The Wool Industry Elite Gathered In Beijing To Discuss Development Plans.

Exchange meeting

September 16th, the twenty-second China International Wool Spinning

The conference was presided over by Yang Xiaoxiong, general manager of Nanjing wool market.

At the meeting, Xu Wenying, vice president of China Textile Industry Association, read the congratulatory letter from Du Yuzhou, President of China Textile Industry Association. Peng Yanli, chairman of China Wool Textile Industry Association, introduced the operation and trend of the wool textile industry this year.

Xu Wenying told the "textile and clothing weekly" reporter that since the convention was renamed the "China International Wool Textile raw material trading information conference" last year, on the basis of retaining the information exchange of raw wool raw materials, the exchange content of wool textile products has been increased, and has been highly concerned by domestic and foreign wool textile enterprises and industry experts and scholars.

Domestic demand has become the engine of development

The domestic demand market has maintained stable and rapid growth this year, and the domestic sales situation of the wool textile industry has continued to improve.

According to Peng Yanli, the gross domestic product output of 3933 wool textile, wool knitting and wool textile enterprises reached 120 billion yuan in 1~7 months this year, an increase of 21% over the same period last year, and the growth rate increased by 11.4 percentage points over the same period last year.

The proportion of domestic sales accounted for 75.6% of the sales value of the industry, of which 1532 of the wool textile enterprises in the front of the industrial chain accounted for 84.7% of the domestic sales.

The retail of woolen knitted apparel continued to grow. In 1~7 months, the sales of men's suits increased by 15.7% over the same period. The demand for woolen knitted apparel in the professional wear market remained stable.

Meanwhile, sales of wool knitted garments show a trend of diversification of channels.

Although sales of cashmere sweaters and sweaters in major department stores decreased by 5.1% over the same period of 1~7 month, sales in professional markets and networks were unusually active, and sales increased over the previous year.

At present, the domestic demand market has become the main driving force for supporting the development of the industry.

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Export more flowers

Since the beginning of this year, with the gradual recovery of the international market and the increase in demand for replenishment of buyers, the export of wool textile industry has gradually picked up.

It is reported that the gross import and export volume of raw materials and textiles and garments for wool textile industry reached US $7 billion 400 million in 1~7 months this year, an increase of 27%.

Among them, exports amounted to 5 billion 500 million US dollars, an increase of 23%, and the growth rate increased by 38 percentage points over the same period last year, and the total amount has exceeded the pre crisis level.

In terms of the structure of wool export products, the export of upstream and downstream products such as wool tops, wool yarns and fabrics has increased rapidly. The expansion of export markets such as ASEAN is the main reason for the increase of upstream exports.

Relatively speaking, the export volume of the final products of woollen knitted garments, wool knitted garments, wool blankets and wool carpets showed a negative growth, which reflected the shortage of traditional consumer market demand in the United States, Japan and Europe.

The recovery of major export markets is quite different.

The total export volume of the four largest markets in the EU, the United States, Japan and China, which account for 61% of gross domestic product exports, increased by 16% over the same period last year.

Among them, exports to the United States and China's Hongkong were significantly increased, up by 26% over the same period last year, and exports to the EU were also rising, up 16% compared to the same period last year, and 3.7% for the sunrise.

It is noteworthy that the rapid growth of exports in emerging markets is due to the formal launch of the ASEAN China free trade zone this year. China and ASEAN are trying to enhance the competitiveness of China ASEAN Free Trade Area products in the international market through the integration of industrial chains.

In 1~7 months, China's gross exports of wool textile products to 10 ASEAN countries reached 6.1%, and the growth rate reached 51%, much higher than the average level of export growth in the same period, showing great market potential.

Raw wool yield continued to decrease

China is currently the largest wool processing country in the world.

Because of the sharp increase in exports of processed products, domestic enterprises' demand for raw wool has also increased sharply.

It is reported that China began to import more than the import quota for the first time since 2007. At present, it needs 300 thousand ~50 tons of wool per year, while domestic wool can only satisfy one-third of its wool. The self-sufficiency rate of fine wool is only 23%~30%, and the market demand gap is bigger.

Domestic wool production showed a downward trend.

Zhang Haisen, a research center of the international agricultural cooperation and development center of University of International Business and Economics, said that China's fine wool production is restricted by many factors, such as limited resources of prairie, degeneration of varieties, low prices, increased feed costs and other resources, economic and social development, and the output is shrinking.

At the same time, farmers and herdsmen in the central and western regions of China have not fully benefited from the breeding of fine wool sheep. With the continuous raising of the prices of lamb meat, the opportunity cost of herdsmen raising and processing fine wool sheep has increased, which has intensified the reduction of wool production.

"Similar to the domestic situation, the worldwide production of wool has become a trend."

Yang Xiaoxiong told the "textile and clothing weekly" reporter.

Australia is the world's largest exporter of wool and the largest source of wool imports and the third largest source of wool in China.

According to Wei Xiaoya, general manager of Australian Wool Innovation Limited China, the number of Australian dairy goats is decreasing. Due to the abundance of rainfall this year, the output of Australian wool is still the same as that of last year.

In addition, wool production in New Zealand and Uruguay has been decreasing.

Peng Yanli said that the price of imported wool continued to rise rapidly this year. The price of imported wool dollar increased by 44% over the same period of 1~7 months, and the US dollar price of fat bearing wool which accounted for more than 80% of imports increased by 49%.

The change in the exchange rate of the major producing countries has increased the risk of business operation.

The price of national wool also rises with the rise of external wool price. The cost pressure is difficult to pass through the industrial chain to the end consumers, which makes the cost pressure of enterprises at the bottom of the industrial chain increasingly prominent.

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External environment affects industry development

The rapid development of the wool textile industry in the late part of this year will also be greatly influenced by the economic environment and economic policies at home and abroad.

At present, the recovery of the developed countries is weak, the unemployment rate is high, the consumption desire is weakened, and the demand for the international market is insufficient. This is the biggest obstacle for the domestic wool textile enterprises to expand the international market.

A series of macro-control policies promulgated by our government will also affect the development of the industry.

In terms of monetary policy, the state implemented moderately loose monetary policy in the first half of this year, and the actual size of the policy was tightened. Therefore, the capital side of enterprises is still in a tight state.

At the same time, exchange rate policy also has unfavorable factors for the development of the industry.

Cost increase is another important factor that restricts the later development of wool textile industry.

In the month of 1~7, domestic enterprises' purchasing price of fuel power increased by 21.3% over the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the wages of workers increased by 10%~30% over the past year.

In the second half of the year, under the background of higher minimum wage standards, the labor costs of enterprises will continue to intensify.

"At the end of this year, the domestic and international forms of the wool textile industry are still grim. It is expected that the development of the industry will show a trend of" before and after the development. "

Peng Yanli said.

The theme of this conference is "charm information and dynamic wool". It reflects the desire of the industry to change the market demand for wool textile products, to tap the market potential of wool textile products and revitalize wool textile products.