Cotton Prices Soar, Cotton Clothing Rises In Price Across The Whole Market.

It will cost 20 yuan to make quilt quilts, and 10 yuan for the same clothes as before, and 5 socks for a pair of socks.

In November 1st, the reporter interviewed some citizens and visited many families.

Present situation

Cotton prices rise to cotton products

In November 1st, reporters found in some markets in the city that cotton fabrics and garments were booming in Jingzhou this year, and children's clothing, cotton underwear and sheets began to rise.

Some shopkeepers said the increase was at least 10%, and may rise further.

People may spend more money on clothing this winter.

At present, a set of underwear has increased by more than 10 yuan. The price of cotton is very high this year. When the factory prices rise, they do not raise the price again because they are more frequent customers, basically selling according to the manufacturer's factory price.

The agent of a brand women's clothing in the department store of Shashi City introduces that the autumn sale has not received the notice of the manufacturer's price adjustment. Most of the clothes made nowadays are already ordered in the summer, and the rapid rise of cotton prices in the near future may not be fully reflected, but the cotton material winter clothes produced by the end of the year will probably go up sharply.

Dealers told reporters that the price of cotton fabrics has risen, and even chemical fiber fabrics have gone up. They are now watching, and dare not rush to raise prices, or fear that sales will be affected.

Miss Yang, who opened a clothing store in women's street in Shashi City, went to Guangzhou for the first two days to enter a batch of autumn winter clothes. "Clothes are expensive again. A general cotton long sleeved shirt used to be seventy or eighty yuan, now it needs 100 yuan."

In a shop in the market of Spring City in Shashi, Ms. Yu, the boss, said that the price of cotton in the South has risen fiercely. The best cotton cloth has risen by 10 yuan per metre, and the average cotton cloth has risen by about 5 yuan per metre. The average rice volume of acrylic and blended fabrics has risen by two or three yuan.

"What we sell now is basically the old ones. If we buy them again after a while, it will go up a lot."

Ms. Yu said that they mainly wholesale cloth and custom-made clothing. Wholesalers found that the price of cotton fabrics was too high, and the profits were reduced. The sale of mixed fabrics or low price cotton fabrics directly led to a decrease in the quality of cotton fabrics on the market.

Fabric price increases directly lead to the price rise of related products, and the prices of goods such as covers, sheets, bedspreads, curtains and so on have been improved to varying degrees.

Reporters in the market for a circle, found that cotton and linen curtains, plus decoration will generally sell more than 45 yuan a metre, ordinary blended, acrylic fiber are sold to more than one meter 20 yuan or more.

Jingzhou Tianqiao neighbourhood shop guide said that the price of bedding items rose greatly, and the pure cotton fabric rose from 240 yuan to 298 yuan in the spring and Autumn period.

She said that cotton prices rose, the next batch of goods must rise, estimated at around 200 yuan four sets, the purchase price will rise 60 to 70 yuan, the price of all kinds of cotton products will rise 20 to 80 yuan.

The better the technology, the greater the amount of cotton.

Therefore, the price range of products with different processes is different.

Reporters found that cotton prices rose, clothing, underwear, curtains, bedding and other cotton fabrics prices rose to varying degrees, children's clothing rose quite large, Zhongjia mall is a place for infants and children's clothing stores.

The boss lamented that the price of children's clothing was rising.

"Children's clothing is mainly cotton, and the rising prices of upstream cotton will definitely affect the price of children's clothing in the lower reaches."

Ms. Liang, a brand clothing store, said that this year's children's clothing was much more expensive. When the factory got the goods, the other party rose 10%, saying that it was the price increase. Ms. Liang said that the selling price of children's clothing had to go up, or roughly 10% to 20%.. Meanwhile, the diapers of all brands also rose slightly.

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Reaction

Cotton prices rise strongly.

Several customers are lamenting the price rise of cotton products this year in Jingzhou.

"Like four yuan sets of 100 yuan, there were many last year, but basically we can't see it this year."

"How expensive is a four piece suit? Is there anything cheaper?" a customer was bargaining with the businessman in a bedding store in Middle Road, Beijing.

Customers can not help feeling, before four hundred yuan is very good bed products six pieces of the price now rose to about 500 yuan, now buy two sets of money can buy three sets last year.

Ms. Wang, who is helping her daughter to buy wedding articles, has raised the price of cotton fabrics, such as cotton cloth for bedding, four piece sets, curtains and other cotton textiles.

She looked at a set of pure cotton six piece set price was also 400 yuan up and down, now sold for 500 yuan, after a counter-offer 460 yuan.

Eight pieces of bed products are sold for more than 1000 yuan, and the cheapest is 960 yuan.

Although the price of cotton products is rising now, we will choose cotton products if we need it at home.

"Huang is preparing to decorate the new house," said the young lady.

"Last year I bought a set of" three guns "underwear for $30, 78 yuan last year, but this year has risen to forty-eight yuan, I did not expect this autumn clothes and trousers to go up so much.

Miss sun complained, at an underwear store near Sharon Plaza.

Jin Qin, a white-collar worker who likes dressing up, told reporters that she had changed to the habit of buying a sweater in a shopping mall because of the rising price of her long sweater. Instead, she went to Hongcheng to buy it.

While children's clothing prices are rising, baby's other major consumer goods diapers are starting to rise.

Many young parents have calculated that the cost of childcare has increased by about 100 yuan per month this year.

Some mothers say that it is not easy to raise children in the future.

The price of diapers has attracted many young parents' complaints.

A man who bought diapers at WAL-MART supermarket said that buying diapers for children now needs more than 200 yuan a week.

When diapers and milk powder rise every time, he has to consider smoking less than a pack of cigarettes.

My son, who has only been 5 months old, has seen the price of Mamy Poko diapers that he often buy rise. He simply changed the brand of "Er Le" which was sold cheap in supermarkets near the district.

In this regard, mothers have come up with all kinds of money saving tips to deal with.

Some mothers use urine pads and traditional cotton diapers, and some mothers think of ways to make paper diapers.

Reporters learned that many young parents also buy a pair of diapers that are more expensive than supermarkets.

By buying large quantities of agents, you can generally enjoy a wholesale price of 10 percent off.

Some mothers use cheaper diapers.

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Cause

Shortage of cotton is the main reason.

This year, the cotton planting area of our city has declined to varying degrees, and the market forecast has decreased by an average of 20%.. Due to a slight delay in the sowing date, the loss of cotton bolls in the late stage is bigger and the production level is dragged down.

According to a cotton enterprise in Jingzhou, taking Cen River as an example, cotton production generally fell by nearly 30%. cotton quality. The enterprises generally reflected higher than the previous years. The average cotton linen in Jingzhou area was 38%-39%, and the high yield reached 43%-44%, resulting in the high local purchasing price, which was on average higher than the surrounding 0.05-0.1 yuan / Jin.

Reporters interviewed found that the 39% linen seed purchased in the cen River purchase price of 3.2 yuan / kg, cottonseed 1.05-1.08 yuan / Jin, the acquisition cost of cotton lint at 13200-13360 yuan / ton, combined with processing fees 500 yuan / ton, production costs close to 13700-13860 yuan / ton.

"The rise in clothing prices is mainly affected by the rise in cotton prices."

A market insider told reporters that the substantial increase in prices of cotton products this winter has a lot to do with the price rise of raw materials.

Since the end of last year, cotton prices have continued to rise, which has soared in the past six months. Under the pressure of cost of goods purchase, clothing dealers can only choose to raise their retail prices.

For such a rising market, the relevant staff of the Municipal Price Bureau said that cotton prices rose for many reasons. Since the beginning of this year, the supply of cotton is in short supply and its price has been rising constantly, so that the prices of all kinds of cotton products have also been greatly affected.

On the one hand, the main cotton producing areas in China have reduced production by nearly 1/4 because of climate disasters. On the other hand, the international cotton prices are on the rise.

He said that most of the cotton purchased recently will be used to produce clothing or cotton textiles for the next season, so the price trend of related products is likely to continue until next year.

In several fabric markets, several shopkeepers revealed that because many enterprises are using old cotton this year, they will concentrate on new cotton with high price until the end of the year, when cotton fabrics will also rise in price.

According to the insiders, cotton is the most obvious single garment. Similarly, the price of branded clothing is up 15%-20%. compared with the beginning of last year. But now the textile market is very competitive. Manufacturers are unwilling to rise the price of clothing because of the rise in cotton prices, otherwise the market share will be grabbed by others.

The general strategy is to improve the ratio of raw materials, innovate designs, increase styles, squeeze and lower profit margins without affecting the quality and performance of products.

Nowadays, price increases are often welcomed by consumers and some powerful manufacturers, as well as some well-known enterprises in the market.

Some small and medium enterprises and middle and low end products are on the sidelines.