In The First Quarter Of 2011, The Profit Margins Of Garment Enterprises Decreased And Some Orders Were Lost.

Since last year, against our country

In the first quarter of this year, China's textile industry's production and exports grew steadily, and textile and clothing exports rebounded in March.

According to the March 2011 national textile and clothing export bulletin issued by the China Textile Import and export chamber, the export volume of textiles and clothing in China rebounded rapidly in March this year, reaching 16 billion 570 million US dollars, up 50.6% over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 58.7%.

Among them, textile exports amounted to 7 billion 898 million US dollars, an increase of 56.4% over the same period, an increase of 96.2% over the same period, and a 8 billion 670 million increase in clothing exports, an increase of 45.6% over the same period last year, a 35.2% increase in the ring.

1~3 months, China's textile and apparel exports totaled 48 billion 630 million US dollars, an increase of 24% over the same period, including 20 billion 170 million US dollars in textile exports, an increase of 32.7%, and 28 billion 460 million US dollars in clothing exports, an increase of 18.4%.

Experts predict that under the influence of unfavorable factors such as high cotton prices, rising costs, RMB appreciation and international environmental turbulence, the difficulty of sustained and steady growth of industrial exports has increased.

The growth rate of major export markets in Europe, America and ASEAN has dropped.

The resurgence of consumption in western countries has led to an improvement in China's textile and clothing export situation. Although the impact of the Spring Festival, the international political situation, the rising cost of raw materials and the impact of the Japanese earthquake will fluctuate in the short term, industry experts believe that the export situation is optimistic throughout the year.

According to customs data, in January and February this year, the total export volume of textiles and clothing reached US $32 billion 854 million, an increase of 13.40% over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 15.67 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year.

Among them, the export of textiles was US $13 billion 63 million, an increase of 19.96% over the same period last year. The growth rate was 19.12 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year. Clothing exports were 19 billion 791 million US dollars, up 9.45% over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 14.26 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year.

According to experts from China Textile Industry Association, from the export market, in January and February this year, China's textile and clothing exports to the United States amounted to 4 billion 811 million US dollars, up 5.06% from the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped by 28.47 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The export volume to the EU was 7 billion 639 million US dollars, up 11.67% over the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped 18.61 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The export volume to Japan was US $3 billion 628 million, up 17.06% over the same period last year, and the growth rate increased by 16 percentage points over the same period last year.

The reason is that Japan's economic recovery slowed down compared with other countries and regions in the first two years, which is the export statistics before Japan's earthquake.

Industry experts believe that Japan's earthquake disaster will drag the global economic recovery to a certain extent, but the impact on China's textile and clothing exports is not yet apparent from the current figures.

In the short term, Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster will impede maritime pport, thereby affecting delivery orders or temporarily postponing orders.

However, the long-term assessment of post disaster reconstruction in Japan will have an urgent demand for textiles, especially industrial textiles. China's textile exports to Japan will gradually pick up, and it is not expected to have a significant impact on Japanese exports all year round.

In addition, the absolute number of textile and clothing exports to ASEAN and other emerging markets has increased, but the growth rate has dropped considerably.

1~2 months, China's textile and apparel exports to ASEAN $2 billion 260 million, an increase of 19.81% over the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped 54.2 percentage points over the same period last year.

Last year, the first year of the "China ASEAN Free Trade Area" was built, and the export of China's textile and clothing grew faster than before. This year, it will become normal.

Industry experts especially stated that due to the influence of the Spring Festival holiday and other factors, the export data of China's textiles and clothing in January and February are not stable, and the trend of the whole year can not be judged accordingly. The cost of industry and industry will continue to increase as the cost of raw materials and labor continues to rise this year.

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The first quarter is not a period of high trade friction.

Since last year, there are still many cases of trade remedy launched for China's textile and clothing products. "Recall" has become the main form of trade friction between developed countries and China.

"The company mainly exports children's clothing, and the export market is Europe, the Middle East and other countries. European countries and other countries have always had high requirements for the safety of children's clothing, and technical barriers to trade are constantly emerging," said Green, deputy general manager of Quanzhou Garment Co., Ltd.

Some of these requirements are very demanding, and enterprises are also very helpless. Future prospects are hard to predict.

According to Yao Lan, Statistics Center of the China Textile Industry Association, from the current figures, the number of products recalled by the EU RAPEX system has decreased significantly compared with the same period last year, and the recall of Chinese textile and clothing export products has also decreased significantly, down 88.5% compared to the same period last year.

On the one hand, China's exports to EU products have been reduced during the same period; on the other hand, the EU will turn more attention to its main export competitors, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh.

In the US, the recall of consumer products safety committee (CPSC) in the first quarter also decreased by 35.71% compared with the same period last year.

Yao Lan said: "although the number of cases in the past three months has been reduced, China's textile and clothing recalls and trade protectionism cases have been reduced, but the relevant enterprises must not take it lightly.

From the past historical data, we can see that the first quarter of every year is not a high occurrence period of trade friction. Trade frictions often start in the latter half of the year, and export enterprises should enhance product safety awareness.

Industry experts particularly urged that enterprises should enhance their awareness of product safety, strengthen training of relevant personnel on domestic and international standards, speed up technological progress, increase R & D input, ensure product quality inspection from the source, and enhance international competitiveness.

At the same time, we must strengthen the rapid reaction mechanism of enterprises, and be good at using international regulations and regulations to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

The relevant government organs and trade associations should give full play to their leading functions. Through strengthening the study of western countries' trade protection policies, regulations and technical barriers to trade, and standards, we will do well in information consultation and training for enterprises, and ensure the rapid response to foreign trade protection measures.

In addition, we should establish and improve the product standard system and speed up the pace of China's standards in line with international standards.

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Squeezing part of the company's profit margins

Last year, the problem of raw material price rise which troubled the development of the industry has not yet been alleviated in the first quarter of this year, especially cotton prices are still rising rapidly, and the price of PET staple fiber has also risen significantly under its influence and drive.

Due to the lag of price pmission, the price of products is difficult to rise synchronously, and the profits of enterprises are decreasing.

Some enterprises have difficulties in recruiting workers and large mobility. Lack of qualified personnel will restrict the healthy development of textile enterprises.

In addition, as China's land, raw materials, labor and other comprehensive costs continue to rise, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh and other neighboring countries cost advantages to be reflected, some European and American clothing orders began to shift to the surrounding new textile industrial areas.

In interviews with some textile and garment exporting enterprises, these difficulties are particularly prominent.

Liu Weigang, manager of Qingdao Yijia textile import and export Limited by Share Ltd, said: "at the beginning of this year, the price of cotton rose, and the cost of clothing production increased a lot, especially in two aspects: raw materials and labor costs.

The production cost is increased, but the customer does not agree to raise the price.

Now, recruitment is facing difficulties, and the wages of workers have increased by more than ten percent over last year, averaging 1500~1800 yuan / month.

Our main customers are concentrated in some EU countries. Foreign customers also feel the increase in production costs, and the order is decreasing.

From the beginning of this year to the present, the number of orders has dropped a lot from last year, and shipments have dropped by 10%~20%. "

Qu Weihua, head of China Textile Limited by Share Ltd, also reflected: "last year, the wages of workers increased by 20%, averaging 1800 yuan a month.

This year, we are also preparing to raise wages, which is estimated to increase by 20%, because only in this way can we retain workers.

On the production cost, water, electricity and gas prices are increasing, and cotton prices have gone up too far. These two aspects have great impact on the company. "

Qu Weihua is pessimistic about the future. He said that the company's products are mainly exported to Europe and the United States. Now some of the orders have been pferred to India. The loss is very serious. Compared with the first quarter of last year, the order is not good.

"This year, the company's labor costs increase, cotton yarn prices rise, the appreciation of the renminbi, these three difficulties are the company's most serious problem."

Quanzhou Green Clothing Co., Ltd. Fu Yi Qin vice general manager said that this year, the labor price has risen by 30% compared with the original, only the workers' wages will have 20%~30% promotion, probably increased by 200~300 yuan, the company's orders also have the phenomenon of loss, mainly to Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and other countries.