Development of China's Shoe Machinery Industry from January to April 2022
According to the data of the Customs Head Office, from January to April 2022, the total imports and export of China's shoe machinery reached US $131.41 million, including the US $1.41 million in imports and the US $130 million in export, realizing a trade surplus of US $128.59 million. Vietnam is the largest trading country of China's shoe machinery. From January to April 2022, the export amount was the US $54.98 million, accounting for 49.30% of the total import amount.
Shoe machinery is a general term for the equipment used in the production of footwear products. With the continuous development of technology, the types of shoe machinery are increasing. According to different footwear products, different shoe machinery, and production lines can be matched, which can be divided into the last making, cutting, peeling, upper making, sole making, molding, casting, sewing, gluing, vulcanization, injection, finishing, and other categories.
For a long time, China's footwear industry has experienced a hard upgrading process from traditional hand-made shoes to machine-made shoes, and the shoe machinery has developed from scratch and from existing to excellent.
In the early 1980s, China's shoe machinery industry was backward, the number of relevant enterprises was small, the technical level was low, and the product type was single. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the people’s living conditions have become better, the export volume of footwear products has increased, and the requirements for the diversification and high-end shoe machinery have continuously improved.
Driven by this, since the 1990s, China's shoe machinery industry has accelerated the introduction of foreign advanced devices and technologies. After learning and innovation, the overall strength of the industry has been continuously enhanced. At present, about 90% of China's shoe machinery manufacturing enterprises are concentrated in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangsu provinces.
Since the second decade of this century, the technologies represented by intelligent manufacturing, the Internet of things, and artificial intelligence have been rapidly integrated with the traditional manufacturing industry, bringing new opportunities for the industry to realize a new round of upgrading and development. The category, scale, quantity and quality of the shoe machinery have also been greatly developed and improved.
Huge Trade Surplus
According to the document "84532000 Shoes and Boots Making and Repairing Machines (except sewing machines)" published by the China Customs Head Office, the total import and export volume of China's shoe machinery reached the US $361.75 million in 2021, of which the import volume was $4.39 million, the export volume was the US $357.36 million, and the trade surplus was the US $352.97 million. From January to April 2022, the total import and export volume was 131.41 million US dollars, and the trade surplus was 128.58 million US dollars.
Shoe Machinery Exported to Vietnam Account for 49% of Total Exports
China's shoe machinery is mainly exported to Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, etc. From January to April 2022, Vietnam was the largest trading country in terms of China’s shoe machinery export value, with an export value of US $54.98 million, accounting for 49.3% of the total export value, followed by Indonesia with an export value of US $27.23 million, accounting for 20.95%, and India with an export value of US $8.86 million, accounting for 6.82%.
Take Automation and Intelligent Development as the Development Trend
The shoe machinery industry is a labor-intensive industry, and the labor cost accounts for a large proportion of the total cost. According to the value chain analysis of the footwear industry, the traditional design link is a high-value link, while the low-value link such as OEM can be outsourced. Therefore, due to the fluctuation of local costs, the migration path of the shoe machinery industry is obvious. The OEM areas have moved from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to coastal cities in China and Northwest China to Vietnam, India, Laos, and other places. Although China is the largest shoe-making country, under the influence of trade war, labor costs and accelerated investment in Southeast Asia, the industry shows signs of further migration to Southeast Asian countries.
With the change in the market, shoe machinery manufacturers have transformed the production line to adapt to the current characteristics of the small shoe production batch and rapid style change. Shoe machinery is developing towards automation and high intelligence. Microelectronic control equipment such as computerized embroidery machines and computerized sewing equipment has been widely used in enterprises, and the efficiency and quality of upper sewing will be further improved.
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