Cotton Prices Soared To Boost Cotton Textile &Nbsp; Brand Clothing Rose Quite A Bit.

Autumn is getting stronger, quilts, thermal underwear, autumn clothes and other textile products are on the rise. But this year Cotton price All the way up, the highest in ten years. Recently, a reporter's visit found that the price of cotton textiles in Xiamen rose rapidly, rising generally between 10% and 20%.

　　 Brand clothing The increase is quite large.

"The price of this underwear last year is not only 238 yuan, but now it has to sell 258 yuan?" a customer was surprised at a brand underwear store in Wo Xiang West Road. "No way, the head office will notify the product to raise the price by 10%." Sales staff revealed that the new increase was even higher.

Yesterday, reporters visited various shopping malls, found that not only underwear, clothing, cotton socks and other cotton fabrics prices have increased 10% - 20% to varying degrees. Almost all the words "cotton" have gone up. Ms. Li, the owner of a bedding store in Zhongshan Road, told reporters that a four cotton piece of 130 yuan sold has been up three times since September, and now it costs 160 yuan.

Autumn and winter clothing has also risen in different ranges. Taobao shopkeeper Sakura told reporters that the same brand of clothing sold 198 yuan last year and now sells for 208 yuan. "Almost twenty or thirty yuan." Brand clothing is also rising quite a bit. According to the clothing industry association data, the average selling price of ONLY brand in August this year was 269 yuan / piece, up 49.6% compared to the same period last year. The average selling price of other brands has also risen to varying degrees. Recently, a number of listed apparel enterprises in Quanzhou reported that their clothing products prices had risen by 7.1%-13.9%.

Cotton prices are rising. Pushing hands

"Cotton prices have gone up too much." A clothing company Sun told reporters, because domestic cotton prices rose 50% in half a year, the cost pressure from the upstream has been gradually transmitted to the consumer terminal, forced by the cost of purchase pressure, many clothing dealers have been brewing to raise the retail price.

It is reported that as early as last autumn, cotton prices began to rise gradually, as of early July this year, cotton prices have risen 30%, the highest point in 10 years. Affected by this, cotton yarn, cotton and other clothing processing raw materials prices also rise. In recent months, cotton cloth rose by 2 yuan to 3 yuan, or nearly 20%. "Recently, the chemical fiber products headed by PET staple have risen from 9600 yuan per ton to 13000 yuan per ton, or up to 30%." Mr. Sun said.

Downstream customers are most tested.

According to the insiders, the export garment processing plant usually takes about 3 months from the order to the delivery time. Nowadays, the samples of the orders are still on the way, and the quotation has been repeated several times. Nevertheless, it is still not up to the price range of raw materials.

The latest research report of China Cotton Association shows that the continuous high price of raw material of cotton yarns reduces the profit of downstream garment enterprises, and many weaving enterprises choose to stop working and leave, while garment enterprises are more cautious when receiving orders.

Wang, manager of a clothing company in Jinjiang, said that the cotton and other raw materials were a substantial increase in prices. The price of raw materials and the wages of employees increased. "The price of raw materials of cotton textile industry is rising, and downstream enterprises need to make the most direct response."