Investigation: Four Plights Of Small And Medium Sized Foreign Trade Enterprises In Chongqing

< p > reporter found in the survey that in fact, frequent fluctuations in exchange rate, rising operating costs, intensified trade frictions and weak market recovery have become problems that plagued small and medium sized foreign trade enterprises. < /p >
< p > < strong > predicament 1: exchange rate trend is unpredictable > /strong > /p >
< p > "the recent fluctuation of RMB exchange rate has made a great impact on the operation of large foreign trade enterprises." He Wei, who has just returned from the "Canton Fair", said that because of the poor market prospect, they would rather spend more time and energy on the exchange rate when they negotiate orders with merchants. "In negotiations, we will consult with our clients to share the exchange rate risk." For example, when signing a contract, it is agreed that the order price will be settled according to the real time exchange rate; or if the relevant exchange rate clause is added directly to the contract, the exchange rate will be adjusted to a certain extent within the delivery period when the exchange rate changes to a certain extent. < /p >
< p > < strong > predicament 2: < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > operating cost < /a > go higher than /strong > /p >
< p > in the survey, many enterprises "Tucao", due to higher operating costs, weaker product prices, less attractive to customers, this is particularly evident in our traditional export industries such as a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > silk < /a >, automobile and motorcycle, casing and so on. Zhou Yongzhong, general manager of Xiang Fei group, who is engaged in silk export, said in an interview with a Commercial Daily reporter, "our main competitor is Uzbekistan enterprises. The manpower cost in this country is much lower than 50%." Zhou Yongzhong said, because the textile and garment industry "threshold" is not high, in addition to the resources of origin, the price has become a "fighting weapon". Therefore, over the past two years, foreign garment enterprises have been evacuated from China. < /p >
< p > < strong > predicament 3: < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > trade friction > /a > frequent > /strong > /p >
In the past one or two years, trade friction has left many enterprises unable to lie in P. According to the statistics of the Municipal Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, the traditional industries such as Electromechanical, light industry, textile, metal minerals, agricultural products and so on were the first to bear the brunt. In 2012 alone, they encountered 10 trade frictions and the amount involved was as high as 1 billion US dollars. < /p >
Less than P, for example, in 2012, the EU investigated anti-dumping investigations on ceramic kitchen utensils originating in China, involving more than 2000 Chinese companies, with an amount of US $710 million. Affected by the incident, Jinhui ceramic company and the high-tech company of Li tech had to "regret" the EU market. < /p >
< p > < strong > predicament 4: < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > market demand < /a > downturn < /strong > /p >
Last month, nearly 200 Chongqing enterprises went to Guangdong to participate in the 115th Canton Fair, P. "From the contact with customers at the Canton Fair, the consumption desire of customers in the market has not yet fully recovered, and the market is not warm." Huang Renquan, deputy general manager of Chongqing Euler Fine Ceramics Co., Ltd. told the business daily reporter that the company intends to set up overseas offices in Europe, South America and other markets to master first-hand information so as to adjust the market strategy. < /p >
Liu Jianjun, deputy director of the China Foreign Trade Center, also said publicly that the number of shopping merchants and turnover has dropped slightly, reflecting the slow recovery of the global economy, especially in the traditional markets in Europe and the United States, and the demand for emerging markets continued to be weak at the 115th Canton Fair, which has just come to a close this month, P. < /p >
< p > < strong > point of view: in the predicament, something must be done. The product must be "/strong" > /p.
Less than P, how can Chongqing's small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises overcome difficulties? "/p >
Xie Shuiqing, director of the Department of international trade of Chongqing Jiaotong University, said that increasing the export of manufacturing industry is the key to play the role of export support. The added value of such industries is relatively high, and the pulling effect on exports and employment is relatively large. P In addition, such as automobile and motorcycle, light industry and other fields should be the direction of foreign trade transformation and upgrading. < /p >
< p > but transformation and upgrading is not a day's work. Mei Xinyu, a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce and international trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute, believes that there are no fundamental changes in the domestic and foreign factors that restrict and influence the growth of foreign trade. Looking for new growth points under the circumstances of shrinking global trade and emerging trade protection measures. < /p >