Taizhou Wooden Craft Exports Contrary to Uptrend

Last year's foreign trade export highlights of Taizhou were counted, and traditional wooden handicrafts with special characteristics were worth mentioning. According to statistics from Taizhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 48,753 batches of goods were exported throughout the year, valued at US$619 million, an increase of 9.78% and 15.92% respectively year-on-year. This performance was particularly eye-catching in the context of the poor foreign trade situation last year.

According to reports, the reason why Taiwan's wooden handicraft exports have risen in a contrarian direction is that, on the one hand, the company itself has continuously accelerated the speed of transformation and upgrading, and through the introduction of advanced machinery and the transformation of existing equipment, the level of automation of wooden handicraft production lines has been continuously improved. The employment difficulties are eased; on the other hand, the inspection and quarantine departments are closely related to increasing service and improving the level of trade facilitation.

Zhejiang Tongfeng Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. is a leading company in the wooden handicraft industry in Taizhou. It suffered from the international market in the first half of last year. The Taizhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau took the initiative to meet with the management of the company to communicate. In response to the company’s urgent need to open up the high-end market for wooden ornaments and Christmas items, the Bureau appointed inspection and quarantine leaders to actively provide input country specifications and certification information. It also provided advice and suggestions on the development of its standard fumigation warehouse and product process improvement.

"Inspection and quarantine departments carefully helped enterprises improve product quality, took the lead in implementing enterprise classification and product risk management, and actively promoted innovative measures such as through clearance and green channels, facilitating the rapid growth of export of wooden handicraft industry in Taizhou. The key role.” said Tong Guangzeng, general manager of Zhejiang Tongfeng Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.

It is understood that in recent years, the Taizhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has taken the initiative to integrate into the overall situation of local economic and social development. It has incorporated more than 600 export wooden handicraft enterprises in the area into the construction of the “Guoguo Compass Project”, and has continuously improved the enterprise through the strengthening of industry guidance and enterprise management. Respond to the ability and level of foreign technical barriers to trade. Under the guidance of the Bureau's phytosanitary experts, the wooden arts and crafts companies in the United States actively responded to the "United States Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde Release Standards Act" and successfully entered the American market. Last year, Taizhou exported 14206 wooden crafts to the United States in an amount of US$219 million, an increase of 4.63% and 15.35% year-on-year respectively.

In order to solve the “last mile” problem of service companies, the Bureau also actively visited key export enterprises and effectively helped enterprises solve production and business difficulties. During the visit, after learning that the fumigation point was far from meeting the needs of export companies for rapid processing and rapid customs clearance, the staff of the bureau immediately reported to their superiors. After communication and coordination, the first standard fumigation warehouse in Taizhou successfully settled in Huangyan Industrial Park. , It greatly facilitates the quarantine treatment of the surrounding company's products.