Southeast Asian Countries Want To Copy China'S Textile Exports

According to foreign media recently reported that the first half of Vietnam Textile exports The amount reached US $6 billion 160 million, an increase of 30% over the same period last year. If this trend continues, Vietnam's clothing and textile sector is likely to complete its export target of 13 billion US dollars in 2011. China's textile exports this year show a downward trend.

Experts said that in the face of international pressure, China's textile industry should occupy the high-end market. Adjustment structure To achieve technological innovation and brand promotion at the same time.

Southeast Asian countries in the textile and garment export market, fierce battle is in full swing, has entered the edge.

Official data show that this year 1~4 months, Vietnam, Indonesia and The People's Republic of Bangladesh India has been squeezed out of the top five exporting countries.

A study conducted by the Federation of Commerce and Industry Association (FICCI) last year showed that Southeast Asian countries and Bangladesh, together with China, have been growing faster than India in the US market since 2004.

FICCI's research also shows that these countries are still creating healthy growth records compared with India and China. The textile and garment export data of Vietnam and Bangladesh in the first few months are "very loose".

Southeast Asia's textile and apparel exports are booming.

According to Vietnam's economic times June 28th, Vietnam's textile exports reached $6 billion 160 million in the first half of this year, an increase of 30% over the same period last year. If this trend continues, Vietnam's clothing and textile sector is likely to complete its export target of 13 billion US dollars in 2011.

The positive trend of Vietnam's clothing exports can be attributed to the general stability of the export market, and they are basically not affected by macroeconomic changes. Apart from the European Union and Japan, the United States is Vietnam's most promising commodity export market. In 2010, Vietnam exported US $6 billion to the United States, an increase of 22% over 2009. The global market research report recently published by the financial times shows that from the beginning of this year, the United States imported 39% of its garments from Bangladesh, and imports of clothing from Kampuchea, Salvatore and Honduras increased by 31%, 23% and 19% respectively. Bangladesh has become the fastest growing country for clothing exports to the United States. Kampuchea, Salvatore and Honduras are 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

It is understood that in 2010, clothing from these countries became the cheapest source of clothing in the US market.

At present, Bangladesh clothing exports to Europe 58%, 34% exports to the United States.

According to the May data released by the General Administration of customs, China's textile and garment export growth continued to decline despite the fact that China, still the largest supplier in the US market. In May, China exported about 20 billion 338 million US dollars of textile and clothing, an increase of 23.77% over the same period, an increase of 12.86 percentage points lower than that in April, an increase of 2.33% in the ring ratio, an increase of 17.62 percentage points lower than that in April.

Southeast Asia "cheaper"

Ms. Hu, director of the clothing department of the China Textiles Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, said that under the background of the financial crisis, China's textile exports to major countries are still growing, but this year there has been a downward trend, while exports from Southeast Asian countries are growing. "In the past, 6 of the 10 garments in the US clothing market were made in China, and now only two or three." According to 1~4 statistics this year, the number of textiles imported from China for the first time dropped by three to five percentage points, mainly due to domestic cost factors.

Ms. Hu analyzed that China's textile and apparel industry has a high market share in foreign markets, mainly relying on price advantage. This year, the average price of Chinese textiles is higher than that of the United States imported from the world. At the same time, the consumers in the United States are more mature, and tend to choose inexpensive, quality and good clothing, so that the order is bound to shift. "Other Southeast Asian countries also have high raw materials, but labor costs are not as high as those in China, such as Vietnam, where labor costs are only about half of that of China, reaching 5:3, so orders will go to low price countries and regions. Although there are still some technical advantages in the relatively complicated Chinese clothing, the order has been transferred from China. " If the industry chain of other countries is perfect, it will be very difficult for orders to return to China.

Ms. Hu further analyzed that Vietnam's textile export advantage lies in the improvement of its industrial chain. Labor cost Relatively low, the product quality is improved, so orders are more.

Bangladesh's competitive advantage lies in the fact that the United States and the European Union provide preferential import conditions and low price clothing exports.

In June this year, Bangladesh garment manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh knitted garment manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association jointly held a press conference. They said: 3 countries such as China, India and Pakistan have pulled back a city with a reduction strategy, so Bangladesh's export orders in the coming year have gradually decreased. The three chambers also said that the Bangladesh government should implement the relevant economic stimulus plans, such as 15% cash incentives and duty-free incentives, so as to enhance the competitiveness of the garment industry in the country.

In view of this, a new round of price war is inevitable.

China's advantages are hard to replace

Qian Jingfang, director of the Department of textile economics and trade of Donghua University, thinks that compared with other Southeast Asian countries, the competitive advantage of Chinese textile enterprises lies in the relatively high quality of Chinese labor force, skilled workers, stable domestic political situation, and perfect industrial chain and rich management experience.

At the same time, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries have little export output and have not formed a scale.

Guo Yan, a professor at Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, said that compared with China, the export of textile products in Southeast Asia has increased rapidly, but the scale is relatively small. "Compared to the comparison between a child and an adult, it can not be compared with the total volume of exports in China." For example, she told reporters, for example, in the US market, China's textile exports account for about 20%~30%, while the total market volume of other Southeast Asian countries is less than 10%.

Although the export growth rate of Chinese textile enterprises has declined, it is the volume price increase. The transfer to Southeast Asian countries is low-end products, while mid-range products are still retained in China.

According to Guo Yan's research in Vietnam, she found that Vietnam bought low-grade products from China for its own use, and then exported their own "low-grade" products to the United States.

She provided reporters with such a set of data: Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, clothing and textile exports ranked highest in the US market, but the price is not dominant. In 2010, Chinese textiles exported to the United States amounted to US $about 20000000000, Vietnam was US $5 billion 800 million, Indonesia was US $4 billion 400 million, Bangladesh was US $more than 3 billion 900 million, and Kampuchea was US $3 billion 200 million.

In addition, the textile and garment industry in Southeast Asian countries is heavily focused on processing and production, and the raw materials such as fabrics and yarns rely on China's imports.

Moreover, a common disadvantage of Southeast Asia and other countries is that the quality of labor is relatively low and skills are not as good as those of Chinese labor force.

The experts interviewed by our reporter said that China's textile industry should occupy the high-end market, adjust the structure, realize product technological innovation, and do well in brand promotion.