Fasteners are a pillar industry in Zhenhai. Ningbo Zhenhai, which is Zhejiang's largest fastener production base, has been recognized by the Zhejiang Famous Brand Strategy Promotion Committee as the only regional brand in the province. Statistics show that the total output of fasteners in the region currently accounts for 15% of the total industry in the country. In 2013, the industrial output value reached nearly 4 billion yuan, and the export delivery value was 1.4 billion yuan. The products are exported to five continents. In the case of severe foreign trade conditions, the market still maintained an adverse market growth.
The Ningbo Zhenhai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has always taken the top priority of how to better serve the development of the local foreign trade economy. Secretary Jin Hongyang learned of the unlimited business opportunities behind small fasteners in a working meeting with local governments and took the initiative and requested that he take the initiative to achieve the connection with the company and the government and let Zhenhai Fasteners “closely.†Connect the world.
Based on the African market, as more and more countries have signed bilateral agreements with the Chinese government to require pre-shipment inspections of exported goods, the successful completion of this work will ensure the clearance of goods and increase the influence of Chinese manufacturing in the region. Producing a positive cluster effect will play a major role.
At present, there are many problems in the pre-shipment inspections and the testing standards are different. In particular, the problem of fastener products is even more pronounced. There are more than 10 DIN standards, GB national standards, American Standards ASME/IFI/ANSI, EN European Standards, and ISO International Standards, just to name a few. Model number. Improving the effectiveness of work and accelerating trade facilitation is a requirement of the Zhenhai Bureau. How to solve these problems has also become a “difficulty†placed in front of the inspector Xiao Shi. In the face of difficulties, there is no escape route. Only one road can be found. In order to ensure the smooth completion of this work, Xiao Shi has rigidly put down the standard "hard bones."
Ningbo Ningli High-Strength Fasteners Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of high-strength fastener products of various models and specifications. After more than 10 years of development, the company has an annual output value of over 100 million yuan. The company's products not only sell well in Europe and America, but also are ready to actively explore the African market. The Zhenhai Bureau took the initiative to publicize the relevant national policies and regulations of the bilateral agreements to make them familiar with the requirements of export, pre-shipment inspection, customs clearance and other aspects, in order to open up the African market for the company to escort. According to statistics, the company exported goods to 19 batches of Egypt from January to April this year, amounting to US$1.568 million, achieving an average annual growth of 10%.
At the beginning of the year, Ningbo Jinding Fasteners Co., Ltd. had a shipment of goods to be exported to Algeria with a value of nearly US$60,000, which was the first time the company’s products were exported to the country. At the same time, due to the tight schedule, companies apply to the Zhenhai Bureau to handle special cases. After understanding this situation, the Zhenhai Bureau adhered to the concept of “Keeping people waiting for ships and not letting ships wait for peopleâ€. The first time to carry out inspections, inspections, and issuing certificates to minimize the customs clearance time and logistics costs of enterprises and win The company's diplomatic praise.
From January to April this year, Zhenhai Bureau completed a total of 21 batches of pre-shipment inspections for African countries, amounting to US$1.665 million. The value of goods increased by 6.2% year-on-year and continued to increase steadily. Zhenhai fasteners were pre-shipment inspections. The country is a springboard and has successfully established itself in Africa.
Exploiting the ASEAN Market In recent years, companies in the jurisdiction of the Zhenhai Bureau have continued to invest in the emerging ASEAN market. With the current China-ASEAN trade agreement certificate, they can enjoy a tariff reduction of up to 10% on the original basis. This is undoubtedly utilized. Zhang "paper gold" will add weight to the company's efforts to open up the ASEAN market.
There is always a gap between the ideal and the reality. The Zhenhai Bureau understands that many companies have missed the visa opportunity due to their unclear policies, customers' failures or inconveniences, and how to improve the utilization rate of their certificates. The Zhenhai Bureau can be said to be well-intentioned and have a lot of brains. First of all, through the initiative to cooperate with the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and use the platform of the other party to promote the certificate of origin of the Free Trade Zone to the enterprises in the jurisdiction, and let the company understand the gold content of the "stock certificate" of the certificate of origin. Then these enterprises will be included in the Zhenhai Bureau's special “QQ†group, and they will answer the questions in the process of the visa process in a timely manner to ensure that the eligible products will be able to obtain a smooth visa.
After a wave of waves, it started again. In the past two years, the Indonesian Customs issued frequent revocation certificates for various reasons, and fastener products have not been spared. Earlier this year, the Zhenhai Bureau received a certificate from Ningbo Dongxin High-strength Nut Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of Indonesian customs. The Zhenhai Bureau responded positively and organized the personnel to investigate the company on the spot and carefully checked the sources of raw materials, processing procedures, product packaging, etc., and promptly confirmed to the Indonesian customs the authenticity of the certificate. Ten days later, the company’s deputy manager ran to the Zhenhai Bureau to inform the customs that the goods had been cleared smoothly and eagerly told Zhou Kechang, who was in charge of the business, “If you did not deal with it in time, not only would our cargo clearance be affected, but it As a result, importers cannot enjoy tariff reductions. This will undoubtedly cast a shadow over the ASEAN strategy of our company."
Heaven rewards hard work and pays a total return. In the first quarter of 2014, the Zhenhai Bureau issued a total of 73 ASEAN fasteners, with a visa amounting to US$3.381 million, a year-on-year increase of 55.3% and 91.2%, respectively. Companies also take advantage of this certificate in the preemption of the market.
Stabilization of European and American markets Europe and the United States are the major export markets for Zhenhai fasteners, occupying an 80% share of exports, and are also the regions with the highest concentration of technical barriers. On January 31, 2009, the EU imposed a formal anti-dumping duty of up to 87% on anti-dumping measures against fasteners in China. On March 26 of the same year, the US ruled that the fastener dumping margin in China was 55.16% to 206%. Three months later, the United States once again filed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints against standard steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China and Taiwan, and imposed anti-dumping duties of 66.87% to 205.97%. For this reason, export enterprises in Zhenhai were once in trouble.
The Zhenhai Bureau proceeded from its own advantages and joined with the Foreign Economic and Trade Commission of the District to play the role of the Zhenhai District Fastener Industry Association. It issued the first-time international trade friction warning information to guide the company to actively respond to it. Using survey questionnaires, visiting companies, etc., bent over to understand business needs, guide enterprises to actively respond to technical barriers, and promote the export of fastener products.
At present, anti-dumping in Europe and the United States is mainly concentrated in low-end products. To this end, Zhenhai District has introduced a series of related policies to encourage enterprises to increase the technological content of products and strive to re-occupy the international market with high-end fastener products. Enterprises also recognize that taking the road of scientific and technological development is the basis for the long-term survival of enterprises, and they have increased investment in technological innovation. For instance, “Jinding Fasteners†has obtained 13 national utility model patents and filed 2 invention patents.
At the same time, it actively implemented the "going out strategy" and broke through technical barriers. In order to evade anti-dumping taxation, enterprises are encouraged to invest abroad to establish production bases, change the origin of products, and obtain national treatment of the producing countries. Ningbo Jinding Fasteners Co., Ltd. has established a production base in Indonesia. Today, the company produces about 300 tons of fasteners per month and 80% of it is sold to the EU.
"In the future, helping the Zhenhai fastener industry make a business card in the Zhenhai District will make Zhenhai a "fastener name area" is our goal." Jinhong Yang, head of the Zhenhai Bureau, said with confidence.