Situation, Problems And Policy Proposals Of Silk Clothing Industry In 08 Years

In 2007, the RMB appreciated by 6.4% against the US dollar. The rate of appreciation has accelerated this year, and has changed from passive appreciation to active appreciation. The appreciation rate in the first quarter has reached 4.2%. With the increase of the appreciation rate, the bargaining power of the industry has gradually weakened and the profit space has been narrowed.

At the same time, because of the tightening of banks and the decrease in US dollar positions, it has been impossible for us to use trade for us loans to offset appreciation risks this year.

The silk garment industry has always seen a very low profit level, and the export tax rebate policy has played a very important supporting role in supporting the sustainable development of silk clothing industry.

But in recent years, the tax rebate rate of the state has been repeatedly lowered, down from 17% in the past few years to 13%, and then reduced to 11% last year. It is also said that there may be a further reduction, which will make silk garment export enterprises even more difficult to continue.

In recent years, CPI has been running at a high level of 8%, and coal, electricity, oil and pportation prices have generally risen, driving up prices of raw materials such as chemical raw materials, fiber materials and so on.

In the short period of two months since the Spring Festival this year, the price of raw materials has increased by more than ten thousand yuan, reaching 200 thousand yuan / ton, and there is still a trend of rising.

Due to the influence of domestic inflation, the price of other auxiliary materials has also risen to a certain extent.

On the one hand, with the development of the economy, the labor market has changed from the surplus labor force to the shortage of labor resources, especially the shortage of labor in the textile and garment industry.

On the other hand, the implementation of the new labor contract law has greatly increased the labor costs of enterprises, and the international comparative advantage of the original silk clothing industry in terms of labor costs is gradually weakening.

The actual and intentional turnover in Hongkong Silk Fair this spring also dropped by 65% compared with last year, and some main selling markets contracted sharply.

Statistics from Hangzhou Customs show that in 2008 1-2, Zhejiang achieved 22 billion US dollars in exports, 43 percentage points slower than the same period last year, and 13 billion 600 million US dollars in trade surplus, an increase of 6.5%, but far below the 64 percentage point increase in the trade surplus of the same period last year.

Over the same period, China's foreign trade surplus dropped more rapidly. In the first 2 months, the country achieved a foreign trade surplus of US $28 billion, down 29% from the same period last year, the first decline in recent years.

According to a report by Swiss Bank economist Jonathan in February 24th, this year may be the beginning of a serious blow to China's textile and garment industry.

There are various indications that the silk clothing industry is facing great difficulties and challenges.