China's footwear industry sounded the clarion call for self-defense

                a Wenzhou folk foreign trade battle began to seep into the local export-oriented economy, enterprises and industry associations and chambers of Commerce to join together and become the leading actor on the battlefield of anti dumping. Come to Zhejiang city in Wenzhou Province reporter before the joint discussion with local government, industry association and enterprise representatives, feel the fight has sounded the clarion call.

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              in June 30th, the Commission issued notice that in the EU "official gazette", from the China decided to shoes (haiguanshuihao respectively 6402300 and 6403400) to start anti-dumping investigation, investigation period from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005.

            according to the EU anti-dumping investigation procedures within 15 days after the announcement issued, the respondent enterprises must submit “ market economy status and / or individual treatment of the application form, &rdquo and ” “ questionnaire;.

            this anti-dumping case involving a small amount of money is only the beginning of the European Union's anti-dumping case against Chinese shoes.

            and in June 29th 30, one and a half days, and 5 from the Ministry of Commerce Foreign Trade Department official, Chinese arts and crafts import and Export Chamber of Commerce and China Leather Association and around more than 100 shoe-making enterprises responsible person, gathered in Wenzhou held the EU shoes to coordinate at the same time, and the EU's shoe anti-dumping training issues. The coordination meeting of the EU labor insurance shoes was jointly convened by the Ministry of Commerce and the light industry and Commerce Commission, and Wang Shichun, director of the import and Export Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, came to the scene and made a mobilization report.

            “ the shoes anti-dumping case is the first case, footwear case series ” “ Wang Shichun said that the case of good and bad, will bring the diffusion effect and the demonstration effect. ” EU anti-dumping investigations on Chinese footwear products will be a string of “ serial case ”.

 :      ;     reporter learned from the Zhejiang Leather Industry Association, China's export of labor insurance shoes mainly from europe. Zhejiang Saina group is the domestic export shoes largest enterprises, annual exports of more than $10 million, half to the eu. Company chairman Chen Zewu said in an interview with reporters, Dossena has learned in the first time the announcement on the news, from the current situation, the national total of 12 enterprises, Saina will choose two ways of responding to a joint national companies involved in defense and nondestructive; two is the market economy status alone the application, actively strive for individual tax rate.

          according to Chen Zewu, in July 18th, involved in the EU anti-dumping investigation by the 23 Chinese shoe enterprises have been within the stipulated time to all EU agencies submitted a sample of the questionnaire and the application form for market economy status. In July 28th, the agency responsible for the notice of China's enterprises, 12 enterprises in the form of unqualified, and decided to choose 4 of the remaining 11 qualified enterprises (Zhejiang, Shandong gold Saina company Milan company, Jiangsu liouxin company and Dongguan Taiwan Guangdong company) to conduct a detailed investigation. The 4 companies exported more than 80% of the European Union's labor insurance shoes.

          in mid July, Dossena set up anti-dumping emergency response team. In preparing the various litigation materials at the same time, we visited the local has won the international anti-dumping lawsuit Wenzhou Oriental lighter factory, Dahu lighter company “ from ”. July 16th to 28, led by industry associations, and other enterprises to participate in the Seine 10 “ group &rdquo without compromising defense; go to the EU to the local industry association, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the group of lawyers for the first time “ &rdquo, &ldquo second group lobbying;; defense group &rdquo will soon depart.

        the EU may further take the anti-dumping stick to the greater exports of textile fabric shoes and leather shoes, which will affect the China most export-oriented shoe-making enterprises. The total value of China's footwear products could be as much as $1 billion 600 million.

        the director of the European Commission's department in charge of anti-dumping investigations has formally met with officials of the Chinese mission in the eu.

        Saina Group Chairman Chen Zewu told reporters, because of changes in our product brand led to the EU local factory closed. In 1996 as the first China Senna's shoes to the EU participating enterprises, greatly welcomed by local consumers.

        Chen Zewu said: "“ our shoes are exported to the European Union; but the shoe-making equipment is imported from the EU.". We imported from Italy 4 sets of equipment, imported from Germany, 5 sets of equipment, equipment at an average of $1 million, 30% of the profits, coupled with each pair of shoes material 40% is imported from abroad, so they will be big beneficiaries. And we sold only 8~10 dollars for a pair of shoes, with a net profit of only 8%. Originally, the first half of this year, we intend to import two sets of equipment from Germany, and they began anti-dumping, so that all links have been affected. Bilateral trade, unilateral sanctions, which is unfair to Chinese enterprises.
"       " said Luan Chunsheng, vice president of the light industry chamber of CommerceIn February 1st, the EU statistics through the implementation of import monitoring system for the China shoe after serious misrepresentation, the main reason is: one is statistical data to permit quantity instead of actual imports, resulting in statistical data deviates from the actual conditions; two is the statistical and comparative inconsistencies. 2005 statistics cover the 25 EU countries, and the comparative analysis of the data is 15 in expansion, due to the scope of statistical inconsistencies, the statistics show Chinese footwear imports surge, seriously mislead EU importers and China enterprises.

        “ now with the EU court, I'm not afraid of what. I just want to reflect the situation of the enterprise in a practical and realistic way, and I hope I can get a fair decision so that my legal rights and interests can be maintained. Of course, the outcome of the matter can not be perfect, there may be accidents, as long as the efforts to fight for, will have no regrets. But we must change the development strategy in the future, the export market diversification, to vigorously develop the domestic market, the realization of ‘ 334 ’ the target, namely the domestic market accounted for 30%, Southeast Asia and neighboring countries and regions accounted for 30%, the EU accounted for 40% of the share. You can't get stuck in one place. "&rdquo," said Chen Zewu, the boss. Since 2001, Saina group has conducted 4 large-scale technical transformation, the introduction of a number of international advanced production equipment. Saina's goal is to 2008, the output value of enterprises from 2 last year.1 billion to 1 billion yuan, to build both domestic and foreign markets, regional development is more balanced and coordinated global marketing network.

        Wenzhou shoe industry association chairman Chen Xiqiang said, in the long run, companies still have to implement quality strategy and the strategy of market diversification, increase research and development efforts, improve the quality and grade of products, increase the added value of products, to create their own brands, realize the transformation of export from quantity expansion to quality and efficiency, from the source to reduce trade friction, the development of the shoe industry to obtain long-term, stable and sustainable. Industry associations will provide coordination, guidance, consultation and service for enterprises in various aspects, so that the Wenzhou shoes industry and the world shoe industry will develop in a coordinated and synchronized way.