Shanghai Great Hongqiao Clothing And Clothing Export Base For Innovation

Although the financial crisis is gradually dissipating, the export of textiles and garments in the first half of this year has been exported to US $7 billion 592 million, an increase of 12.15% over the same period last year, but the increase is far below the average increase of 21.35 percentage points in the same period. The proportion of textile and garment exports to the whole city's exports has dropped to 9.09%, down 1.67 percentage points from last year.

The survival of clothing and apparel exporters is now an open secret.

Where is the future of Shanghai's foreign trade enterprises?

Wandering at the crossroads

Earlier, reporters went to the suburbs to interview a general manager of a private clothing export enterprise.

Asking about the current textile

According to the survey, at present, more than 30 thousand foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in Shanghai, the proportion of foreign trade enterprises with little or no manufacturing function is gradually increasing, because the production and labor costs continue to increase.

A large part of Industrial and Trading Company and industrial self export enterprises, which were born in the 80s and 90s and characterized by the combination of industry and trade, have now evolved into pure trading companies, just like past professional foreign trade companies in Shanghai.

Earlier, the reporter visited a well-known Industrial and Trading Company in Shanghai. The head of the company told the company that there were more than 20 wholly owned or controlled textile and garment factories in the past.

But even so, business is still very difficult. Last year's net export interest rate was only 0.7%.

Textile and clothing has always been Shanghai.

Although the textile and garment industry is a traditional industry, it is not a sunset industry. No matter international or domestic, there is always a market for textiles and clothing.

However, for most of Shanghai's foreign trade enterprises, they are now wandering at the crossroads, continuing to export and living space getting smaller and smaller.

Innovation ignites hope

Wang Xinpei, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, recently told reporters that as China's largest trading port and building an international trade center, what is missing is not physical strength but mental strength.

He explained that textile and garment exports as an example, now almost everywhere are OEM processing, earn a little hard, "physical" money, Shanghai enterprises can no longer do this, this is not the direction of Shanghai.

The hope of Shanghai's export is to rely on "brain power" and innovation.