On October 21, the reporter learned from Putian Customs, affiliated to Fuzhou Customs, that Putian exported 10.49 billion yuan in footwear and boots in the first three quarters, an increase of 30.3% year-on-year.
It is understood that the footwear industry is Putian's first advantageous industry with an output value of over 100 billion yuan.
Putian Customs has built a testing cloud platform to help Putian shoe companies improve their ability to deal with foreign technical trade barriers.
Putian Customs also established Putian Shoe Industry Technology Research Institute in cooperation with scientific research institutions, and established a public laboratory service platform for finished shoe testing in Putian City to provide shoe companies with public technical services such as product testing, information consultation, and international exchanges.
Relying on the state-level key laboratory for footwear, Putian Customs integrates into all stages of the development of the footwear industry and all links of products, providing analysis and testing services, product analysis and diagnosis, and improvement suggestions for product development, pilot testing and finalization of footwear enterprises, and promotes the footwear industry. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) transforms to ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) and OBM (Original Brand Manufacturer), helping companies apply various standards, and at the same time guiding shoe companies to formulate and revise national or industry standards for related products, occupying products and methods Standard commanding heights.
In recent years, Putian City has accelerated the development of regional branding in the footwear industry, and formulated the first national standards for construction safety shoes that have durability and health and safety main technical parameters that are superior to national standards and industry standards and even reach the international advanced level. At present, the first batch of 6 shoe-making companies in Putian have launched 100 types of construction safety shoes, and are the first to obtain the qualification to use the collective trademark "Putian Shoes".