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Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

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Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

2024-10-28 16:33 Last Updated At:17:17

The consumer goods manufacturing companies in China have seen their profit grow over the past three quarters as they keep expanding their businesses to overseas emerging markets.

The data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Sunday showed that profit of the country's consumer goods manufacturing industry increased by 2.4 percent year over year in the first three quarters.

The profit growth was driven by the increased export to the newly explored overseas markets, with the data showing that the export delivery value of the overall manufacturing industry increased by 4.1 percent in the same period.

A furniture manufacturing company in Shunde District of Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, has recently expended their business into the Southeast Asian and the Central Asian countries.

The value of the sofas and beds produced by the company annually can reach 350 million yuan (about 50 million U.S. dollars), said Tan Suzhen, general manager of Evergo Furniture Company Limited, adding that as the company expands overseas business, their sales to the Central Asian markets grew drastically.

"Our sales to the Middle East market alone grew by 60 percent year over year. Our sales data is really impressive and has been growing, too," said Tan.

With existing business in Western Europe and North America, an appliance manufacturing company in Yongkang City, east China's Zhejiang Province, found new customers in the Middle East and North Africa.

The expanded business helped the company reach their annual sales goal at a faster pace and their sales have been growing at a remarkable 40-percent rate.

"In terms of export, we reached our annual sales goal within the first three quarters and the year-over-year increase in the first three quarter was about 40 percent," said Hu Di, assistant to the chairman of Arda Appliance Company Limited.

For the overall industrial sector, its export delivery value has been growing faster and faster, said Chen Xi, associate researcher of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of China's National Development and Reform Commission, adding that the good performance can in turn nurture better sales and efficiency of enterprises.

"In each of the first three quarters, the export delivery value growth of the industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. Major provinces like Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang posted faster growths. The increased export delivery value helped boost sales of the enterprises and their efficiency," said Chen.

Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

Consumer goods manufacturing companies see profit rise as overseas markets expand

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.

Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.

Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.

The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.

Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.

The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.

Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest

Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest

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