Analysis Report On The Development Of Textile Dyeing And Finishing Industry In Japan

I. outline

Since 2007-2008 years ago, the market prices of crude oil and chemical products continued to rise, the Japanese dyeing and finishing industry is facing a test of life and death.

The rising price of raw materials has caused some dyestuffs to seriously affect the normal production and operation activities of dyeing and finishing enterprises and clothing manufacturers.

Some dyeing and finishing enterprises have indicated that if the situation is not completely changed, the scope of orders will be further reduced.

At present, the dyeing and finishing industry has clearly indicated that the cost of dyeing processing has been raised, and negotiations with suppliers of raw materials and textile enterprises are continuing, but the situation is not optimistic.

As we all know, dyeing and finishing technology is one of the traditional strengths of Japanese textile industry, and it is also the foundation for the textile industry to base itself on the world.

However, the rising price of crude oil and chemical raw materials has made the dyeing and finishing industry overwhelmed, and may even shake the foundation of the entire Japanese textile industry.

Two, the dyeing and finishing industry in Japan is suffering from frost.

Dyeing and finishing is known as the key link of the textile industry chain, bearing the important functions of creating additional value and commodity differentiation.

The industry has two characteristics: first, a large number of energy consumption; two, a large number of chemical raw materials.

In the context of the double rise of crude oil and chemical products, the Japanese dyeing and finishing industry has come to a difficult stage.

Looking back to the first half of 2007, the cost of Seiren increased by 140 million yen over the same period of last year.

The cost of Komatsu refining company increased by 126 million yen during the same period.

Sakai energy company's energy cost increased by 60 million yen during the same period, and the cost of fuel, reagent, paper tube and packaging material increased by 30 million yen.

That is to say, Sakai aubex's cost increase in the first half of the year reached 90 million yen.

Not only that, the cost in the second half of this year is still expanding.

It is predicted that Sakai's cost of dyes and reagents will rise by 90 million yen in the second half of this year, while Komatsu refining company expects the monthly cost increase to reach 30 million yen.

The culprit of rising cost is still crude oil, because many boilers of dyeing and finishing enterprises use heavy oil as fuel.

As crude oil prices continue to rise, some dyeing and finishing enterprises began to explore alternative energy sources and develop energy-saving technologies, which also led to higher prices of natural gas and coal products.

According to the authority of the industry, the cost of fuel has increased more than 1 times in the past two years.

The rise in fuel prices has already made the dyeing and finishing enterprises miserable, and the rising prices of dyes and chemical reagents are even worse for dyeing and finishing enterprises.

Three, dye intermediates industry changes

Generally speaking, the production of dye intermediates is mostly carried out in China.

However, due to the domestic government's restrictions on high energy consumption and high pollution projects, some dyestuff manufacturers have stopped production, which has also directly led to the shortage of dyes.

Under such circumstances, dyeing and finishing enterprises began to raise the cost of dyeing and finishing.

Although the price of raw materials and fuels for dyeing and finishing has risen again and again, some products have risen even more than 40-50%. However, due to the impact of supply and demand, dyeing and finishing enterprises can only swallow the market price.

According to the relevant personnel estimates, the daily use of chemical reagents increased by about 20-30%, and dye also increased by more than 10%, especially since July 2007, the related products have skyrocketed.

Of course, the price rising trend since 2007 has seriously affected production.

For dyeing and finishing enterprises, a more serious problem is that some dyeing intermediate production enterprises stop production, resulting in the failure to obtain the dye, which is a fatal blow for dyeing and finishing enterprises.

25 of the recently used dyes have disappeared from the market.

There are still some cases that will not stop production, but the reduction of production will lead to difficulties in purchasing goods and rising prices.

Among all kinds of dyes, the market supply of dyes such as black and blue has always been tight.

In 2007, the authority of dyeing and finishing industry pointed out that there was also a problem of insufficient supply of three primary colors.

Yellow, brown and other dyes also appear to be in short supply.

At present, dyeing and finishing enterprises basically solve this problem by looking for alternatives, but this further leads to rising costs.

If allowed to develop, what will happen?

A dyeing and finishing enterprise official said: dyeing and finishing enterprises may Showdown: we can only do this.

No one can guarantee that there will be no awkward situation.

The industry has already felt that the difficulties faced by dyeing and finishing enterprises are likely to have a profound negative impact on the garment industry.

In order to overcome the negative impact brought by the rising price of raw materials, some dyeing and finishing enterprises have tried to tide over difficulties through raising prices in recent years.

In 2007, the head of Komatsu scouring company once said: in the future, the price of dyeing and finishing will be raised in an all-round way to digest the rising cost factors.

SAKAI orbex also claimed: we have started to adjust the price requirement to the entrusting enterprises since October of 2007.

Other dyeing and finishing enterprises also have similar moves, hoping to get customers' understanding.

At present, it is already in the second half of 2008. The Japanese dyeing and finishing enterprises have increased the processing fee again in the past 2007-2008 years, and the average dyeing and finishing enterprises will increase the average processing fee by about 10%.

However, as the price of crude oil rises beyond the industry's imagination, 10% of the price adjustment is a drop in the bucket. The dyeing and finishing enterprises represented by cotton dyeing and processing enterprises have raised the processing fee by 20% again.

In dyeing and finishing enterprises, short fiber fabric dyeing mill is the most affected by crude oil price rise.

Looking back in 2007, the total dyeing of Japanese staple fabric was about 1 billion 121 million square meters, which was 53.6% lower than that in 1997.

More serious is that many dyeing and finishing enterprises have withdrawn from the stage of history.

In 2005, the dyeing and finishing company, whose main business was uniformed dyeing, abolished the dyeing and finishing business. The dyeing and dyeing company pferred the dyeing and finishing business to the dyed dyeing workers in the East China Sea. In 2007, the Okayama county's dyed dyeing company was stopped, and the Kbtsudsuki company was bought by the dykawa dyeing company. Since 2008, Datong Malta, Dongyang dyeing industry, Takaiwa dyeing workers and other enterprises have been pferred or stopped.

The reason why dyeing and finishing enterprises are difficult to operate is the main reason for the increase in energy costs, which accounts for the largest proportion of variable costs, except for the total reduction in processing demand.

In addition, due to the increasingly stringent restrictions on chemical reagents in dyeing and finishing industry, the increase in costs is also a factor that can not be ignored.

A dyeing and finishing enterprise has conducted a survey of 25 short fiber and woollen dyed enterprises, and the majority of enterprises asserted that "if the price can not be raised, the enterprise will go bankrupt".

Many enterprises emphasize that "many dyeing and finishing enterprises with unique technology have gone bankrupt, technology lost" and "once the production is stopped, it is hard to recover".

Because of the downturn in the clothing market, the retail price of clothing is difficult to raise, which will bring difficulties to the dyeing and finishing industry.

Because of this, dyeing and finishing enterprises emphasize that "dyeing and finishing is the main source of competitive advantage of Japanese textiles" in the textile and garment industry chain, and decides to participate in negotiations with upstream and downstream enterprises with a firm attitude.

Five, the market crisis requires the textile industry to face together.

During the 2007-2008 years, some textile enterprises expressed their understanding of the demand raised by Japanese dyeing and finishing enterprises.

For example, it is difficult for some conventional commodities to accept the price increase, the limited profit margins, and the difficulty in accepting a substantial increase in dyeing and finishing fees.

Sakamoto Ryumi, President of the Japan Textile Association, pointed out that the rising cost of dyeing and finishing is the difficulty facing the entire textile industry, including all links in the industrial chain, including weaving and weaving, which are obliged to digest the rising cost factors and jointly assume the risk of the textile industry.

Therefore, it is necessary for the textile industry to unite to face the current difficulties.

Some leaders of chemical fiber enterprises also expressed some understanding of the difficulties and demands of the dyeing and finishing industry.

Sugimoto Hiro, deputy general manager of Dongli, Japan, once said: the price increase of raw materials has affected all links of the textile industry chain. It is necessary to adjust the price of each link in a comprehensive way so as to form a new price system.

However, the solution to the plight of dyeing and finishing industry needs more enterprises, especially clothing manufacturers and retailers.

Perhaps the sensitive fashion industry professionals have realized that the fashion industry is facing an unprecedented crisis, because dyeing and finishing enterprises may not be able to provide the colors and fabrics they need.

It can be said that changing the current situation of the dyeing and finishing industry requires not only the understanding of the upstream and downstream industries, but also the practical countermeasures.

In this sense, the difficulties faced by the dyeing and finishing industry are actually the difficulties of the entire Japanese textile industry. It can not simply require the dyeing and finishing enterprises to change the situation through their own efforts. Instead, they need the textile industry to discard the idea of departmentalism and share the negative impact brought about by the price increase of raw materials.