"Anqing Clothing" Goes Abroad

In an office on the four floor of Qianshan foreign trade building, Xu Gansheng took the first half of the performance table, reflecting with excitement.

As a general manager of a county level foreign trade company, he is skinny, less than 1.7 meter, but he is very capable.

"Qianshan foreign trade exports amounted to US $10 million 520 thousand in the first half of 2008, of which $7 million 300 thousand was exported from textiles and garments, accounting for 69% of total exports."

Xu Gansheng introduced to reporters.

"More than half of our city's clothing is from here and exported to Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Switzerland, Hongkong, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, France, Britain and other countries and regions."

In the 38 enterprises with a total export volume of more than 1 million US dollars, Qianshan County Foreign Trade Corporation ranks fourth, ranking first in circulation field.

In the general depression of foreign trade enterprises, how can this county's foreign trade performance be so excellent?

"There is also a painful past in Qianshan's foreign trade."

At the beginning of 1998 in the last century, the export volume of Qianshan's foreign trade was zero, and the total assets and liabilities ratio of foreign trade reached 170%.

After many efforts and struggles, in 2000, we made the first export business of $5300 in Pakistan, and finally achieved a breakthrough of "zero".

With zero breakthroughs, there has been an increase in volume. From the initial thousands of dollars to the total export of 200 thousand dollars in 2001, to 167, 225, and 3 million 380 thousand dollars...

By the end of 2007, foreign exchange earning amounted to US $16 million 660 thousand in the whole year.

Due to the adjustment of industrial layout, a large number of garment production enterprises are pferred from the economically developed coastal areas to the mainland.

The adjustment of this layout has brought unlimited business opportunities to Qianshan's foreign trade.

In order to open up new growth points, they focus their attention on clothing production and export, and take the road of integration of industry and trade.

A stock company established in 2007, then exported 6 million 500 thousand yuan.

At the same time, the foreign trade also lets the factory participate in the negotiation of the order, let the factory share the profit of the operation, reduce the risk of the operation of the factory, and increase the success rate of the garment export.

While doing the export business well, they have the opportunity to approach foreign businessmen and introduce foreign businessmen in order to seek investment in projects. Through attracting foreign businessmen, foreign businessmen feel that there are connections and business opportunities in Qianshan.

A joint venture garment company jointly registered by Hongkong businessman Wu Junmin and a trading company made garments in the rental workshop and exported 10 million yuan in 2007.

Now land expropriation is being built in Qianshan Economic Development Zone to prepare for further expansion.

On the basis of constantly building new customers, we should stabilize our old customers, relax our requirements for our work instead of being old customers, but strictly check the whole link, so as to ensure the quality of export commodities, the safety of pportation, the time limit and the speed of customs clearance.

While maintaining the development momentum of traditional export products, we should seek and give full play to the advantages of developed regions and set up new windows.

Since 2003, offices have been opened in Yiwu, Shenzhen and other regions, especially in 2007, opening offices in Shenzhen, which has promoted the extensive contacts with garment customers in Hongkong, and has made a gratifying situation in garment export.