Wenzhou Shoes Export Exceeds US $2 Billion For The First Time

Wenzhou shoe leather industry has maintained a good momentum of sustained and steady development this year.

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Wenzhou shoe leather association that, in the first 10 months, the industry's 753 above scale enterprises realized 35 billion 590 million yuan in gross domestic product, an increase of 15.9% over the previous year, an increase of 3 percentage points, and a 969 million yuan increase in the national tax, an increase of 10% over the previous year, of which the number of export EU increased by 23.7%, and the amount increased by 41.5%.

What is particularly worth mentioning is that in the first 10 months, the export volume of Wenzhou shoes reached US $2 billion 31 million, the first time to exceed US $2 billion, an increase of 19.2% over the previous year.

According to statistics, since 1999, the export of shoes in Wenzhou has been increasing year by year with an average annual increase of 30%. The export volume is above 25% of the total export value of the city, and the highest year has reached 30%. From 510 million dollars in 1999 to 1 billion 149 million US dollars in 2004, the export volume has crossed 1 billion US dollars in 5 years. In the next 3 years, the export volume of Wenzhou shoes has doubled, exceeding the 2 billion US dollars.

Xie Rongfang, Secretary General of Wenzhou shoe leather association, said that in recent years, the quality and added value of Wenzhou's export footwear products have improved rapidly, and the average unit price has increased from US $2.62 in 2001 to US $4.11 this year.