Energy Saving And Emission Reduction Become The Development Difficulty Of Leather Industry In China

Analysis shows that the current domestic and international economic situation is grim, production costs have risen sharply, and the profit margins of enterprises have been further compressed. China's leather, fur and products and footwear industry has been running smoothly under the more severe situation. Basically, it has effectively overcome the multiple external pressures such as macroeconomic slowdown, slow growth of external demand and rising production costs. The industry is developing steadily. In addition to the wave of output indicators, sales, profits, exports and other indicators have maintained growth, while the unexpected decline in exports at the end of last year has made the industry's development face more uncertainties this year.

According to China Light Industry Information Center and China Leather Association jointly released the mid light leather prosperity index shows that in the past four years, the annual curve of mid light leather prosperity index has been moving down year by year and showing signs of gradual smoothing. It shows that the industry's growth rate is slowing down, the operation tends to be stable while the downward pressure is increasing. It has slipped from the upper limit of the stability interval to the lower limit, and the future industry development should continue to further promote transformation and upgrading, and steadily improve the quality of economic operation.

Last year, the main leather industry in China completed sales revenue of 1 trillion and 168 billion 270 million yuan, an increase of 10.6% over the same period last year. From the perspective of enterprise size, small enterprises are more flexible, with the largest share of 37.8%, and the fastest growth rate is 16%. From a regional perspective, the eastern region still dominates, with a share of 77.5%, but the growth rate has slowed down, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9%. The three provinces in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang ranked the top three in the country, accounting for 48.8% of the total, but the growth rate was not as good as the average level of the industry. Sales growth in the Midwest was 7.4 percentage points higher than that in the eastern region, while the growth rate in the central region was as high as 19%. The growth rates of Heilongjiang and Shanxi provinces were 109% and 84% respectively.

Last year, the trade surplus of China's leather industry reached 74 billion 460 million US dollars, up 9% from the same period last year, accounting for 28.7% of China's total trade surplus. Among them, exports of US $82 billion 930 million, an increase of 9% over the same period, and the growth rate dropped by 0.8 percentage points. In 2009, the export of leather industry was the first to decline. After 2010 or 2011 years of adjustment and rebound, the export growth rate of the industry continued to decline in the past two years, which has been less than 10%, and still slightly down compared with the level before 2009 (above 10%).

In 2014, the domestic and foreign market environment of China's leather industry is expected to be better, but there is a possibility of volatility. The fundamentals of the domestic demand market are generally good. With the steady increase of the income of urban and rural residents and the orderly development of new urbanization, the consumption growth of domestic demand for shoes and clothing is expected to increase steadily at the level of 2013. It is worth noting that despite the policy benefits brought about by the comprehensive deepening reform, the domestic demand market is not optimistic if the stimulus is insufficient. On the international side, the US, Europe and other economies have shown signs of substantial recovery. The improvement of the economic macro level will gradually be transmitted to terminal consumption, and the global market will show a stable and favorable situation.

Domestic production factors, especially labor costs will continue to improve. At the same time, energy conservation and emission reduction will still be the difficulties in the development of the industry. The main industries of leather industry are under multiple pressures, and the international competitiveness is facing severe challenges. It is urgent to accelerate transformation and upgrading, enhance core competitiveness, and strive for a sound external policy and public service environment to ensure stable and healthy development of the industry.