The Fall Of Garment Exports In March

 　　與機電等行業相比，服裝出口復蘇的跡象仍不明顯，反而在增長2個月后又出現出口下跌的情況。在正在舉行的第107屆廣交會上，服裝參展企業和采購商都十分謹慎。今年3月，服裝出口未能保持前兩月的增長勢頭而是掉頭下跌19.8%，值得關注的是，同期我國的整體出口情況為同比增長24.3%。

"At present, the biggest pressure is the rising price of raw materials. Originally planned to raise the price by 10% at this Canton Fair, but some buyers not only accepted the price increase but also tried to lower the price and increase the difficulty of the paction.

In addition, the factories that we work with also raise the processing costs due to the rise in wages of workers, and the production is very full. If we are careless, we may not be able to deliver the goods to the customers on time and lose a lot. "

Lin Yan complained that the company still chose to give up some urgent orders in the absence of a strong rebound in orders, and to extend the delivery date as far as possible, such as 45~55 days before delivery, and now extend for another half month or so, and try to make delivery after July.

This year, the sharp rise in raw material prices caught the nerve of clothing exporters.

Mao Xiahua, director of the Department of trade management of Shanghai Pegasus import and Export Co., Ltd. also said yesterday that the rise in labor costs is relatively acceptable. In general, it has risen once a year, and the current price increase of raw materials has made her panic. Recently, when the order was handed over to the surrounding factories, she returned to Shanghai, and found that the price of cotton yarn had exceeded the cost of the quoted price.

This year, the price of cotton yarn has risen to 20%~30%, which is really not enough for clothing companies.

Yin Danfeng, head of import and Export Department of Ningbo Yongnan Knitting Co., Ltd. also said that for the knitted products, cotton yarn accounted for 60%~70% or even higher than the cost of garments, and this year, the price of cotton yarn has increased by more than 20%, which is particularly stressful for knitting export enterprises.

According to the latest data released by China Federation of logistics and purchasing, the purchasing price index of China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose the largest in April, rising 7.5% from last month to 72.6%. It is the highest point in the second half of 2008, and the purchasing price index of 13 industries headed by the textile industry is higher than 70%.

Recently, China's second largest cotton importing country, India, has suspended cotton export registration, making it more stressful for cotton to supply and demand internationally.

Many textile and garment enterprises are worried that this will lead to rising prices of raw materials.

At present, despite the rapid rise in prices of raw materials, clothing exporters generally have difficulty in raising prices.

Mao Xiahua reflects that the competition of clothing enterprises is fierce. The overseas buyers often have a "price ratio of three" instead of "goods ratio three". Under the circumstance that the external demand is not obviously warming up, she dare not raise the price in this Canton Fair.

Most garment enterprises have reflected that orders have not been restored to the level before the financial crisis, so they are afraid to raise prices even when external demand is not stable.

After experiencing the financial crisis, some garment enterprises are more inclined to change the export business mode.

At this Canton Fair, there are not many clothing products listed on the booth of Shanghai Xie Da International Trade Co., Ltd., and more designs and new research and development fabrics are introduced to buyers. Sun Qian, manager of the market research and Development Department of the company, told an interview with our reporter that the cost pressures faced by the garment industry are very large, so they began to provide customers with design solutions to avoid homogeneous competition.

In order to successfully get the relatively high price order to digest costs, Tianjin Tian Yi three Yue Garments Co., Ltd. and other enterprises in the Canton Fair to minimize intermediaries, and directly signed with retailers.