Restricted Development Of Shoes And Other Light Industries

On September 3, 2012, the second enlarged meeting of the Seventh Council of China Leather Association was held.

Rainbow Hotel is held.

Wang Shicheng, vice president and Secretary General of China Light Industry Federation attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

In his speech, he made an analysis of the economic performance of light industry and leather industry in the first half of the year, and pointed out three major problems that lie ahead of the industry. One is the high cost, the two is the increase in inventory pressure, and the three is the excessive taxation of enterprises.

Speaking of the problem of high cost, he pointed out that the rise of labor costs and raw material costs has gradually become normal in the economic operation. Although the prices of some raw materials industries such as iron and steel and nonferrous metals have come down recently, the comprehensive cost of light industry still remains high compared with last year.

At present, financing difficulties and increasing financing costs are weakening enterprises.

Key issues.

The state has paid attention to and saw the problem of solving the financing difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises, and has achieved certain results.

In 2012 1-5, the growth of liabilities, financial expenses and interest expenses of Enterprises above Designated Size in light industry slowed down compared with the first quarter. However, the growth of SME financing costs is still significantly larger than that of large enterprises.

The increase in inventory pressure was evident in the first half of this year in the industry. His analysis was mainly due to the strong consumer demand for light industrial products in the first half of last year, and some companies were too optimistic about the market trend and maintained a large amount of production.

However, in 2012, under the influence of the international situation, the peak season did not reach the expected date, and the performance in the off-season was even weaker.

He also pointed out by data analysis that in 2012 1-5, the finished product inventory of Enterprises above Designated Size in light industry increased by 15.6% compared to the same period last year, and the finished products of watches, sewing machines, workmen, beauty, light industry general equipment, weighing apparatus and household appliances increased by more than 20% compared with the same period last year, and higher than that of industrial gross output value.

The production of enterprises is facing a dilemma. If we continue to produce, we will have bigger inventory and a serious lack of liquidity. If we do not produce, we will lose workers.

In the speech, the emphasis is placed on the heavy burden of enterprise tax burden on the development of enterprises.

He pointed out that leather, plastic products, paper making, stationery and sports goods, bicycles, sewing machines and other trade associations all put forward that the heavy burden of enterprise tax burden is an important reason for the current difficulties in running enterprises. We hope that relevant departments of the state can understand the practical difficulties of enterprises and adjust and reduce related taxes.