bi, Sichuan University, has won the recognition of the world leather technicians by her excellent work achievement. Rong BIE won the prize of 2015 in the year of Award.

This is the first time that Chinese leather science and technology workers have won the honor. This also represents the recognition and respect of leather technology researchers in the world.

The award is established in recognition of the outstanding achievements of leather industry in the world leather industry, and has become the most important prize in the leather industry, especially in the scientific and technological circles.

Three, the first leather goods in China

On November 12-14, the first national leather design and production skills competition finals was successfully held in Baitou, the capital of China's luggage.

The competition is a leather designer. The competition includes two parts: theoretical examination and practical operation.

The competition was jointly organized by China Leather Association, China employment training technology guidance center, China finance and trade textile and tobacco trade union, and China Light Industry vocational skill appraisal and guidance center. After the selection of four preliminaries in Hebei, Zhejiang, Henan and Guangdong, a total of 41 candidates participated in the finals.

Ningbo Xin Siwei luggage and bags Co., Ltd. Wen Zhenhua, golden monkey group Weihai Leather Co., Ltd. Jin Huanmei, Ningbo new Siwei luggage and bags Co., Ltd. Xuan Mingfu won the top three finalists respectively.

The success of the competition has not only fully demonstrated the exquisite professional skills and good mental outlook of the luggage designer, but also has become an important measure to promote the skill level of the workers in the new era, accelerate the training of knowledge-based, skilled and innovative talents, and boost the pformation and upgrading of the leather industry.

Four, "tannery industry water saving and emission reduction technology roadmap" officially released

In August 30th, the China Leather Association officially released the "tannery industry water saving and emission reduction technology roadmap" (hereinafter referred to as "road map").

The road map promotes our country from a big tanning country.

On the basis of extensive investigation of the technological development situation of leather industry at home and abroad, we select the technological processes that meet the actual needs of the industry and have strong operability. Based on the strategic investigation of the development of the power industry, we put forward the objectives, key technologies and key technology development directions of the tanning industry in the next 5-10 years.

The roadmap provides a scientific basis for the forward-looking guidance of technological innovation and technological investment in leather industry, and provides decision-making basis for policy making by government departments.

Five. Wenling City Jieyu shoes material Co., Ltd. has experienced a serious accident of "7 4" workshop collapse.

In July 4th, 16 hours and 08 minutes, the Wenling City Jieyu shoe material Co., Ltd., located in the village of Longcun, Wenling City, Taizhou, collapsed in an area of about 2000 square meters. The accident resulted in 14 deaths, 33 injuries and a direct economic loss of more than 1100 million yuan.

In July 15th, the State Administration of work safety released the notice on handling and supervising the major production safety accidents, and the Security Council of the State Council decided to supervise the handling of the "7 4" major plant collapse accident in Taizhou City Jieyu shoes materials Co., Ltd.

In October 27th, the Zhejiang Provincial Safety Supervision Bureau released the "7 4" workshop accident investigation report of Wenling Jieyu shoe material Co., Ltd., which was identified as "a major production safety responsibility accident". The direct cause of the accident is that the roof load of the factory building is too large, and the bearing capacity of the steel structure is insufficient, resulting in the instability of the building structure system and the collapse of the factory building.

The report recommended that Xu Fulin, the legal representative of Jieyu company, and the Secretary of the Party branch secretary of the village of Dalong Town, Wenling, be investigated for criminal responsibility, and 22 disciplinary officers were released.

The lesson was bitter, and the alarm for enterprise safety production was wake-up call.

Six, 2015 genuine leather signs / bags / children's shoes topping brand list officially launched and awarding ceremony.

In June 15th, 2015 China genuine leather label / bag / children's shoes topping brand list was officially launched in Beijing, and a grand ceremony was held.

A total of 88 brands were awarded the brand name of genuine leather logo / bags / children's shoes.

There are 10 brands in the title of "real leather shoes king", and 15 brands have been awarded the title of "2015 Chinese leather shoes"; 6 brands have been awarded the title of "2015 China leather top clothing King", won the "2015 China Leather Dress king" title, 8 brands, won the "2015 China genuine leather brand" brand name, won the brand name of "China's luggage and bag leading brand", won the "brand name of China's luggage and bags" brand, and won the brand name of "China's children's shoes leading brand". Among them, won the "2015 China Leather leading shoes king" title of 15 brands, won the "2015 China"

In view of the increasing influence and strength of BELLE group in industry and international, it has become a leader in the industry.

To this end, the China Leather Association has specially set up the "China leather brand Jinding Award", which is awarded to BELLE group.

Seven, AOKANG acquisition of Lanting Pavilion gathering potential to explore the "Internet +" pformation

In June 10th, AOKANG shoes announced that it would buy Light In The Box Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LITB), 25.66% stake in China's foreign trade business, and become the largest shareholder of the Lanting Pavilion, at a price of about $6.30 per share and a total of about 77 million 340 thousand dollars.

For AOKANG, the acquisition of Lanting Pavilion is an important measure for the strategic pformation of the company.

The acquisition aims to make use of the resource advantages of both sides in the traditional industry and the Internet field, and jointly build the traditional industry "Internet +" strategy.

At the same time, AOKANG hopes to rely on the cross border e-commerce platform of the Lanting Pavilion gathering platform, to bring a series of excellent Chinese brands represented by AOKANG to global consumers, and use the Internet to create a global strategy for Chinese brands.

Eight, from June 1st, fur clothing, shoes and other consumer goods to reduce import tariffs.

Since June 1st, China has reduced the import tariff rate of some consumer goods such as clothing, footwear, skin care products, diapers and so on, with an average decline of more than 50%.

In this adjustment, the import tariff of suits and fur clothing decreased from 14-23% to 7-10%, import tariffs of boots, sports shoes and so on were reduced from 22-24% to 12%, the import tariff of diapers was reduced from 7.5% to 2%, and the import tariff of skin care products decreased from 5% to 2%.

Coupled with the low tariff products that have been introduced to promote consumption and improve people's livelihood in the past few years, China has lowered import tariffs on clothing, footwear, skin care products, baby food and supplies, kitchen utensils, tableware, spectacles and other consumer goods.

Nine, China Leather Association is fully responsible for environmental verification of tanning and fur processing enterprises.

In February 27th, the China Leather Association began to undertake the environmental verification work of tanning and fur processing enterprises.

The environmental protection verification work has been highly concerned by the industry since its launch in 2010. Experts from the China Leather Association have conducted field examinations on more than 150 tanning enterprises, covering 20 provinces and autonomous regions. After examination, a total of 90 enterprises passed the declaration of compliance.

During this period, the pollution control of the industry was further standardized, and the level of cleaner production technology improved significantly. At the same time, along with the continuous development of environmental protection verification work, the process of annexation, reorganization, relocation, and centralized production of enterprises was accelerated, which played a great role in promoting the awareness and level of environmental protection in the industry.

Ten. The price of raw material has fallen sharply to increase the operation risk of the industry

Since 2015, the price of imported raw hide has dropped sharply.

By the end of 2015, the price of raw cowhide decreased by 35-45% compared with the same period last year.

The sharp drop in raw materials in the short run makes tanning enterprises face greater cost pressures and capital risks.

To this end, the China Leather Association has issued two proposals in the industry, which advocates strengthening communication between buyers and sellers to jointly create a market environment for good faith management. The China Leather Association and other international organizations help both parties properly resolve trade disputes.

The initiative has been actively responded by enterprises.