Hebei'S Textile And Clothing Exports Are Not Affected By The Appreciation Of The Renminbi.

　　 Textile and clothing It is one of the three carriages of Hebei's exports. In June 19th, RMB After the reopening of foreign exchange reform, the exchange rate soared to 2.08% yesterday. It is generally believed that the textile industry with low profit margins is facing the biggest impact of RMB appreciation. However, official statistics show that textile exports in Hebei have basically increased steadily in recent months with frequent fluctuations in the exchange rate, up 41% from August in September. Experts in the province say that the resilience and stubborn viability of the textile and garment industry may be underestimated.

Exports: no appreciation shocks

Export data showed that in the three months after the reopening of the exchange, Hebei textile and clothing export volume remained 22% and 40% in July and September, except for the 22% decline in August. In March, the total export volume grew steadily at around 46%, and the total export volume of Hebei remained unchanged. Post crisis recovery Kept in sync.

In the first three quarters of this year, Hebei's textile and clothing exports amounted to US $2 billion 890 million, accounting for 17.4% of Hebei's exports and 15.8% of steel products, becoming the second largest export commodities after mechanical and electrical products.

In export clothing, fur and leather clothing has become the highlight of the year. In July, it was nearly four times higher than that in September, and more than doubled in September. In the first nine months of this year, fur clothing exports totaled $530 million, an increase of 124% over the same period last year.

According to statistics, in the first three quarters, Hebei's 1093 cotton spinning enterprises registered and registered in the Statistics Bureau realized the main business income of 80 billion 570 million yuan, an increase of 23.78% over the same period last year, and realized a profit of 4 billion 40 million yuan, an increase of 23.43% over the same period last year.

Recovery: better than the whole nation.

Compared with domestic data, Hebei's performance is better than that of the whole nation in the revival of garment and textile exports.

The latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs show that in the first half of September this year, China's exports of clothing and textiles (including textile yarn fabrics and products, clothing and accessories) were 181 billion 400 million US dollars, up 49% over the same period last year. Among them, export clothing and accessories were 13 billion 200 million dollars, up 19%; exports of textile yarn, fabrics and products 68 billion 100 million US dollars, up 30.7%.

In the first three quarters of the year, clothing exports increased by 43.7% and textile exports increased by 50.4% in Hebei.

Small factory: shutting down for another reason

As we all know, in addition to the appreciation of the RMB exchange rate, Hebei garment and textile industry is facing a lot of bad profits this year. Labor costs in the whole country jumped 20%, and cotton prices rose sharply in the three quarter.

The export of Hebei's textile and garment industry has so far been "calm". Why? In the province, the authoritative experts of the relevant associations of garment and textile industry in the province say that the closure of some small textile clothing is not representative of the whole industry. At present, the impact of RMB appreciation on Hebei garment and textile enterprises is not large, and the rise in cotton prices will not continue. The outside world may underestimate the stubborn viability of the textile and garment industry.

According to the expert analysis, large and medium-sized export enterprises generally rely on forward foreign exchange transactions to lock in the income of export RMB. The fluctuation of RMB exchange rate will affect the profit margins of export enterprises, but will not cause any impact on export and business operations.

He said that the biggest impact of short-term exchange rate fluctuations is some small textile small garments that are engaged in "short and fast" orders, but for the whole province and the whole country, the problems of these enterprises are mainly from cotton prices. "Today's small factories that buy Cotton today, can only stop production now, and stopping production is actually a good thing for the whole industry."

Dachang: shifting the cost pressure

At present, the impact of cotton price changes on Hebei's clothing and textile industry has exceeded the appreciation of the renminbi. However, the experts said that cotton textile and clothing enterprises are not "monolithic" in terms of price. They can alleviate the cost pressure by increasing the price of the downstream, and under the action of "buying up or not buying down" mentality, the textile enterprises have not yet been left unmarketable.

Experts say, for example, many Hongkong companies import cotton yarn and cotton cloth from Hebei to South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, cotton prices rise, exports of cotton yarn and cotton cloth will naturally rise in price, "for example, every rice cloth rose from 7.2 yuan to 7.35 yuan." Recently, cotton has risen from 18 thousand yuan per ton to 25 thousand yuan, while cotton yarn market has risen by about 5000 yuan.

Experts say that the impact of cotton prices on different types of textile mills is also very different. For example, large and medium-sized plants have 20 to 2 months of cotton inventory, textile mills use low priced cotton stocks, and according to the latest price of cotton yarn sales, profits will not drop instead of increase. According to past rule, the peak of cotton price has passed when cotton is exhausted. The phenomenon of garment enterprises is similar.

　　 So far, the government has introduced measures to stabilize cotton prices, and scholars in Xinjiang, the main cotton producing region, have pointed out that the price of cotton has risen sharply. In addition to changes in the international market, the speculation of idle capital is not ruled out. This surge is not sustainable. It is estimated that cotton prices will fall back to normal by the end of the year or early next year.