Silk Clothing Prices Fall Out Of Favor In Hangzhou

Recently, Ms. Lin discovered that the Hangzhou crepe in the past 50 yuan can buy the crepe de Chine, now it has become more than 80 yuan, and has risen by nearly 60%.

Zhang aunt, who often buys silk clothes for her friends and relatives, also says that prices have gone up this year.

Silk garments, which are popular with consumers because of their light texture, comfort and breathability, are not popular with Hangzhou people this summer because they are too expensive to pay for them.

The purchase price of spring cocoon is up to 64.7%.

Why did the price of silk rise so much this year?

According to the Zhejiang Provincial Department of agriculture, the average purchasing price of cocoons in the first half of this year was 1655 yuan /50 kg, up 64.7% compared with the same period last year, creating a new record in the purchase price. Among them, the average price of Jinyun county and Chunan County reached 1850 yuan /50 kg and 1820 yuan /50 kg respectively, creating the highest historical price.

Jiaxing's purchase price has reached 1550 yuan /50 kg this year, up 600 yuan /50 kg, or 63%.

The increase of purchase price of spring cocoons has a direct impact on the price of fabrics.

The fabric of Hangzhou Silk City, called "plain wrinkle Satin", was priced at 22.2 yuan / m to 27.8 yuan / m in July last year. It has risen to 27.8 yuan / m to 32 yuan / m this year, up 15% to 25% compared with the same period last year.

In the face of rising prices of raw materials, businesses can only adjust the price of silk clothing accordingly.

"At least 20% has risen," Chen boss of Chen Sheng clothing said. "The fabric is rising, and the price of the finished product will definitely go up."

But Chen boss also said, "too many consumers will not buy it, so we can only carry it on our own. We should try our best to increase the profit and profit at a small profit."

"Really not much profit, now rely on some new products can still sell a good price, after all, consumers can not compare."

A person in charge of the silk industry of Zong Hai said.

Reporters interviewed some consumers randomly.

Miss Lin, who is shopping in the silk market of the stadium road, said that the price of a sling dress made of silkworm silk mulberry silk is basically 130 yuan to 180 yuan. She said that the price is acceptable within 200 yuan.

Cutting down mulberry and affecting cocoon price fluctuation

In recent years, the purchasing price of cocoons has been in an unstable state.

In 2007, the cocoon purchasing price in Jiaxing market was about 1000 yuan per kilogram of 50 kg, down to 480 yuan per ton in 2008, and this year's highest purchase price reached 1700 yuan.

This unstable price makes sericulture farmers destroy mulberry frequently. According to the national sericultural information network, in 2009, the national mulberry garden area was 11 million 780 thousand mu, a decrease of 7.2% compared to the same period last year, and the output of silkworm cocoons was 559 thousand tons, a decrease of 15.2% compared with the same period last year.

According to the analysis of relevant persons in the Bureau of economic crops of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of agriculture, the fluctuation of cocoon price can be traced back to the autumn of 2008. The low price of that year seriously affected the enthusiasm of silkworm farmers.

At the same time, although the purchasing price of cocoons has been rising gradually this year, compared with other agricultural and sideline products prices, sericulture benefits are still low, and sericulture farmers take the initiative to reduce the scale of production.

The two is production risk factors.

In March this year, the low temperature, the Southwest drought and the recent flood disasters increased the climatic conditions of silkworm production in summer and autumn. The risk of feeding was bigger, the production stability was poor, and the income was difficult to guarantee.

According to industry analysis, with the improvement of China's silk export situation and the increase in domestic demand, the demand for cocoon production will increase. However, it is estimated that the output of cocoons in the whole country will not increase substantially except Guangxi, and the supply and demand of cocoons in the whole country will still remain tight.