Yingkou City is one of the major pipe valve production bases in the country. As the city's characteristic industry pipe fittings industry, last year's foreign trade exports totaled 98 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. How does the pipe industry, which has become increasingly competitive, “go out†to dock to the international market? Most of the city's pipe fittings companies "are seen by the same hero": excellent quality is the basic internal strength, outside the market to show their talent is the way to survival.
In the production workshop of Yingkou North Pipe Co., Ltd. on Bohai Street, there is a rumbling of machinery. The workers are busy working in an intense and orderly manner. After the metal mechanical products such as large pipe valves have been forged, polished, and assembled, they are sold abroad from here. . Yingkou North Pipe Fittings is the earliest pipe production enterprise in our city. 70% of the products of the company are exported. Right now, companies are rushing to make orders for South Korean merchants. Chen Wantao, chairman of the North Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd., said: "This order was won by an enterprise at an exhibition held in Germany, with a total of 2.6 million U.S. dollars and 13 million U.S. dollars. This big plan South Korea plans to visit us for a year. But taking over this single list is very important for companies to increase their visibility and future development. At present, we are doing our best to complete this list."
As a labour-intensive, low-value-added pipe fittings industry, in recent years, many companies in our city are experiencing adverse effects such as rising labor costs and raw material costs. In addition, the disorderly competition among the domestic industry has squeezed out a narrow profit margin. There is not much left. Yingkou pipe fittings companies with excellent quality products will look to the broader international market. The exhibition was staged and the company debuted. Like the northern fittings, many companies in the city not only promoted themselves based on various exhibitions at home and abroad, but also harvested many unexpected international orders. Asia Pacific Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. is the largest pipe fittings export company in the city. Last year, the total export value was nearly 13 million US dollars. Almost all the orders were won through the exhibition promotion. Not only that, the company has also obtained ISO9001 quality certification, and has become a qualified supplier for "Beckard" and "Shell" companies. The products are widely used in petrochemical, steel-making, paper-making and food industries.
Jiang Zongwu, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, said: “In the past few years, many companies in our city have tasted the sweetness from the exhibition. Unlike the time when we first started organizing exhibitions, we were worried about so much. Next, we will continue to explore how to make good use of the exhibition. Platforms, organize enterprises to participate in and encourage enterprises to export, the world is a market, and further promote the export share of the pipe fittings industry." Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau has always been committed to enhancing the level of foreign trade facilitation, its level of improvement for the health of foreign trade in Yingkou City The improvement of the dependence on development and foreign trade has important practical significance. In order to improve the city's trade facilitation level, the Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation has organized the city's enterprises to hold conferences on import and export policies, timely communicate the latest policies and regulations, and actively communicate with enterprises to understand the needs of enterprises and maximize the use of service companies. The role.
While keeping an eye on the international platform, a large number of pipe fittings enterprises in the city are struggling to improve their internal strength. At the same time, the outside market has a global focus and shows a trend of rapid development. Chen Wantao, the northern pipe fitting, optimistically stated that there are too many opportunities in the difficult situation: “Over the years, thanks to the government’s export platform, the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Finance Office, and the Provincial Electromechanical Association have organized our import and export companies to exhibit abroad and contact customers. Without exhibitors, there will be no customers, no customers, no markets. I hope that the government will provide more convenience for export enterprises in this regard and build a platform. This is the best way for companies to get out of trouble."