The export volume of made-in-China shoes grew 14.8 percent year on year to
19.08 billion U.S. dollars in the January-November period of 2006, down 12
percentage points from the same period of 2005.
In the 11-month period,
China exported 6.97 billion pairs of shoes, up 11 percent but down seven
percentage points from January-November of 2005, according to the latest figures
released by the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA).
"The decline
in shoe exports is mainly the result of the European Union's anti-dumping
accusations," said Su Chaoying, secretary general of the CLIA.
In fact,
he said, the entire leather industry had slowed down in 2006 due to anti-dumping
accusations, cancelled orders, fewer export incentives, the appreciation of the
Renminbi and other factors.
CLIA statistics show that the sales volume
of China's major leather firms grew 21 percent to 328.6 billion yuan (42.1
billion U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of 2006, down four percentage
points year on year. Meanwhile, the export volume of these firms grew 7.4
percent to 31.78 billion U.S. dollars, down 12 percentage points.
During
the same period, however, China's imports of leather and leather products
reached 4.49 billion U.S. dollars, up 18.8 percent or 12 percentage points on
the same period of 2005.
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