Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Helan Date: 2008-12-31
Under the financial crisis:
Difficult to seek into the market in 2008, Yiwu market to face the impact of wind and rain still maintained a relatively good development trend, the market building or the same amount of quality, Commodity exports reached 50 million TEUs of the all-time high. Yiwu market is like the wheel, wind and the waves of the ocean in the international market, and difficulties in moving forward.
Market volume quality, export record high
In 2008, the market system in our city has achieved remarkable success. 3 International Trade City, furniture market, non-staple food market into three new markets opening, timber market was a main part of the project early in December knot the top, a new market operation more than 140 million square meters of area, so that the total market operation in our city area has reached 4,000,000 square meters.
In the market for significant expansion of capacity at the same time, quality hardware and software market have been substantial upgrading, such as the International Trade City three of its advanced high-tech hardware facilities, became the highest scientific and technological content of the current domestic and international level of the highest goods wholesale trading market, erecting the Yiwu market momentum more modern landmarks.
Building new markets to the old market to stimulate new and old market, "running" also produced a new impetus to the development, clustering effect of significantly increased, Yiwu market, export a record high. According to Jinhua Customs statistics, as of December 21, handled a total of Yiwu Commodity export declarations were 267,901, 507,448 TEUs of containers. It is reported that this is the admissibility of Yiwu Commodity Jinhua Customs container volume exceeded 500,000 TEUs, and export declarations and container volume record.
A new high behind the crisis, should not be underestimated
Market a new stage, but in 2008 the market is difficult in the pre-trip. The global economic recession triggered a decline in market demand, especially consumer spending is shrinking European and American markets, Yiwu market is facing an unprecedented crisis.
From the beginning of the year, the market Commodity index, the scale and efficiency indicators index has shown a slightly downward trend, by the end of November for climate index 1035.82 yuan, down 10.8 percent, the scale index for 73.29 yuan, down 17.03 percent, effective index for the 107.63 yuan, down 19.1%. In particular, from the second half of the market popularity shrink significantly, the market operator households reflected reduced orders, buyers are also lowering the level of credit, delivery orders requested price increase or running a single phenomenon.
Fluctuations in raw material prices rise and fall to the operator households also brought greater risks, the first half of the price of raw materials rose by more than product prices increase, resulting in reduced profits; decline in the second half of the price of raw materials led to a loss of inventory stock, in 2008 the enterprises and businesses faced with difficult Year.
Crisis to transformation strain, and actively rise
Predicament, the "market people" did not lose confidence, but despite difficulties. Government departments to vigorously carry out the market trades, professions targeted markets to promote and improve the supporting facilities in the building market. Actively explore the domestic market, to encourage the development of brand management, innovation chain of distribution, circulation and other new types of e-commerce format. At the same time vigorously develop the import market and re-exports, and guide the market by exporting a bridgehead to the import and export distribution changes, accelerate the construction of various types of imported goods Museum, to encourage the operators to carry out household import trade, promote the establishment of the bonded area.
Business enterprises "to transformation strain" quick turn, it will actively explore emerging markets, vision from the European and American markets shifted to Russia, India, Brazil, Middle East, North Africa and other countries and regions, and expand the domestic market, and strive to do their own products very letter. Operating households said that the operation in 2008, the concept has been a significant change, and some do not charge before a small list of basic domestic disdain, but the second half of this year is "particles to the warehouse", and together on a single small, single, Ahead domestic exports. Many business enterprises are no longer "sitting bull", but take the initiative to establish e-commerce, "the loss stalls line up."
Financial turmoil will not stop time, but Yiwu market confidence, and ways to face up to difficulties in the objective and rational basis, corporate businessmen "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, ." Yiwu market, with courage and hope, progress towards 2009.
Transformation and upgrading:
Sector enterprises to join hands war "winter"
In 2008, Yiwu enterprises are facing a very severe situation. Difficulties, I am the municipal government departments and enterprises with a positive attitude challenges and to take effective measures to find ways through the "economic winter."
According to relevant statistics show that the first 11 months of this year, the city's industrial output value 89,376,000,000 yuan, up 10.9 percent over the same period last year dropped 10.32 percentage points. Above-scale industrial enterprises in which the completion of 42.477 billion yuan output value, up 12.4 percent over the same period last year dropped 14.78 percentage points. The city's January-November export delivery value of 12.686 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7 percent over the same period last year dropped 19.34 percentage points.
Data show that the economy remains Yiwu a certain rate of growth, while obvious signs of decline. From an overall perspective, the city's industrial enterprises fundamental is still weak. But by the international financial crisis, is also facing a big difficulty.
The face of a shock, the city hit a timely manner, the use of extraordinary measures to help enterprises. Corporate finance for the plight of the city government has set up a "help to do," one hundred million yuan of funds earmarked by the international enterprise operattion to help emergency-lending businesses. Running time to more than a month, the city of "helping to do" with the relevant departments to co-operation, security-lending amounted to 279.5 million yuan, successfully helped 19 enterprises to avoid financial crisis strand breaks. In addition, the relevant departments supporting the establishment of emergency mutual funds, and actively take restructuring, investment, hosting, security and other forms of risk for proper disposal of non-core business enterprise assets, to help some enterprises out of the woods.
Many enterprises in our city, in the cold to capture rapid changes in the market, the timely development to find new territories. For example, some enterprises, before many products exported to the United States and Europe, but they are based on market "wind", re-examine the market, thinking quickly into emerging markets. For the market situation of these countries, national customs and etiquette, and consumer preferences, product details to do more focused, so that these enterprises are not only skillfully avoided the "crises", but also to capture the "machine", "cold" in marketing by increasing rather than reducing the volume.
Boniface Garments Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang, such as increased R & D innovation, corporate New occur repeatedly and rapidly occupied the market, so that the country has entered a brand Boniface more than 30 first-line department stores, breaking the domestic seamless underwear brand into the high-end shopping centers difficult " curse. " IQ Toys Co., Ltd., Alibaba, such as the use of web-based platform, the establishment of databases, the full implementation of search engine optimization, application of modern marketing tools to expand their business, not only reduces operating costs and improved efficiency.
The face of "winter", sector enterprises these concerted efforts, overcome difficulties together. Many enterprises to further accelerate economic restructuring, moving a step to accelerate the pace of innovation and continuous upgrading of product quality, the efforts of "cold" and "baptism" in the enterprise nature of the "transformation and upgrading."
Commodity classification standards
"Look," Yiwu
Now the market of small commodities in circulation, how many types? 300,000, 500,000 or 700,000?
November 1, 2008, in an official release by the Ministry of Commerce of China and even the implementation of the world's first on the Commodity Classification Standards "Commodity Classification and code", we find the latest answer - can be divided into 16 major categories, 9105 sub-category , 1.7 million kinds of individual commodities.
"Commodity Classification and code" for the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the first batch of 2007 domestic trade of industry-standard projects. The industry standard for small commodities in Yiwu market 400,000 industry research data as a basis for the existing Commodity a complete classification, and with a variety of international classification and coding to achieve the docking.
With this standard, domestic and foreign businessmen can not only find a variety of goods code, the code used precision-line orders can also be automatic classification system, will be encoded with the Customs classification, inspection and quarantine of goods classification, logistics classification than automatically , greatly reducing the export of commodities in the circulation of the cost of the Customs and Excise Department; With this standard, all kinds of commodities are expected to find products of each component material, origin and so on, so as to solve the quality of commodity markets, intellectual property rights and other issues, no doubt increased Yiwu market index level of credit.
Mall Group, according to market development services division of the relevant person in charge, "Commodity Classification and Code" industry standards covering the existing domestic commodity types, and the classification structure and categories set up for the new commodity types to leave room to ensure that their recommended industry standards as a cover, stability and guidance. Through continuous improvement, "Commodity Classification and Code" industry standard is expected to rise to national standards, will be involved in the preparation of Commodity Management Code.
"At present, we are to proceed with the preparatory work for Commodity Coding, has convened a number of open operating households' functional requirements' demonstration will be prepared to report to the city after the project as soon as possible into the practical application stage." Yesterday, the person in charge said.
2006 launched the "Yiwu index" to the commodity classification criteria is now available to the international market transformation and upgrading, the Yiwu market is leading to a commodity-related "standard revolution" - so Yiwu this "world supermarket" has conditions to become a commodity trade rules and promoting the development of the center of the eventual realization by the output of goods to the output standards and rules.
Foreign enterprises
Permanent bodies Add 669
December 24, firm Ernst set up representative offices in Yiwu. This is the first city outside of 2124, Permanent Representative of enterprise agencies. To date, the city this year, a total of 669 new foreign-permanent institutions, this increase is the largest over the years. Yiwu enterprises become permanent institutions outside the largest county-level city.
Related to the internationalization process of Yiwu, "Yiwu " recorded: in 1989 before the entry of foreign businessmen Yiwu small. Entry in 1989 only 27 people outside the staff. In 2000, the entry of foreigners Yiwu views Tatsu 3797. In 2003, increased to 41,471 passengers. Immigration is a large number of countries South Korea, Japan, Pakistan, India, the United States, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Jordan. In 2005, the entry of foreigners Tatsu ... ... 62,151 views
The past two years, with the Yiwu market and the increasingly close links at home and abroad, Yiwu internationalization of the economy has entered a new stage. Yiwu has actively participated in international competition and cooperation, economic outward degrees more than 30% market outward up to 60% or more degrees. UNHCR, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established in Yiwu market information procurement center, more than 20 years of transnational retail groups in the procurement of goods Yiwu.
With Yiwu's export-oriented than ever, every day from different countries overseas enterprises to set up an office here, especially since the financial crisis, some foreign investors came to Yiwu is, Amoy more affordable for daily use Commodity. In 2124 offices of foreign enterprises in justice from Middle East countries, most enterprises and businesses, only Pakistan reached 368. Other institutions to establish justice in more countries and regions are: Hong Kong, China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea. It is understood that this year in October and November, respectively Yiwu Permanent offices of foreign enterprises added 76 and 74.
Recently, some emerging market countries, Yiwu's exports become a new driving force, such as Brazil, Russia, India and so on. At present, India's justice has 42 offices, of which this year added 13; Russia's justice institutions have 20 this year, add 2; justice institutions in Latin America, a total of 12, this year added four. Traders in these countries have set up offices in Yiwu, and increasing trade in Yiwu market share.
Exhibition Industry:
Difficulties to achieve maximum benefit
This year's financial crisis the global economy, the market began to weak purchasing power and sales are falling sharply, but the Fair as a leader, Fumihiro Council, Forest Fair, hardware will be supplemented by brands such as exhibition of Yiwu exhibition industry still maintained with relatively strong development momentum in the face of adversity to achieve the maximization of the effectiveness of the exhibition.
China Yiwu International Commodities Fair has become one of the nation's third-largest category of economic and trade show, second only to Canton Fair and East China Fair. Through constant nurturing and development, Yiwu Fair has been at home and abroad, has laid a certain degree of publicity, to date, the exhibitors have been hard to get a vote, buyers are also popular. In a difficult environment, the 2008 Fair will run five days to achieve turnover of 10.36 billion yuan exhibition, compared with the last drop only 4.9%.
2008 Yiwu Fair exhibitors and buyers wide coverage. 4500 booths from 30 countries and regions in 2512 based outreach business. Buyer Tatsu 105,198 participants, of whom up to 16,107 people outside the business. Although customers in some areas compared with the previous reduction, but European and American customers accounted for 27 percent, with the last four percentage points year-on-year rise, accounting for 13 percent of African businessmen, with the previous year-on-year increase of 2 percentage points. Exhibition reflects a phenomenon: the merchants in some areas due to shrink as a result of the financial crisis in other areas has expanded accordingly.
In this session Fair exhibition turnover in foreign trade turnover of 949 million U.S. dollars, with the last drop only 3.2 percent year-on-year, accounting for 62.3 percent of the total turnover. During the same period Shanhai collaboration organized a series of activities, the enterprises and units also signed 10 cooperation agreements major industrial projects and 53 of finance, industry cooperation agreement amounting to 7.885 billion yuan.
In addition, the Fair in 2008, Forest Fair, hardware will be, the Consumer Fair, of washing will, crystal large number of exhibitions of large-scale exhibition, but also have achieved gratifying results of the exhibition, showing the Convention and Exhibition brand effect. According to the city in 2008 a group of convention and exhibition industry statistics show that the scale of Fair and Exhibition 2120 booths, the audience reached more than 61,950, 723 exhibitors 1.86 billion to achieve the volume of transactions; Hardware Expo booth appliances amounted to 837, 632 exhibitors, 41,552 Chinese and foreign businessmen involved in the procurement and realize the amount of 1,133,000,000 yuan transactions. In addition, the first Forest Fair, the Consumer Fair, of washing will, crystal exhibitions to achieve the volume of transactions were 1.095 billion yuan, 890 million yuan, 1.5 billion yuan, 172 million. In particular the Forest Fair, the first exhibition to obtain a better effect on the city convention and exhibition industry in the country have a higher profile, with a strong impact and the ability to resist risks.
The city's convention and exhibition industry in 2008 larger resource integration, and continue to tap potential, to develop new growth points, the introduction of some new small-scale trade shows, advertising technology and equipment exhibition, the International Crafts Fair, carpet exhibition and a number of other small fresh Show came into being. Great show for the content of these small exhibition of compatibility and complementarity, with large-scale exhibition can complement each other and for the entire convention and exhibition industry to add a lot of vitality. It is learned that Meihu HKCEC exhibition throughout the year, the Convention and Exhibition in 2008 the total turnover of 16 billion yuan.
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