Wenzhou City, the first quarter of the export situation of shoes and apparel products "pleasing"

Data from the Wenzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau showed that in the first quarter of this year, the unit price of Wenzhou shoe and clothing products increased significantly, the unit price of footwear increased by 14.7% year-on-year, and the unit price of clothing increased by 24.2% year-on-year.
The responsible person of Wenzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau believes that the increase in the unit price of products is mainly affected by the labor force and raw materials. According to statistics, the average unit price of export footwear in Wenzhou in the first quarter was 4.94 US dollars, and the average unit price of exported clothing was 3.75 US dollars, of which the average unit price of knitted apparel rose by nearly 50% year-on-year. "Most companies have increased their export quotation, and some of the signed orders are also negotiating with customers for price increases," said the person in charge.
On the whole, in the first quarter, the export situation of Wenzhou shoes and apparel products was gratifying. Exports of footwear products that passed the inspection totaled 163 million pairs and 804 million US dollars, an increase of 8.4% and 24.3% respectively year-on-year; a total of 1,122 batches of clothing products and 50.413 million US dollars. , year-on-year increase of 0.4% and 18.3% respectively. Among them, large foreign customers have great influence on the export growth of Wenzhou shoes and apparel products. For example, the largest customer of Wenzhou footwear products is German company Deichmann, whose purchase volume is close to 10% of the city's total footwear exports.
The traditional markets and emerging markets in Wenzhou shoe and clothing exports all performed well in the first quarter. Taking shoes as an example, Wenzhou's exports to the EU, the United States, Russia, Croatia, South Africa, Japan and other countries and regions all maintain a good momentum of development. In addition, driven by the tariff reduction policy, the city's footwear exports to ASEAN, Chile and Peru have grown rapidly, especially for footwear exports to Chile, Peru, more than half.
The reporter learned that the number of export enterprises in the shoe and clothing industry has increased significantly in the first quarter. According to statistics, there were 952 export-oriented footwear manufacturers in the first quarter, an increase of 148 over last year and an increase of 18% year-on-year. In the clothing industry, 94 enterprises exported woven garments, an increase of 92% over the same period of last year; 30 companies exported knitted garments, an increase of 114% over the same period last year.