Keqiao: Foreign Trade Exports Show Strong Momentum

In this year, Keqiao foreign traders "fought for the first order" all over the world, and Vietnam, South Korea, Italy, Myanmar... launched the "first shot" of New Year's economic struggle.

This year, Keqiao foreign trade personnel focused on the new blue ocean of co building the "Belt and Road" countries and RCEP member countries, and started a new journey of breaking through against the trend.

This year, Keqiao foreign traders set up overseas warehouses in Dubai, Los Angeles and other places, marking a new chapter of "sweet potato economy" on the "New Silk Road".

Keqiao is an export-oriented city, with a dependence on foreign trade of more than 70%. This year is the year when the province's "sweet potato economy" can be upgraded and the "No. 1 open project" is promoted. The whole district has worked hard to fight for the economy, and Keqiao has also delivered a brilliant answer - a smooth start, growth against the trend, and quality and quantity. The reporter learned from the District Bureau of Commerce that from January to November this year, the total import and export value of Keqiao District reached 132.896 billion yuan, up 10.2% year on year; Among them, the export was 131.197 billion yuan, up 10.5%, accounting for 6.07 ‰ of the national total.

Group participation, grab orders and expand the market, and the pace of "going global" is accelerating. At the scene of the third phase of the 134th Canton Fair, 203 Cikeqiao textile and clothing enterprises participated in the fair. In Zhejiang Fumili Home Textile Co., Ltd., the cooperation with Japan's leading enterprise in the household industry, "like a bird", is steadily advancing. This breakthrough international customer is from the Canton Fair. Near the end of the year, Wen An, the chairman of the company, issued a full schedule. Before New Year's Day, he flew to the United States to visit customers to negotiate orders for 2024, and then flew to France to participate in the Frankfurt Home Textile Exhibition held on January 9. This is the "full schedule" schedule of Keqiao foreign traders.

Group docking, blue ocean gold digging, and "bringing in" exchanges are increasingly frequent. From the fourth Keqiao Foreign Trade Fair in April this year, the Keqiao Portugal Textile Industry Matchmaking Conference in June, to the first "Silk Road Central Asia · Brics" China (Keqiao) - Global Textile Industry Dialogue in November 2023, to the first RCEP Textile Industry Chain Cooperation Matchmaking Conference in December... more activities and deeper exchanges. Since 2022, the market of RCEP member countries has become the largest export place of Keqiao textile trade. In 2022, Keqiao's export weight to RCEP member countries will reach 22.5%. From January to November this year, Keqiao has exported 27.768 billion yuan to RCEP member countries, up 8% year on year.

A single spark can start a prairie fire. At the first RCEP Textile Industry Chain Cooperation Matchmaking Conference, many Keqiao enterprises, such as "Kaierhai Clothing", "Lisheng Import and Export" and "Chaoling Import and Export", expressed their strong intention to expand the RCEP market. "Kaierhai Clothing" has enjoyed a good development momentum in the Malaysian market in recent years, and is planning to find a better production base around the world to improve the industrial chain. The representative of the company proposed to further communicate with the representative of Cambodia's Kratie Special Economic Zone on the spot.

Since this year, Keqiao District has vigorously implemented the "Silk Road Keqiao · Global" initiative, and on the basis of stabilizing the traditional market, it has explored emerging markets such as countries along the "Belt and Road", and deepened docking and cooperation with Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and other regions. Up to now, the District Bureau of Commerce has organized nearly 3000 enterprises to participate in 65 domestic and foreign exhibitions, including self held exhibitions in South Korea, Italy and other countries, and group exhibitions such as New York, Las Vegas and Brazil.

Change the strain and start anew. This year, the enterprise and government made two-way efforts, and the overseas warehouse became another new platform for "Keqiao Manufacturing" to move towards the world, opening up the "last mile" of overseas final distribution. It is reported that the provincial public overseas warehouse can provide enterprises with diversified services such as warehousing and logistics, return and storage, after-sales maintenance, etc., and the first government led public overseas warehouse in Dubai is also steadily advancing. In addition, this year, Keqiao was also successfully approved as a provincial innovation pilot (characteristic industry direction) for "sweet potato economy" to upgrade the "No. 1 open project" to build an international marketing system.

"Going out" grabs orders and expands the market, "bringing in" exchanges and cooperation, "digs gold" in the new blue ocean against the trend, and improves services through overseas warehouses... Throughout the year, Keqiao foreign traders inherited and carried forward the "four thousand spirit" of the older generation of textile workers, sought business opportunities in the changing situation, made breakthroughs in the adverse trend, bred strong momentum, and firmly shouldered the responsibility of ensuring the economic growth of the whole region.