Fujian Footwear Industry Increased By 50%

According to statistics of Fujian Statistical Bureau, the import and export of Fujian's private enterprises in the first half of the year was 16 billion 156 million US dollars, an increase of 51.5% over the same period last year, accounting for 32.4% of the total import and export value of the whole province.

Among them, imports of US $3 billion 152 million, an increase of 62.9%; exports of US $13 billion 4 million, an increase of 49%.

The rapid growth of import and export of private enterprises has made a great contribution to the strong recovery of Fujian's foreign trade.

According to data from Fuzhou customs, Fujian's total import and export volume was 49 billion 850 million US dollars in the first half of this year, up 42.8% over the same period last year.

Fujian Province Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department officials pointed out that in recent years, Fujian has continuously expanded the import and export operation rights of enterprises, and foreign trade enterprises have developed geometrically, forming state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises and private enterprises.

According to statistics of Fujian Bureau of statistics, in 2009, Fujian's foreign-funded enterprises exported 27 billion 393 million US dollars, state-owned enterprises exported 5 billion 539 million US dollars, collective and private enterprises exported US $20 billion 385 million, compared with 1996, they increased 5.1 times, 48.9% and 132.2 times respectively.

President Wang Qiming pointed out that textile, clothing, shoes and hats and other light industrial products have always been the main force of the export of Fujian's private enterprises.

Due to the constraints of past development stages and development mode, private enterprises in Fujian have long been limited to extensive production mode with low cost, low added value and low profit.

However, with the change of the concept of development, Fujian pays more attention to accelerating the upgrading of traditional light industrial products, such as textiles, clothing, shoes and hats, and encourages enterprises to use modern technology to increase the added value of the bulk export products and maintain the vitality of the traditional products.

The head of a sports shoe manufacturer in Fujian told reporters: "in the past, a pair of shoes for foreign manufacturers could earn up to 1 dollars in processing fees.

Now, through technological innovation and independent brand building, our sneakers are placed in stores in the United States, and the unit price can reach nearly $500 per pair.