Cocoon Silk Price Rises, Unit Price Rise Of Silk Products

"Because of the financial crisis, many foreigners who had often visited before began to reduce and catch up. Now the price of silk keeps rising. The original silk articles may be around 30 yuan. Now the cost is close to 45 yuan. Can they sell well?" In Beijing's famous Xiushui Street, Miss Gao, who manages silk cloth business, said helplessly.

The silk store in Xiushui Street learned that, influenced by the financial crisis and the continuous rise in the price of silk, many consumers from abroad began to greatly reduce. It is not just the foreign consumers who live in China who are beginning to "tighten their clothing and shrink food", and the export of silk silk is also weakening.

According to the data released by China Silk Industry Association, the export of silk fabrics in the whole country was 689 million US dollars in 1-3 this year, an increase of 2.74% over the same period last year. The increase in export volume is mainly due to the rise in domestic cocoon yarn prices, resulting in an increase in the unit price of silk products exports. The number of export products such as filament, spun silk and silk knitted garments has declined considerably, and the export volume is still not picking up.

The impact of soaring cocoon silk prices on export oriented silk enterprises is devastating. According to the law of silk production, 3~5 months are busy days for enterprises to flourish and sign orders in the second half of the year, but the situation is quite opposite now. Li Fan, general manager of Mingyue silk Making Co., Ltd., Wuxi, said the main business of Mingyue silk is export, and it has been many years since a foreign company purchased silk in China. Due to the increase of cocoon silk price this year, the company has been waiting to see no order.

For enterprises supplying international buyers, the main markets for their products exported are Europe and the United States. These two markets have long been characterized by stability, but raw material prices are likely to exacerbate market competitiveness.

However, in the view of Fan Ganqun, consultant of the Ministry of Commerce's Shengze silk chemical index office, China is a big exporter of silk. In terms of export and export, the biggest factor affecting foreign purchases is the instability and quality of raw silk prices.

Fan Gang analysis, because the demand for silk and silk is basically fixed within a certain period of time, and the fall in prices will encourage them to wait and see. The price increase will promote the purchasing speed of foreign businessmen, thus further promoting the rise of silk price.

"Almost all international high-end fashion brands will launch a large number of high-end silk fashion series every season, while China accounts for 70% of the world's raw silk production, and many foreign enterprises are sourcing in China." Chen Jianyong, vice president of the China Silk Industry Association, said that silk textile exports began to show signs of sharp decline this year as a result of the downturn in the international economic situation.

Chen Jianyong believes that the international market is in the doldrums, which is caused by objective economic and environmental factors, coupled with the irrational rise of raw silk prices in a short time. Therefore, some foreign businessmen are in a wait-and-see state, resulting in a relatively large slide in exports from 1 to March this year. And there are signs that silk exports are not completely stable at present, and volatility risks still exist.