6 out of 10 global belts are made in China

As the production becomes more and more professional and the belts fashion gets closer to the world top notch, China belts industry has wrapped up over 50% of the global market. In the old days when the technics was not that mature, most of the belts were singed during production, which made the touch rugged and hard. But now, as the craftsmanship got improved, the belts are made more delicately and humanely with over 10 types of material including genuine leather, cotton, PU and PVC. Rumor has it that the people now call the belts part of your body, not just an fashion accessory to decorate on.

With the close cooperation with some fashion breeding grounds, like Italy and France, Chinese belts factories produce most trendy items. Don’t be surprised if you find out most belts are made in China in an Italian or French exhibition, because this is more and more a generally accepted rule to most players in the belt industry.

Zero import tax on particular items

China charged some African countries zore import tax on particular items. Some newly added tax-free items cover leather, mineral, textile, wood furniture and so on. In fact, these new items have covered profitable ones from the said african countries.

 This is a very big step forward to show the good will to these african countries. In the mean time, this also shows that China a reliable  and trust-worthy partner. It will facilitate the business between China and these said African countries.

Canton’s Import of leather raw material decreased

Canton’s Import of leather raw material decreased in the first 5 months of this year, according to statistics. It is generally the attributed to the increased price of imported material. For example, the price of steel was USD771/ton in the same period last year, but it is USD927/ton this year.

Tibetan cow leather painting regained popularity

With the new railway to Tibet built, more and more inland tourists chose Tibet as their destination to spend the holidays. Buying some gadgets or jewelrys with intense Tibetan style becomes very important part of the tour. Since tourists hope to keep something with them to recall the wonderful trip to Tibet all the time.

Because of that, cow leather painting from Tibet has regained its popularity, and became a must-get item for most Tibet tourists.

Tibetan cow leather painting has a history of hudreds of years, dating back to the nomad age.  But generations’ innovation, the Tibetan cow leather paintings are made in more exquisite method. Some are even water-proof.

Blue ear disease killed 18,000 pigs

Approximately 18,000 pigs were killed by the blue ear disease in China. That is part of the reason why the price the pork increased drastically. The price was increased more by psychology effect than the number of pigs killed since pigs killed by the disease just account for a very small amount of the total number of the pigs.

Since part of our leather belts are made by pig leather, the cost of it was more or less affected by the price increase of pork. But anyway, this is not totally bad thing for a wholesale belts manufacturer. This is a momentum the other way round for them to think of other ways to maintain or boost their competitiveness. For example, they can create more fashionable sytle and be more attached to the world market.

 It is time for manufactures to reflect on how to upgrade their products lines.

Chinese pork prices soar over 70 percent recently

Lately, the price of pork in the Chinese market has soared over 70 percent, which is said to be the result of the increase of CPI increase and the Chinese currency appreciation. In this situation, the wholesalers are reluctant to deskin the pork in the slaughterhouse. Instead, they would rather sell the pork together with the skin, which would be more profitable than be used for pig leather. 

According to some statistics, the pork price ever went down early 2006, and the slaughter killed their sows in order to reduce the quantity of pigs to be raised.

Qiaoxin Wholesale belts manufacturers

As one of the belts manufacturers (wholesale belts also), Qiaoxin leather specializes in men’s belts, women’s belts, braided belts, studded belts, cotton belts. We focus on long-standing business with stable quality and our incessant creation of new styles of leather belts.

We also produce leather of over 55 million square every year. We are dedicated to developing and maintaining an international reputation for top quality leather.