Chinese Enterprises Must Avoid Textile Export Risks

The Shishi textile and garment enterprises, which make American orders, have noticed that although the export of Chinese textiles will no longer be subject to quotas in January 1st next year, the United States is likely to take trade aid measures or technical barriers to set up obstacles to Chinese enterprises' exports.

The relevant functional departments indicated that Shishi enterprises should actively respond to them and adjust their import and export strategies in a timely manner to guard against all risks.

In November this year, China's clothing exports to the United States accounted for 54%% of the clothing import market in the United States, accounting for the first time more than 50%%.

Since January 1, 2009, China will no longer carry out the export volume of textile products exported to the United States, and license management and export license management of textile exports, which means that from next year, China's textile exports will no longer be restricted by quotas.

With China's quota coming to an end, China's clothing exports to the US will continue to grow.

It is observed that in order to prevent the rapid growth of China's textile exports, the United States is likely to take trade rescue measures or technical barriers to set obstacles to Chinese enterprises.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that from December 1, 2008 onwards, every two weeks, a statistical report on China's textiles and clothing imports will be issued, and the number of Chinese related products will be monitored. Since November 20, 2008, the entry into the United States has required the US Customs to provide a qualified report on the combustion performance test, mainly extending the requirements of the consumer product safety improvement plan to the safety requirements of infant clothing to adult clothing.

With the continuous shrinking of external demand and orders, export enterprises are most afraid of importing countries to set up trade barriers and raise the technical threshold.

According to the inspection and quarantine department, Shishi textile and garment export enterprises need to change their concepts, rationally adjust their production structure and import and export strategies, keep in touch with importers in a timely manner, and properly plan for the 2009 export plan, so as to avoid the blind expansion of production capacity and the increase of the threshold of textile exports to the United States, resulting in backlog of products.

At the same time, Shishi enterprises should also actively explore domestic and international markets to avoid and reduce export risks.

Yang Jing: responsible editor: