The export of leather products to be "all things to Off
This year, the
production scale of China's leather industry in the world, Leather and leather
products export for six consecutive years in the light industry. However, while
expansion in the number of their products, a growing number of foreign technical
trade measures has become an important factor affecting their exports. The more
concealed the name of safety, environmental protection, technical trade
measures, developed countries used trade defense instruments. At present,
China's exports of leather products facing new EU regulations include: PFOS
instruction. June 27, 2008, the EU "Directive on the restriction of the sale and
use of PFOS (referred to as PFOS Directive) came into effect. The sales of
manufactured goods on the EU market, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) content
can not exceed 0.005 percent of the total mass of. Perfluorooctane sulfonate
(PFOS) have oleophobic and hydrophobic properties, used to be used in the
production of textiles, leather products, furniture and carpet surface
antifouling treatment agent. EU formally a total ban on the use of PFOS in the
commodity export business seriously affected China's textile and leather
products. DMF ban requirements. January 29, 2009, the resolution of the EU
member states on May 1, 2009, the EU member states to prohibit DMF (Dimethyl
Fumarate) content of more than 0.1ppm of consumer goods on the market or sales;
delivery or sales containing DMF products should be recycled, and to inform the
consumers of these products may be the harm in an appropriate manner. Earlier,
France, Belgium and Spain DMF ban was in early 2009. The chromate Act. Recently,
the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection issued
by the Ministry informed that the chromate is the most important one of the
allergens, the Act provides contact with the body of the leather products to
allow only the final product can not be detected chromate way of processing. The
face of the growing EU, increasingly stringent technical trade measures,
inspection and quarantine departments to remind export enterprises: to enhance
the international competitiveness of the export of leather products is imminent.
Enterprises should fully grasp the relevant requirements of the products
exported to the EU, to improve production technology and product quality; to
keep abreast of the implementation of new EU regulations, and grasp the latest
progress requirements, and ensure that products meet international market
requirements.
The prices of leather products such as the impact of Hermes
luxury brands
With the recovery of high-end consumer and the growing Chinese
middle class to push the price of high leather products and other rare skin
products, the European luxury goods companies are prepared to accept the fact
that prices of raw hides. Federal data show that leather prices have risen to
the highest level in the past decade. Last year rose 24 percent to $ 82 a. Raw
hides and leather Association (USHide, SkinandLeatherAssociation) and president
of Redington (JohnReddington), with the U.S. leather supply began to shrink, and
continues to recover, consumer demand for leather products and leather prices
this year could rise further. The Association is an industry group. America's
original leather annual output ranking third in the world, ranking behind China
and Brazil. Australian floods, including rare bad weather to put pressure on raw
material supply. Hermes Group's chief executive Thomas (PatrickThomas,) said on
Friday that we are most worried about is the prices of raw materials, especially
rare leather. Alligator price is expected to rise sharply by about 25%. He also
pointed out that last year the leather prices, but the increase is not large.
Thomas said that Hermes will be gradual price increases, and said they try not
to price increases at this stage. This year, if prices rose will be moderate.
Hermes Group's sales from leather goods. Italian leather manufacturers, despite
the difficulties, but they are still working hard to reduce prices, while
further afield to find the leather source. Italian leather industry federation
(UNIC) the the main 席巴尔杜奇 (GrazianoBalducci) prices is a problem, our customers
do not want more money, but the tanning industry was forced to raise prices is
reasonable. The Baltic Duce or headquarters is located in the co-founder of
Tuscan tannery Antiba,. Antiba provide services specifically for the luxury
goods company, louis vuitton handbag. Italian leather manufacturers in the
production accounts for about 20 percent of the global market share, 65% of the
European market. The power to boost the current round of leather prices from
China, Vietnam and other Asian countries to its growing middle class. As incomes
rise, the middle class in these countries the consumption of leather products,
louis
vuitton handbag
. In addition, as the global economy to recover from a severe
recession, consumers began buying large quantities of luxury leather goods.
Leather is not the only price surge in raw materials. Past six months, the
Intercontinental Exchange, cotton futures has risen by 139%. Monday, cotton
futures prices hit a new high of $ 2.1970 per pound.