On the afternoon of November 15th, Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce held a seminar on trade adjustment assistance policy, which was attended by the municipal shoe leather industry association, the municipal foreign trade clothing chamber of commerce and 11 key foreign trade shoe and clothing enterprises.
At the meeting, the person in charge of the Fair Trade and Regulations Department of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce made a detailed interpretation of the purpose and significance, the application conditions, the identification procedure, the content standard and the implementation of the Zhejiang Provincial Trade Adjustment aid.
And the association and enterprise representatives expressed opinions one by one on the qualifications, conditions, damage, adjustment willingness, aid content, effect estimation, etc., expressed strong willingness to trade adjustment assistance, and put forward targeted assistance projects in combination with the actual situation of the industry and enterprises.
Meeting that the current Zhuhai shoe industry exports encountered many difficulties and problems, container freight, raw material prices, staff costs rose sharply, power brownouts caused industrial chain crisis, supply chain constraint production delivery, enterprises face cancel orders, contracts, delay delivery risk, international buyers in factory docking project obstacles, so accelerate the shoe industry trade adjustment and transformation development is imperative.
I believe that through reasonable adjustment and appropriate assistance, the city’s foreign trade shoes and clothing enterprises will eventually get rid of the adverse impact of the international trade environment, restore the market order and competitive vitality, and usher in a broader prospect for development.
Trade adjustment aid is under the condition of economic globalization, by the government for international trade environment changes and negative impact of domestic industry, enterprises implement relevant aid measures of a public policy tools, through the damaged industry, enterprises to provide technology, consulting services and policy assistance, help them restore productivity, improve the efficiency of the allocation of resources, promote the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure.
In June 2020, Zhejiang Province received the support of the Ministry of Commerce to take the lead in carrying out the pilot trade adjustment assistance throughout the province. In July this year, the first batch of 7 pilot areas including Huzhou City were identified.
In order to help the damaged industries and enterprises and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade, the city plans to apply for the pilot areas of trade adjustment assistance in 2022, and select some severely damaged industries and urban enterprises as the aid objects.
The preliminary situation shows that footwear and clothing in the leading industries of Our city are seriously damaged by the economic and trade friction and the COVID-19. The export pressure of enterprises is increasing, and the production and operation are in difficulties. The order climate index and export confidence index are both low, and there is a demand for assistance.
(Written by Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce)