The Price Of "Cotton" Is Red Everywhere.

Since May this year,

A few days ago, reporters visited our city and learned that with the continuous rise of domestic cotton prices this year, all the items closely related to "cotton" have been rising from cotton socks and cotton pajamas to just listed.

Medium or low gains are relatively large.

"This kind of whole cotton underwear can buy one set last year without 90 yuan. How can it be nearly hundred yuan this year?" recently, the weather turned cool, and warm underwear and other commodities entered the peak season of sales. When he planned to add some cotton underwear to his family, Ms. Ho, when shopping in the mall, found that the price of underwear of the same brand was similar to that of last year.

The salesperson told her that at present, all cotton underwear in the store has risen by about 10 yuan. "The purchase price is high, and the retail price has gone up, of course."

In recent days, reporters visited the shopping mall in downtown area, Yihua shopping plaza, new city and superior Meisha, and found that the prices of clothing in autumn and winter increased differently.

Besides brand clothing, clothing such as thermal underwear, household clothing, infant clothing and so on, which are mainly made of cotton cloth are all rising in price. Most of the sales staff of the brand said, "the price of clothing is rising little, generally around 10%."

In an interview, reporters found that although the price of clothing in autumn and winter has been rising, the prices of garments of different grades are different. The increase of middle and low-grade clothing is larger than that of high-end brands.

Ah Heng, a salesperson who has done many brand clothing, told reporters that "middle and low grade clothing mainly attracts customers with low price, small profits and quick turnover, little profit space. The profit margins of high-end brand clothing are relatively large, so it can maintain a stable price temporarily."

The price of brand clothing is also true in the shopping mall of Yi Hua, Ren Ren Yue, superior mesa and other shopping malls, while the price of clothing sold in the individual stalls of Pengjiang commercial city and Wuyi commercial city is obviously higher than that of brand clothing.

During the visit, the reporters also found that while the price of cotton clothing increased, the products of pure cotton fabrics were less and less, instead of some fibers and Lycra clothes.

Ms. Ouyang, who has been engaged in clothing sales for nearly 10 years, said that when the price of raw materials such as cotton rose sharply, it was impossible to reduce the amount of cotton. The competition in the market is too fierce now. "Which house is expensive, consumers will not go," and businesses can only take appropriate cost reduction to ensure their profits.

2 cotton seed

It costs 70 yuan to make a bed of 5 kilos.

"Now, it's much more expensive to make a cotton bed than before." when some people are preparing to keep warm clothes, they find that it takes more money to make a cotton bed than before.

In a shop with a cotton tire near Feng Le market, Li Popo is refurbishing an old cotton tire. "The tailored cotton tire is warm and durable, which is more expensive." Li Popo, who had just reinvented a quilt for his grandson, complained that the price was rising too fast.

The person in charge of the store, Mr. Yi told reporters that the cotton sold in the shop is 16 yuan / kilogram. If a cotton bed with 5 kilograms of jins is laid, it will cost 320 yuan for cotton alone, plus 60 yuan for manual labor, which will cost 380 yuan, which is 70 yuan more than before.

Mr. Yi said that the price of cotton has gone up too much this year. Cotton prices increased by 6 yuan or 7 yuan per kilogram last year, which is only 10 yuan.

The surge in cotton prices has also led to fluctuations in the price of quilts. The prices of more than 10 new home textile brands listed this year, including Fang Fang Ting, fuanna, Tu Mei bedding, and so on, have gone up in different ranges, rising by 10 to 20%.

3 foreign trade enterprises:

Now I dare not pick up a large list or long list.

Reporters learned in the interview that the soaring price of cotton not only affects the lives of ordinary people, but also reflects in the export trade.

"A few days ago, I received a foreign businessman, talked for a long time, and finally did not dare to take orders."

Mr. Lee of the town of lotus town in Pengjiang district is engaged in the textile trade business. He told reporters that at present, there is a great demand for cotton fabrics in the international market, but today's cotton is a price per day, and he dare not pick up a large list or long list.

There are nearly 400 large and small enterprises such as chemical fiber, textile, bleaching and dyeing, clothing, printing and so on. There are only more than 200 underwear enterprises.

Cotton prices continue to rise this year, and many small and medium-sized enterprises in the town are affected.

"Buyers have come a lot, but the price of raw materials has continued to rise, and the cost pressure of garment enterprises has also increased."

Mr. ho is the owner of a garment factory in lotus town. Since late October, he has taken special care when he orders foreign orders, because besides the rising price of cotton, exchange rate changes also have an impact on the export of textiles.

He said that although many orders, but the price is very difficult to raise, even if a little higher, it can not keep up with the cost increase.

"The prices quoted by enterprises are all real time prices, but today's cotton prices are in the same shape every day. The profit space that was originally agreed to 10% could be compressed to 5% or even lose money at a time. So we will not pick up the big list or long list for a while, and see clearly the situation."

Reporters learned in the interview that some small and medium-sized textile enterprises or traders are facing difficulties: the rising cotton prices continue to lead to downstream foreign trade enterprises dare not take orders.

Therefore, some garment factories and underwear factories have plans for a temporary suspension of work. A Mei, a parking lot operator, said, "our factory is probably finished with the stock left this month."

"Unless it is cash in stock, I would rather not take the orders and leave the workers."

Mr. Chen, the boss of an underwear factory in lotus town, said that cotton prices had gone up. Last month, the factory had already lost a lot of money on the embryo cloth. The profits from the orders could not be compensated at all. He planned to leave the workers for a few days after finishing the existing foreign trade orders.

4 foreign trade and economic cooperation departments:

Textile exports in the first three quarters showed an increasing trend.

"The price of cotton in the market is fluctuating, and some people dare not accept foreign trade orders. When calculating the profits, they are swallowed up by fluctuations in the prices of raw materials."

Miss Xie, director of the office of Jiangmen foreign trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, said that from the current data, the export of textile trade in the first three quarters of our city is still showing an increasing trend.

According to the data provided by the Municipal Bureau of foreign trade and economic cooperation, textile and garment exports amounted to US $1 billion 264 million 880 thousand from 1 to September this year, an increase of 20.84% over the same period last year.

Xie told reporters that from a macro perspective, this year's foreign trade situation is generally a better economic situation.

Many exhibitors of Guangzhou fair show that business is optimistic, orders are also increasing, but there is still uncertainty.

"This year's situation is caused by a variety of factors," Xie said. Apart from the rising factors of raw materials, the impact of exchange rate changes, labor costs and international trade barriers and other comprehensive factors are increasing the export costs of enterprises, while orders for enterprises increased, but profits continued to decline.

Therefore, some enterprises have made adjustments in production management, technology and employment, so as to save costs and keep profits.

At present, some enterprises and traders do not dare to take long orders and large orders. Xie said that the instability of raw material prices will directly affect the pricing of products, and indeed affect the order.

However, the impact of fluctuations in raw material prices on any product is the same, mainly depends on how different enterprises to resolve each other, if small businesses are well resolved, they can continue to develop, "powerful enterprises have their own long-term customers, these problems can also be negotiated with customers, shared responsibility."

5 experts:

The government should establish a reserve system for bulk agricultural products.

Cotton prices have spread to many industries, and cotton related industries are also rising.

What is the cause of the skyrocketing cotton price? What impact does it bring to the export of textiles? Reporters interviewed Professor Liu Zhijian of the management department of Wuyi University.

Professor Liu said that the rise of cotton mainly depended on supply and demand. After the financial crisis, cotton prices were low, which hurt cotton growers' willingness to grow, resulting in a reduction in cotton production.

Secondly, this year's rising trend of prices and the speculation of hot money are all contributing to the rise of cotton prices.

Cotton has financial attributes and capital involvement leads to soaring cotton prices. "The rising price of upstream cotton will definitely increase the cost of downstream enterprises, and also affect the export of textiles."

"The appreciation of the renminbi has led to textile enterprises not dare to receive large single, long list."

Professor Liu said that the fundamentals of the economy are good this year, so there has been an increase in foreign trade. At this very moment, the bottleneck of cotton price rise has been encountered. Textile enterprises are afraid of receiving large bills and long bills.

In fact, this is also a problem for all export enterprises.

Professor Liu said that in the next one or two years, the trend of RMB appreciation will continue slowly, which will add even worse to the textile enterprises experiencing the rise in cotton prices.

He expects that the situation in the first half of next year may be even worse because in general, the order of the Autumn Fair will be extended to next spring fair.

"No matter the appreciation of the Renminbi or the rise of cotton prices, they are all influenced by the external environment. They can not be controlled. What enterprises can do is to reduce costs through internal management."

Cotton is a kind of agricultural product. The price fluctuation of agricultural products is large and the growth cycle is long. Professor Liu believes that if farmers grow a certain product without increasing production, they will reduce the planting area and raise the price of idle capital.

The government should establish a reserve system for bulk agricultural products, and reserve products that are highly volatile and have a greater impact on the national economy.

In the harvest time, through the government procurement reserve behavior, reduce the harm to farmers; when the output is reduced, then through the reserve products to stabilize the market demand, curb prices, and crack down on idle capital speculation.

Crack down on idle capital and stabilize prices

Like the price increase of ginger and garlic, the price rise of cotton is very large, which not only affects the export of textiles, but also affects the clothing of ordinary people.

As professor Liu Zhijian of Wuyi University has said, the rise of cotton prices in the upper reaches will inevitably affect the increase of the cost of downstream enterprises, while downstream businesses are closely related to people's daily life, such as clothing, quilts and so on.

Over the past two years, a variety of agricultural products affecting people's lives have risen in price, from mung bean to garlic, from ginger to edible oil.

The rise in cotton prices has brought about a rise in the price of clothes. The towel used for washing the face is also quietly raising the price. The quilt price has also risen, and even the price of a quilt will inevitably rise.

Compared with ginger and garlic, the rising price of cotton seems to have a greater impact on the lives of ordinary people.

The rise in cotton prices also has an impact on the export of textiles, which has caused many enterprises such as Shandong to suspend or close, but some enterprises in our city have also suspended foreign trade orders.

The slowdown in textile exports will inevitably affect the employment of enterprises, and also affect the lives of ordinary people.

In this series of agricultural products prices, there is a phenomenon of speculation.

The speculation of hot money will undoubtedly affect the economic order of the society. In particular, how agricultural products are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, how to combat the speculation of idle funds, stabilize prices and reduce the impact on people's lives. It seems that it is indeed necessary for the government of Liu Zhijian to establish a reserve system for bulk agricultural products.