Downstream Products Are Greatly Affected By Cotton Prices.

　　 Make bed Quilt with cotton wadding It costs more than 20 yuan to buy, and it costs 10 yuan to buy a piece of clothes and the clothes it used to wear. Double socks are also up 5 cents. With the rising price of cotton, the price of cotton clothing and fabrics is rising day by day. Cotton underwear As an indispensable part of winter dress, the price increase is generally over 20%.

Cotton underwear price increases 20%

"Last year I bought a set of three gun underwear for three hundred and seven eight yuan, but this year has risen to forty-eight yuan, I did not expect this autumn clothes and trousers to go up so much." In an underwear store near truth Road, Miss Sun complained. In the interview, reporters learned that the sales price of brand underwear, such as three guns and Heng Yuan Xiang, increased by about 20% this year than last year. In the big Hutong, a master specializing in wholesale children's underwear told reporters: "the price of underwear this year is much higher than that of previous years, and the wholesale price of a pure cotton children's trousers is 3 yuan more than that of last year."

In the interview, the reporter also found that the most obvious cotton underwear with the most price increase was obvious except for the price increase. In the underwear shop, cotton underwear was less and less. Instead, it was replaced by a group of new fiber products, such as bamboo fiber, pearl fiber, Tencel and so on. And this year's cotton clothing is generally "not pure cotton", most of them only contain 60% cotton, and then with polyester, acrylic, spandex and other materials. Some manufacturers say that reducing the cotton content of cotton clothing is also an expedient measure. After all, the raw material has gone up too much and does not want to raise the retail price substantially, so it is necessary to reduce the cost of raw materials appropriately to maintain profits.

　　 Curtain covers Prices are also rising.

Besides cotton underwear, the price of cotton cloth is also rising. "Cotton used to grow at 35 cents per meter, and it increased by three or four yuan this year. It has risen three times in the past week." The price of cotton cloth has been rising since July and August, according to a shopkeeper who runs a cotton business in the city. "And over the past half a month, almost every purchase has gone up, and a few yuan per meter has gone up." The shopkeeper said helplessly, "we sell the cloth best, and the price has increased by 30% over last autumn. The cotton cloth, which is most commonly used by the general family, sells for 18-20 yuan per metre this year, only 13-15 yuan last year, and also increased by 30%.

Fabric price increases directly lead to the price rise of related products. The price of goods such as quilts, sheets, bedspreads, curtains and so on in light textile city has been improved to varying degrees, making a curtain more than tens of dollars.

Cotton prices are the main reason.

It is understood that the sharp rise in prices of cotton products this winter has a lot to do with the price rise of raw material cotton.

According to China's cotton price index, September is another peak of cotton price rise. In September 1st, cotton price was 18002 yuan / ton. In September 30th, the price rose to 22684 yuan / ton, up nearly 5000 yuan. Cotton price rose 13% in the short five days after the national day; as of October 19th, cotton price had reached 24526 yuan / ton. In just over a month, the increase was close to 40%.

Why not increase brand clothing?

In this interview, reporters also found a phenomenon, that is, the brand clothing in the mall did not appear a substantial increase in prices. Those prices are basically underwear or low-end goods in the wholesale market. What is the reason for this?

For this phenomenon, Yao Youhong, Secretary General of the clothing trade association, believes that this is because the value of brand clothing is in the brand, and the fluctuation of raw material cost will not affect the price of brand clothing. He said, a shirt, brand clothing can be sold to hundreds of yuan, or even one thousand or two thousand yuan, and wholesale market shirts quality is also good, the price is only tens of dollars, the price of the two can be twenty or thirty times the difference, the difference is selling brand value.

　　 In brand clothing enterprises, brand maintenance is also a very important cost, even larger than the cost of raw materials. The cost of raw materials is the main cost for some deep-processing enterprises and underwear and cotton enterprises, so the fluctuation of raw material prices will be more sensitive, and the price impact will also appear immediately. At present, the competition among brands is also fierce. "The price is too high, and consumers can not buy it." Therefore, brand clothing enterprises are unwilling to raise the price of clothing because of the rise in cotton prices, otherwise the market share will be taken away by others. Yao Youhong said that the general brand clothing will raise the price through the renewal of style and seasonal replacement, and will not substantially increase the price in the short term because of the rising cost of raw materials. Therefore, the rise of brand clothing may be lagging behind.