The unfavorable factors in the textile and clothing industry have gradually increased

In the first three months, Hebei Province’s clothing industry in the downstream of the industrial chain of the textile and apparel industry increased its orders and exports, showing signs of recovery. However, the number of loss-making enterprises in the textile industry, which are in the upper reaches of the industry chain, is still in a slow adjustment period. .

Experts pointed out that the current domestic textile and garment industry faced an increasing number of unfavorable factors, labor prices rose rigidly, and domestic and foreign price spreads remained high. In this regard, the industry analysts, Hebei Province, textile and apparel industry should take the initiative to adapt to market changes, focus on upgrading the brand image, speed up the transformation of technology, equipment, and actively try new business models to explore new ways of survival and development.

Labor costs continue to rise, some clothing companies are now recruiting workers May 14th, in Xian County, Hebei Pan American Clothing Co., Ltd. production workshop, the clothing workers Li Shumin is cutting a piece of cloth with a knife, in her light Under the men, a stylish and stylish suit will soon take shape. "Because of the increase in the number of company orders, the current production line is running at full capacity." Chief Financial Officer Wang Zhimin told reporters.

The situation in which garment enterprises improved their production and operation has also been recognized by a number of apparel companies in “Rug City of North China”—Rongcheng County. "The current market conditions are good. We have sufficient orders in our hands," said Zhang Youfang, chairman of Hebei Liyou Garment Group.

Statistics from Shijiazhuang Customs show that in the first quarter, Hebei Province exported 1.088 billion U.S. dollars worth of textiles and clothing, an increase of 17.36% year-on-year, an increase of 20.9 percentage points from the previous year. Including apparel and clothing accessories (hereinafter referred to as apparel) exports 698 million US dollars, accounting for 10% of the province's total export value. Compared with the same period of last year, the growth rate was 25.3%, which was higher than the national apparel export growth rate of 5.9 percentage points.

The increase in export orders and the full production of enterprises should be a happy thing. However, as a traditional labor-intensive industry, the shortage of workers has become a problem faced by some garment companies. “At present, in the textile and clothing industry, not only are workers difficult to recruit, but their wages have also increased a lot. The local general workers in Rongcheng City have to spend more than 2,000 yuan per month, and the skilled workers’ wages may be more than 3,000 yuan.” The relevant person in charge of the apparel industry association said.

This reporter learned that about 70 percent of textile and garment enterprises in Hebei Province believe that rising labor costs are the primary reason for corporate profits. At present, the cost of labor in the province's textile and clothing industry clusters is not lower than the cost of labor in large and medium-sized cities.

The price difference between cotton at home and abroad is relatively large, and the textile industry is still slowly adjusting. “For the moment, the benefits of the textile industry have improved and business conditions have improved. This is undoubtedly a good start for the development of the textile industry this year, but from a long-term perspective Due to the slow pace of adjustment of product structure and lack of investment in technological innovation, the textile industry is still in a slow adjustment period. The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Textile and Apparel Industry Association stated that the textile industry as a whole needs to work hard to crack down on the middle and long-term management system of cotton prices. A series of external policy environmental constraints.

According to insiders, the current domestic cotton management policies have broken the market's regulatory role, resulting in a widening of the domestic and foreign cotton price gaps, leading to a serious weakening of the cotton spinning industry's competitiveness and poor corporate profits.

On April 8, seven departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “2013 Preliminary Interim Cotton Purchase and Storage Plan” again. It is clear that 2013 will continue to open storage and the temporary storage and storage price of cotton will be maintained at 20,400 yuan/ton. “At the same time, the cotton price in the international market was about 15,000 yuan to 16,000 yuan per ton,” said a relevant person in charge of a large textile company in Hebei Province. Although the recent domestic and foreign cotton prices have narrowed, the price gap between domestic and foreign countries is almost 5,000 yuan. Ton.

"If a cotton spinning company wants to purchase foreign low-cost cotton, it must fight for imported cotton quotas. The quota of imported cotton is equivalent to the direct reduction in the cost of raw materials for textile companies, which has a great impact on the economic efficiency of enterprises." Industry insiders said that the import cotton quota is for Limiting the impact of foreign cotton imports on the domestic cotton market is currently difficult for most textile companies in the province to obtain quotas.

"This year, the State Reserve Cotton has become the main supply channel for domestic cotton, and the issuance of import quotas and the selling price of reserve cotton all have an important impact on the cost reduction of textile enterprises." The relevant person in charge of the Hebei Textile and Apparel Industry Association stated that the textile enterprises in the province Concerned about the domestic and international cotton market dynamics, timely mastered the actual situation and demand for cotton, and put forward specific recommendations on the timing of cotton import quotas, timing, prices, and auctions of imported cotton, and pushed forward the mid- and long-term management system reform of cotton prices.