The Impact Of Cotton Prices On Recent Clothing Prices Will Continue Until Next Year.

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

A store insider said that cotton prices continued to rise at the end of last year, and that it had soared by about 50% in the past six months.

The price of cotton spot and futures has risen sharply in recent days. Cotton prices continued to rise in 2009 this year. The price of cotton seeds in the mainland ranged from 9.6 to 10.8 yuan per kilogram, setting the highest historical price in nearly 10 years.

In October 25th, the price of electronic cotton matchmaking trading in the national cotton trading market continued to rise, and domestic cotton 328B cotton prices rose at about 670 yuan per ton per month. On the same day, the cotton price of the main contract of the Zhengzhou futures exchange reached 5% in May 2011.

For such a rising market, many people in the industry say there are many reasons for the rise in cotton prices: on the one hand, the main cotton producing areas in China are reduced by nearly 1/4 because of climate disasters; on the other hand, the international cotton prices are on the rise.

The industry also revealed that because most of the cotton purchased recently will be used to produce the next season's clothing or cotton textiles, the price trend of the related products is likely to continue until next year.

In the city's fabric market, some shopkeepers who have confirmed orders in the next few months also revealed that cotton fabrics had to rise in price over a period of time.

When the temperature dropped suddenly, many people who planned to buy new clothes in autumn and winter were depressed to find that this season's clothes were much more expensive.

As cotton prices rose all the way, the prices of new clothing and textiles listed in autumn and winter soared, and the overall increase was about 10% to 20%.

Cotton clothing is the most obvious increase: in some shopping malls on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, autumn winter wear prices have risen, and cotton clothing has increased significantly.

This year, most of the fashion brand's Cotton Single clothing is 100 yuan higher than the same period last year, or significantly higher than other winter clothing.

In a landmark, a famous fashion brand's cotton shirt is priced at 799 yuan, and the brand's down coats are priced at 899 yuan.

A brand counter sales staff said that since September this year, many businesses have collectively raised the price of the product, which is generally around 2 percent.

Because cotton is expensive, the proportion of the use of acrylic and blended fabrics is more than ever before. After looking at the ingredients of many autumn and winter clothes, it is found that the autumn winter coat of cotton is relatively rare.

Besides clothing, the price of other textiles is generally rising.

"Similarly, making a quilt will cost nearly 4 more this year than before."

In the new world city area, the staff introduced that the price of raw materials such as white goose down, duck down and so on generally increased by 30% - 50%.

Take "95% white goose down" as an example. Last year, the price was about 100 yuan per 50 grams, but now it has risen to 145 yuan. The price after discount is still higher than last year.

In a textile brand counter, the mulberry silk produced last year is priced at 3280 yuan and can be hit 25% off. This year's new fabric has been improved in fabric and design, but the price has soared to 5680 yuan, even though it has a 20 percent off discount, but it has increased by more than 40% compared with the old one.

Cotton fabric wholesale price rises 20%: in many clothing and fabric wholesale market, the price of cotton fabric is also rising.

In the southern the Bund textile wholesale market in Shanghai, cotton fabrics have been rising for some time due to the continuous rise of cotton prices, and the recent upward trend is more obvious.

A cloth shop salesman in the market said that the price of cotton fabric depends on the quality, the general quality of the purchase price is 15 yuan / meter, and the slightly higher quality is 30 yuan / meter.

In the past six months, the average cotton fabric has risen to 20 yuan / m, and it has risen to nearly 23 yuan in recent years, or nearly 20%.

A salesperson said that the textile market mainly consisted of wholesale fabrics and custom-made garments. 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.

Nonetheless, customers are still complaining that the price of customized clothing has gone up.

Dong Jia Dun, a small shop that accepts customized winter clothing, says that the average price of customized garments is 10% to 20% higher than in previous years because of the rising cotton fabric.