A Hundred Thousand New Shoes Have Just Been Worn For A Day.

Since the beginning of this year, Wenzhou has launched ten initiatives to boost trade and revitalize the "1+X" policy of the real economy. P has launched seven major actions to tackle the difficulties and achieved initial results.

In the first quarter, the development indicators and economic data were reported frequently, and the reporters picked up the main data to show the macroeconomic situation of Wenzhou's economic development.

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In the first quarter of the year P, Wenzhou's export volume increased by 5.98% and 7.06% compared with the 46 thousand batch and 1 billion 550 million US dollars.

Among them, footwear, low voltage appliances, valves, clothing, lighters and other exports have shown a good start, with the growth range ranging from 6% to 23%.

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< p > although the international market situation is still not optimistic, but in the first quarter of this year, the export of many traditional advantageous industries in Wenzhou has been reported frequently.

Reporters learned from the inspection and quarantine department yesterday that in the first quarter, Wenzhou exported 46 thousand batches and US $1 billion 550 million, an increase of 5.98% and 7.06% compared to the same period last year.

Exports of footwear, low voltage appliances, valves, clothing, lighters and so on showed a good start, with an increase ranging from 6% to 23%.

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< p > (according to the Wenzhou inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in the first quarter, Wenzhou exported 148 million pairs of shoes and 823 million US dollars, and the volume and value of exports increased by 6.47% and 12.89% respectively.

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< p > from this set of data, it is not difficult to extrapolate that the average unit price of exported footwear in our city is 5.56 dollars.

The person in charge of the inspection and quarantine office introduced that the annual increase in the unit price is 6.1%, which means that the export price of shoes in our city is rising.

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< p > take Ruian rubber shoes as an example. In the first quarter, the price of the medium and high grade shoes with a unit price exceeding 5 dollars has been exported by 2 million 637 thousand and 700 pairs or 15 million 504 thousand and 200 US dollars, up 20% and 17% compared to the same period last year, while the low-priced shoes with a unit price of less than 2 US dollars have fallen by more than 60% over the same period.

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< p > overall, since the end of last August's negative export growth, the footwear export curve of our city showed a wonderful trend of continuous improvement.

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< p > according to the trade countries or regions, the three main traditional markets of footwear exports continue to warm up.

Wenzhou's exports to the EU, the United States and Russia reached $211 million, $141 million and $109 million in the first quarter, respectively. The value of exports to Europe and Russia increased by 16% and 48%, respectively.

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< p > as the emerging market of footwear, South America is also very eye-catching.

According to statistics, in the first quarter, our footwear exports to South America amounted to US $39 million 530 thousand, up nearly 30% compared with the same period last year, of which the value of goods exported to Chile reached US $25 million 660 thousand, up 60% over the same period last year. Chile has also become the ten largest export country in Wenzhou for the first time.

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< p > from the analysis of export shoes, it is rare that all kinds of shoes of leather, leather and cloth float red.

Among them, the average price of leather shoes is the highest, but it has not been ignored by businessmen. Instead, it has taken the lead in the increase. In the first quarter, a total of 11 million 270 thousand pairs of goods were exported, worth 125 million US dollars, up 7.5% and 14% respectively from the same period last year. The total exports of leather shoes were 73 million 590 thousand pairs, and the value was 465 million US dollars, up 6% and 9% year-on-year respectively.

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< p > however, inspection and quarantine personnel reminded that there are signs that Wenzhou's export footwear situation is not optimistic.

For example, the sharp rise in labor costs and recruitment difficulties have become the bottleneck of the development of Wenzhou's export footwear industry. The path of OEM processing will be narrower and the pformation and upgrading of the export footwear industry is imminent.

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