Cotton Prices Continue To Lower Clothing Prices In The Short Term Or Difficult To Tune In

By the end of last year, Domestic cotton price The rise in straight line has doubled the pressure of many garment enterprises. But a few months later, cotton prices shifted from cattle to bear. Data show that since April of this year, China's cotton price 328 index has fallen below 30 thousand yuan / ton mark, and the 16 daily newspaper in May has closed 24749 yuan / ton, down 146 yuan compared with the previous day, and dropped by 1500 yuan per ton compared with the "May 1" pre holiday price.

Although cotton prices continue to decline, but Clothing price It did not slide. As the production cycle and other factors, cotton, cotton yarn, fabric prices have not yet been spanmitted to the retail terminal.

The National Bureau of Statistics recently released the main indicators of national economy in April, showing that clothing prices in April increased by 0.6% compared with the same period in April, and clothing prices rose by 4.1% over the same period last year.

In fact, it includes Seven wolves The brand clothing of Lining and Li Lang has increased their prices this year, ranging from 10% to 30%.

"Falling prices of raw materials in the long run can reduce the cost of garment enterprises, but they will not be immediately reflected in terminal sales." Hu Haidong, general manager of Zhejiang Xin Xin Garments Co., Ltd.

"Raw materials are expensive, and the price of cotton clothing this year is one or two higher than that of last year." A salesperson from a clothing store in North Yiwu Road, a salesperson, said that the products it sells now were ready a few months ago.

Many shopping malls in Shenyang have said that, like spring clothes, although the amount of cotton used for garments is gradually decreasing, the price of the summer wear before the listing is 20% higher than before.

The staff of the Liaoning clothing association cited an example of a cotton wool coat priced at 800 yuan. If the raw material was imported pure wool and pure cotton, the price would be around 200 yuan / meter. If the domestic material was used, the price of the coat was 70 yuan to 80 yuan. The raw material cost of the coat was around 200 yuan, and the processing cost of 80 yuan to 100 yuan, the original cost was about 300 yuan.

"Moreover, when the cost of clothing is 300 yuan in logistics, shopping malls and other circulation links, it can be sold to 800 yuan, it can be imagined that most of the increase in money is earned by someone." The staff member said.

The industry also said that four or five times a year, the cost of oil, the annual increase of labor costs from 15% to 20%, and the gradual reduction of cotton production per year under constant demand are also the drivers of the rise in clothing prices. In the short term, clothing prices are hard to come down.