2008 In The Second Half Of This Year, The Textile Industry Is Likely To Decline Again.

"This is the most difficult year."

This is the common consensus of the textile and garment enterprises in the Pearl River Delta.

Under internal and external difficulties, most textile enterprises in the Pearl River Delta have realized that the reshuffle and adjustment of the textile industry is inevitable, and the upgrading of the entire textile industry is imminent.

　　“最艱難一年”

Export data in the first half of the year support the most difficult year.

In the first half of this year, exports of textiles and clothing in Guangdong decreased by 22.7% compared with the same period last year.

With the sharp decline in exports, the argument that "a large number of garment and textile enterprises are closing down in the Pearl River Delta" also began to spread. For this reason, Zhou Tiansheng, Secretary General of Guangdong Textile Association, said that some of the small garment factories were mainly shutting down or closing down.

These small garment factories are small in scale, with little investment and lack of innovation and quality assurance. Under the pressure of the market, the barriers to entry and exit are low.

Now the Pearl River Delta's textile enterprises are mainly medium and large enterprises. These enterprises often invest tens of millions of dollars because of plant and equipment. Therefore, even if they encounter difficulties for the time being, they will not easily stop production and quit.

"No large-scale textile enterprises have been closed or shut down so far."

Zhou Tiansheng emphasized.

However, the predicament faced by China's textile industry is obvious.

Gao Yong, vice chairman of the China Textile Industry Association, pointed out recently that China's textile industry is showing signs of slowing down due to the impact of the world and domestic economic environment, and the "sharp decline" of the whole industry will appear in the second half of this year, and when to reach the bottom of the valley remains to be seen.

Fan Min, chief analyst of the first textile network, also said that when the RMB exchange rate reached 6.5 against the US dollar, 25% to 30% of the textile enterprises would be forced to eliminate or scale down.

　　以“自變”應“外變”

There is no doubt that the Pearl River Delta textile enterprises are experiencing unprecedented pressure: rising raw materials, rising renminbi appreciation, labor costs and international market.

The adjustment of some policies has exacerbated these enterprises: low export tax rebate rate, tightened processing trade policy and increasingly stringent environmental standards.

Reporters interviewed found that most of the textile enterprises in the Pearl River Delta have realized that the shuffling and adjustment of the textile industry is inevitable under the internal and external difficulties.

The production capacity of textile and clothing in the Pearl River Delta region and even the whole country is still surplus.

Therefore, shuffling is not necessarily a bad thing. After shuffling, quality enterprises will get more room for development.

Wu Xujian, deputy general manager of VIGOSS Canton Garments Co. Ltd.

At present, the textile enterprises in the Pearl River Delta are actively adapting themselves to the "external pformation", improving the survival ability in the predicament by improving product quality, speeding up the style innovation and improving the management efficiency.

They believe that enterprises that can survive this round of shuffling and adjustment will get more room for development and the development of enterprises will usher in a new spring.

With regard to the prospects of textile and garment enterprises, business owners gradually realize that it is difficult for them to keep up with endless price competition, and that the promotion of product quality and added value is the way out.

To this end, many textile enterprises in the Pearl River Delta are gradually changing the past simple "export production" type of export oriented business, began to increase R & D and product innovation input, improve product style renewal speed, and gradually pfer the bow to open up the domestic market.

At the same time, by importing efficient machinery and equipment to improve production efficiency and reduce dependence on manpower, promoting the pformation from labor-intensive to technology intensive has also become a major measure for many textile enterprises in the Pearl River Delta to cope with the predicament.

According to Zhou Tiansheng, many PRD textile enterprises are importing a computer knitting machine worth 5. 6 million yuan to replace the traditional hand knitting machine and electric braiding machine.

The efficiency of a computer braiding machine can be equal to six or seven hand-held knitting machines. The advantages of the computer knitting machine can be more obvious for the sweaters with complicated patterns.

As for how to deal with rising production costs and operating costs, Wu Xujian said: "enterprises can only save themselves by improving product quality to keep orders, and strive to raise prices and keep profits.

In the company's management, we can reduce the overall operating cost by improving the efficiency of operation and management of all links. "

　　自主品牌凸顯“抗風險能力”

In the process of trying to save themselves, some enterprises with independent brands and multiple industrial chain links show stronger ability to resist risks.

VIGOSS Canton Garment Co., Ltd. is located in Xintang Town, Zengcheng, which is the most famous jeans production base in the country. Its exports account for more than half of the country. But this year, the export of Xintang cowboy clothing has dropped by about 40%.

But Wu Xujian estimated that in the first half of this year, the export volume of Guang Ying clothing company decreased by about 10%.

"This is mainly due to the fact that 80% of the export products of the company are their own brands.

At the same time, the company from the gauze textile to the final clothing finished is done by itself, so that the company has more profit generation links, so the company's affordability is much stronger.

Because of the rising cost and the limited space for product price increase, the profit margins of textiles have been continuously compressed. Many enterprises have fallen into the dilemma of "having no profits" or "increasing profits or decreasing profits".

At the same time, enterprises that have new styles, quick updates and good quality, while supporting the domestic market, show their advantages.

Chen Shubin, general manager of Foshan textile and apparel industry association and Qiao Li Hua Weaving Co., Ltd., in an interview, said that the overall situation of Xiqiao town in the first half of this year will be better than that of other places. This is mainly due to the fact that Xiqiao town is now concentrating on the domestic market of many enterprises, and most enterprises are entities with strong production, R & D and marketing capabilities.

It is understood that, due to the new style, fast updating and good quality of Xiqiao's textile products, although the average price of products in other provinces is 20% to 30% higher than that in other provinces, many well-known clothing enterprises in the country still choose Xiqiao's fabrics, which has become the main reason for Xiqiao's textile industry's overall situation in the first half of this year.