Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Yama Date: 2008-03-01
It has been nearly one month since the lifting of EU restrictions to Chinese textile products in January 1 ,2008 . Recently,it was learned from Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation that twenty Yiwu enterprises have received qualifications fo r the export of textile products to EU. However ,a good many Yiwu textile enterprises donot feel relaxed .
Confronted with the increasing costs of export as well as opportunities after the lowering of permission standard ,many of them hold that the onstant improvement of the product quality and its added value is the only long-term strategy for the development of whole industry .
In the mid-October 2007 , the vetting co mmittee made up o fmembers from China Chamber of Commerce for Imports & Exports of Textile and China National Textile & Apparel Council publicized the 2008 Qualification Standard for Export Enterprises of Bilaterally- nspected Textile Products towards EU ("Standard" hereinafter). It's ti pulates that only those having obtained qualifications can engage in the EU-oriented textile export activities .
According to the stipulations of the Standard , here are the conditions for obtaining such qualifications:The enterprise must have 500 thousand yuan or more as registered capital; it must have two or more years of experience in textile export; the export volume of the enterprise towards EU reaches 10 thousand dollars or more in the previous year; the enterprise must have nou nlawful practice in the intellectual property protection and environmental protection in three consecutive years; it must be an ordinary tax payer; and it must meet the self-discipline requirements of the relevant industry set by its commerce chamber or association .
Up to now , twenty Yiwu textile enterprises including Zhejiang Berkam Garments Co. , Ltd have obta ined qualifications for the export to EU.According to sources , it is found in the administration of eight types of export permission for textile products that the main textile products Yiwu textile industry concerns are knitting underwear , trousers and corselet . As to those that have failed to get the qualifications ,some official in the ureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation advised that they should spare noe fforts toi mprove the present situation in production and anagement before the next application for the qualification . The removal of the ban is gene rally good news for Yiwu textile enterprises and the textile export volume of the relevant enterprises will surely increase this year ,he said . And this will alsobe an opportunity and a new growth oint in the trade for new enterprises as well as the textile enterprises that have never exported to EU ,he continued .
It was learned that the business volume of textile products takes a large proportion in the total export trade . In 2007 , the export volume of textile
products accounted for 54% of the total and 10% were knitting underwear . EU is considered as one of the important export markets for the textile products of the city . The trade volume of clothes and fittings exported to EU reached 17 mi llion do llars in 2007 , which was 22% of the roducts 'total export volume last year . Lifting the ban is good news ,for it will help standardize and adjust the whole textile industry of our city ,said the chief of some department in a knitting underwear company . The export qualification setscertain requirements in the environmental protection and social security of the enterprises, which requires the enterprises toh ave higher levels of performance . On the other hand , this is alsoa challenge . I t is wrong to think the way of low profitand homogenization of products will still be workable when the ban is lifted , he
added .
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