The Economic Situation Of Guangdong Textile Industry Improves To Lend Force To The Textile Industry Cluster

Over the past 30 years, Guangdong has formed a group of textile and garment industrial clusters with the advantages of first mover, which has played an important role in the development of the textile and garment industry.

Compared with other industrial clusters, the problems, challenges and coping strategies of Guangdong's textile and garment industry are enlightening.

On the basis of the survey conducted by 17 industrial clusters and representatives of some enterprises, 14 enterprises and specialized markets of Xiaolan, Yuexiu, ancestral temple, Xiqiao, Dalang, Kaiping, Junan and Xintang were surveyed on the spot. The main purpose is to understand the economic operation and the specific difficulties and problems faced by the Dongguan textile industrial cluster in 2009 on the basis of the latest changes in the domestic and international economic situation. The measures adopted by the enterprises and local governments for the pformation and upgrading of the industry, define the industry's direction and development measures this year, and study the policy recommendations of the State Council and relevant government departments, so as to ensure the implementation of the adjustment and revitalization plan for the textile industry, lay a solid foundation for the development of 12th Five-Year and clarify the train of thought for the goal of building a textile power. In from March 15 to 21, 2010, I participated in the research group of the China Textile Industry Association, headed by Vice President Chen Shujin and vice president Zhang Yankai, and went to Zhongshan, Guangdong.

Maintain steady recovery in 2009

According to the materials provided by more than a dozen clusters of research, the major economic indicators such as output, output value, sales revenue and profit in 2009 have maintained a steady growth trend.

Xiaolan output value increased 3.7%, profit growth 3.8%, salt step output increased 10.3%, sales revenue increased 15%, profit growth 14.8%; Xiqiao output increased 0.9%, sales revenue increased 9.8%, profit growth 4.5%; cotton textile cluster enterprises sales revenue increased 9%, and sales revenue of Enterprises above designated size increased greatly, reaching 10.4%, while sales revenue of enterprises below scale decreased.

Relatively speaking, the negative growth of exports is high.

Except for Dalang, Siu Lam, Yuen Chau and quicksand, other clusters are basically flat and declining.

7% of garment enterprises of an export cluster had no export records in 2009.

This trend of steady recovery is basically the same as that of the whole industry in 2009, and the textile industrial cluster has made a significant contribution to the improvement of the economic situation of the whole industry.

Good start after Spring Festival.

Most of the textile enterprises in the survey area started construction after the Spring Festival long holidays. The late start of the business was delayed for at least a week, obviously better than the same period last year.

Such as Humen, Xinhui enterprise "fifteen" after all started; Xiaolan operation rate of more than 90%, some enterprises began to increase branches, purchase equipment; Xiqiao operating rate of 93%; Zhangcha, Yanbu, Shaxi operating rate of more than 80%.

The average level is around 85%.

The orders are basically full, and have rebounded considerably over the same period last year. For example, the increase in orders in Dalang is 20%, and companies are picking up orders.

Many cluster enterprises have already fulfilled their orders in the first half of the year, and some business orders in Humen have reached 9 and October.

Due to the fast growth of orders in garment enterprises this year, there was a shortage of sewing equipment on the Guangdong market.

Some T-shirts enterprises are not on holiday because of the peak season of production.

Regarding the resumption of export orders in the first two months, the relevant experts of the Guangdong clothing association believe that the first reason is that some enterprises have stopped production, the international orders have shifted to more competitive regions, enterprises and concentrated influence. Secondly, a considerable part of the consumption demand has shifted from middle to high grade to medium and low grade. European and American suppliers have replenish their stock at this stage after Christmas, which is also an important reason for the resumption of growth.

But for the second half of the year, there are still many uncertainties. Many enterprises are not optimistic.

The domestic market is promising.

Judging from the professional market of clothing, Guangdong's clothing market is popular after the Spring Festival.

Humen clothing market stalls prices rose, opened in the sixth day, sold the pre holiday inventory in two days; Guangzhou Baima market stalls leased from the second half of last year, and now it has reached 100%; the Guangzhou red cotton market opened the night market in October last year, and the popularity after the festival was very strong.

This is a signal of optimism, which further confirms the judgement that the domestic demand market will continue to maintain rapid growth and become an important support for the development of the industry.

The problem of recruitment is outstanding.

The problem of "recruitment difficulty" has been troubling Guangdong textile and garment enterprises. This year the situation is more serious, and garment enterprises are more strongly than textile enterprises.

Although the return rate of most employees is 80%-90%, there is still a shortfall in 30%-40% employment.

For example, the employment gap of a children's clothing company in the ancestral temple was 50%; another company went to work on the eighth day after the Spring Festival, and most of the workers returned in previous years, but none of the workers returned this year.

Most of the enterprises in the whole street are afraid to take orders, and the head of the company said, "it is the most difficult to recruit workers this year."

Among them, the major gap is mainly technical jobs, and structural shortages are even more prominent.

For example, the "guerrilla forces" formed by skilled workers spontaneously formed in Yuanzhou town of Huizhou City, providing a "assault service" for manufacturers receiving orders and rush for delivery.

This year's economy is improving, and the increase in enterprise orders has resulted in an increase in market demand. At the same time, the improvement of the national "three rural" policy, local industrial development and post disaster reconstruction and other factors have resulted in the decrease of migrant workers in Sichuan, Hunan and other places around Guangdong, which has become the main reason for recruitment difficulties this year.

In addition, the new generation of migrant workers demand higher jobs, partly in wait-and-see condition, and some of them turn to more attractive service industries, which are also important reasons for recruitment difficulties.

Since the beginning of this year, there has been fierce competition for labor among various regions, especially the garment enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region. There are also some textile and garment enterprises whose wages are not high enough and the working environment is poor.

However, in Humen and other places, some large enterprises reflect the steady employment situation in recent years, and local workers are relatively stable.

The publicity of some media has played a negative role.

Rising cost squeezes profit margins

Last year, the vast majority of enterprises promoted wages for workers and wages rose at 10%-20%.

The average wage of Xiaolan general worker increased from 1300-1500 yuan last year to 1500-1800 yuan.

Cotton prices have surged since the beginning of 2009, rising to 15900 yuan / ton at the time of investigation, and the price of cotton yarn is also showing a rising trend. However, fabric prices remain basically unchanged, making the enterprises more cautious in the face of new orders, and can only use the stock of cotton yarn to meet the signed orders. The rental of Zhangcha town factory has risen to 18 yuan per square meter; the industrial water price in Kaiping has increased by 9 points per ton, the electricity price has increased by 2.2 points, and the price of coal has increased by 70 yuan per ton.

However, the price of terminal products is difficult to be raised, and there is a great pressure to reduce prices. The profit margins of enterprises are getting smaller and smaller.

Corporate financing remains difficult

Although the textile industry readjustment and the revitalization plan have clearly put forward a number of policies to support the financing of textile enterprises, the financing situation of Guangdong enterprises has also been improved to some extent in some areas. Some clusters show that loans from financial institutions are more relaxed than before, and loan approval has been speeded up, but there are signs of tightening since February of this year.

The general situation is that most small and medium enterprises in Guangdong still face greater financing pressure.

Large and medium-sized enterprises can also borrow money, and small and medium-sized enterprises are mostly rented because of their factories. Equipment, goods and so on can not be used as collateral for loans. It is difficult to borrow money from banks. Liquidity is very tight, resulting in serious pressure among enterprises.

Some small loan interest is higher than the normal bank loan.

Transformation and upgrading become increasingly urgent

Compared with the previous two surveys, there are still some new problems in the survey, which reflect that Guangdong industrial clusters pay more attention to how to adjust the structure and industrial upgrading.

For example, most clusters attach importance to technological pformation and equipment renewal, and import equipment grows rapidly.

Xiqiao and Chenghai reflected that the value added tax of imported equipment increased after last year.