Heavy clothing orders for two into the toy industry, raw material prices, higher labor costs, RMB appreciation ... ... the real owners saying that "frustrated"

Recently, the volatile international economic situation will again be improved viability of SMEs in China pushed to the cusp of one hand, international stock markets, commodity markets divergence in the shadow of the debt crisis, U.S. economic data error affect the public confidence on the other hand, China Price rising labor costs rise, the RMB exchange rate continued strength, the government tightened monetary policy, interest rates continue to rise in private capital. how SMEs in the post-crisis era, struggling to survive? Yangcheng Evening News correspondent days on toys, clothing, leather goods, footwear and other industries investigation found that these industries were significantly higher than last year's decline in orders for small and medium enterprises, including foreign markets are facing a huge challenge.

Clothes and toys industry orders fall into two

"This year, the entire garment industry downturn, not only foreign trade enterprises decreased orders, domestic orders decreased business." Guangzhou Garment Industry Association of the relevant person in charge of the Yangcheng Evening News reporter said that based on the industry thoroughly, orders an dropped by 10% -20%.

Guangzhou toy and gift industry, said Wang Tie, Secretary General, "on the whole toy industry, orders decreased by about 15% compared to last year."

Reporters visited several days of clothing, footwear, leather industries and enterprises, is also reflected in the order situation is not optimistic. Sanyuanli in Guangzhou, a clothing business for many years owner of the Yangcheng Evening News business reporter, said, "I have been doing export orders this year order to reduce significantly during the first half, the second half will continue to decrease, reducing the amount of 20% -60%. "

Guangzhou Garment Industry Association, told reporters that the responsible person, before the upstream suppliers also willing to give producers a certain period of repayment, and now most of the required cash payment, which also caused enormous pressure on small and medium enterprises currently in Guangzhou, around about more than 10,000 small and medium garment enterprises this year, some small businesses because it has not received a single closed.

Raw materials, "seasonal price" has not received a single

Part of the SME does not receive a single, another part of the small and medium enterprises have not received a single is.

China Knitting Industry Association and vice president, Foshan Nanhai Hop Hing Hosiery Garments Co., Bin, general manager of easy to start on the resignation of the Yangcheng Evening News reporter, said, "There is not received a single, can not find workers to do now, after 80 , 90, after demanding, difficult to manage, to be honest, do so now some really disheartened Industries. "

Guangdong Footwear Manufacturers Association Vice President, Chaozhou Footwear Industry Association, Li Xihong also told reporters on the Yangcheng Evening News; "According to statistics, China's footwear exports in the first half of 2011 $ 19.01 billion, up 21.7 percent, the major export markets include U.S., EU and Australia and other countries and regions, but the international raw material prices, RMB appreciation, coupled with rising labor costs, we surveyed the current shoe orders there, but is afraid to take big orders. "

"This year business to the workers salary increase rate of 15% -20%, which directly increases the operating costs of enterprises. The most troublesome is that even higher wages, but there are still some positions is not easy to hire skilled workers, there are orders not connected. "operate in a medium-sized Haizhu Guo garment factory owner, told reporters.

The operation plush toys Lu General asked the reporter: "It is a seafood raw material prices,Appreciation of the RMB exchange rate has also continued, a large single-cycle access at least two to three months, how to guarantee profitability? Who would not do it to make money business? "According to the Guangzhou Association of toys and gifts thoroughly survey shows that many SMEs have not received one, can only wait and see.

Development of domestic "three lows" problem to be cracked

Decline in orders, small and medium enterprises how to help themselves? Reporters found that some companies have begun pushing into the domestic market to enter.

Guangzhou Yaohua International Leather City Planning Director Fung told reporters that the shift of the Yangcheng Evening News, to help companies expand their markets, Guangdong Pijuxiangbao Circulation Association delegation stationed in the mall, hopes the country's most famous shopping district of Zi Yuan Gang to find better opportunities.

"In fact, we entered the city of Guangzhou Yaohua International leather goods, but also a step can not hope to open the Chinese market, but it can help to promote their products, but also to increase the domestic order." A leather goods business from Huadu, told reporters.

Clothing industry is also starting to get last Thursday, the Guangzhou International Garment Trade and Exhibition Centre (Old Guangzhou Liuhua) ushered in the second group entered the business contract of the General Assembly, Secretary-General of China Fashion Forum, said Wang Jun of the Yangcheng Evening News reporter, China's clothing market crises and challenges faced by very large, especially the entry of international brands, the impact of the Chinese local brands can not be ignored, take the domestic channel, is not difficult to expand the brand. small and medium enterprises have to choose clothing to survive or go passive orders create a brand.

"At present, China's footwear industry is facing 'three low problem', namely low-level, low quality, low price. To change this situation, the development of domestic markets, the shoe must be shifted by the number of quality and efficiency, quality and profit with the brand."Guangdong Footwear Manufacturers Association Vice President, Chaozhou Footwear Industry Association Lixi Hong said.

"However, to expand the domestic market is not easy, first domestic order planning is not strong, especially busy before the festival, usually relatively short, but now recruitment is so difficult, irregular orders not to feed a plant. Moreover, domestic sales channels also there is inventory digestion and owed money problems. "toy manufacturers Lu also told reporters, explaining the total difficult.

Fangshuiyangyu called for reducing the burden for SMEs

Problems faced by SMEs should be how to crack? In the interview, a large number of SMEs owners and trade associations responsible for the people of the Yangcheng Evening News reporter, said orders fell by just the appearance of the current predicament of SMEs, such as the root cause behind the economic recession in Europe and America, Chinese inflation is high, monetary tightening, labor costs , RMB appreciation and other factors is more worrying problem, if these problems can not be alleviated, in the second half of the business will deteriorate further.

Guangzhou toy and gift industry association that the Secretary-General Wang Tie, "the key to improving the external environment for SMEs is to reduce the tax burden, and increase efforts to support the financing of private enterprises. SMEs face long-standing abuse crisis is a concentrated outbreak of late difficult for SMEs to upgrade later in the era of focus on exposing the soft underbelly of the high cost, while present, some macro-control policy 'across the board', small and medium enterprises are often hurt the vulnerable. "

The head of the Guangzhou Garment Association, called for a similar labor-intensive industries such as textile and garment industry, the biggest pressure comes from rising labor costs. "Government to improve the treatment of workers is good, but like Medicare, Social Security Such a policy would increase several times a year, very difficult burden for SMEs.I hope the Government will consider appropriate to return part of the social security fund to help businesses reduce cost pressures."

Interview, many small business owners who coincidentally told reporters that small and medium enterprises to solve the huge unemployment problem, the Government should adopt a policy to support "Fangshuiyangyu" approach to help SMEs through the difficult times due to the small and medium enterprises devolution of power to effectively reduce the corporate tax burden unreasonable.

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