Recently, the reporter understands from foshan customs, in the first half of this year, foshan export trade for $19.48 billion, compared with the same period last year dropped 4%, lower than guangdong export growth of 18.2%, accounting for 6.2% of the province exports. In the first half of the total trade surplus of $10.22 billion, an increase of 2.7%. Among them, the export of foshan ceramic products trade for $1.29 billion, compared with the same period last year dropped 2.8%, accounting for 6.6% of the total cost of the foshan export.

Throughout the whole macro environment, foreign trade import and export situation in the first half of the general administration of customs in July press conference, comprehensive, said zheng yuesheng external market demand remains weak, inhibit further expand our export. In June this year, the world bank in the latest issue of "the world economic outlook," will the 2013 global economic growth forecast for the former 2.4% to 2.2%, including developed countries grew from 1.3% to 1.2%, reduced growth in developing countries by 5.5% to 5.1%. Weak external demand directly cause our country export enterprise's orders in the fall, the growth of the export downturn.

In addition, the exchange rate, export costs such as labor wages is rising, the export trade of the export enterprises. According to the bank for international settlements data show that at the end of may this year, the RMB real effective exchange rate is 116.3, at the end of the year has risen by 5.6% year on year. If cents a watch, the people's bank, according to data by the end of the June 28, the yuan against the dollar, the euro, against the Japanese yen exchange rate parity is rise by 1.7% by the end of last year, 1.7% and 3.3% respectively.

Relatively, foshan ceramic products exports edged down trends, investigate its reason, the reporter interviewed for this part of the export department of the head about it. Anti-dumping is one of the influence factors of ceramic tile is the foshan experience one of the most popular export commodities trade friction, India, South Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, the European Union and other countries and regions have the anti-dumping investigation on China, become a mix of many ceramic enterprises to expand overseas business feet stone, in July this year, Brazil's investigation organ DeCOM announcement, not glazed ceramic tile anti-dumping investigation to our country. Ouya export manager huang Lin Hui admitted that the anti-dumping investigation, indeed is a heavy blow to my company, we hope that relevant departments to give help. May one would think that emerging market is one of important means to spread the risk of the overseas many enterprises and to Jin Yitao Bai Honglin export department general manager, said in the first half of the overall performance of emerging markets is also not as good as expected.

In the first half of this year, the major production areas of ceramic enterprises domestic sales "Indian summer", according to the reporter understands survey, most of the company sales has increased more or less, some enterprises, said an official in the first half of growth than expected. Some enterprises some products in short supply, the phenomenon of severe shortage, there are dealers have source to our newspaper, had placed their orders early, delays in delivery and the manufacturer. Facing the domestic selling, a prosperous situation, aeriform in also have certain influence to export, means export longer delivery time.

For the second half of the development of the situation, the industry have different opinions, Bai Honglin think in the second half will be more difficult. Customs analysts believe that due to the situation of the international ceramic tile market demand downturn will continue, the domestic economy downward pressure increase, foshan foreign trade still faces severe challenges.