The current stage of sock industries which we are in could be summarised as low value added and technically outdated production.

这是我们面临的最大挑战。从目前诸暨制袜业的现状看，整个行业还趋于一个非常低级的加工生产阶段。

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It plays an increasingly significant role. In China, however, the enterprises' brands are lack of bright characteristics and have low value added.

而我国企业品牌的附加价值低，缺乏鲜明的个性，且企业大都没有制定适当的品牌规划，忽视了品牌建设的长期性。

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China is a big trading nation, but its exports are low in technology content and value added. In many cases, we have to rely on imports to meet the demand for core technologies.

中国已经成为国际贸易大国，但出口产品技术含量和附加值低，核心技术仍然大量依赖进口。

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This is mainly the case in low value added manufacturing sectors.

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Their official data on exports show that low value added production accounts for a declining share of total exports, falling to below 50 percent since 2008.

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The challenge for the recently established devolved administration will be to manage the next phase of this evolution from an economy heavily dependent on traditional 'low value added' businesses, to one that will be increasingly reliant on knowledge based and services industries.

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