The Cost Has Brought Unprecedented Pressure To China's Garment Industry.

At present, China has survived the financial crisis. Clothing industry Facing the extreme embarrassing situation, under the increasingly fierce competition at home and abroad, the pressure of RMB appreciation, shortage of migrant workers and rising raw materials is gradually eroding the profits of the industry.

Small and medium-sized enterprises, especially small and micro enterprises, may be more difficult than the financial crisis in 2008.

At present, China's clothing industry, which has survived the financial crisis, is facing an extremely awkward situation. Under the increasingly fierce competition at home and abroad, the pressure of RMB appreciation, shortage of migrant workers and rising raw materials is gradually eroding the profits of the industry.

Large enterprises may circumvent their advantages. market The impact of fluctuations, but those smaller businesses, will have to suffer every time.

　 Comprehensive cost rise

Huanggu town is one of the most concentrated towns in Pinghu, Zhejiang, with more than 300 houses. clothing During the first half of 2011, the entire garment industry in Pinghu, including Huanggu Town, fell into a deficit ice house.

"The highest wages of workers reached 170-180 yuan / day, up by 20-30%, and the wages went up, and the processing fees did not rise. The workers' wages, water and electricity charges and water charges were now removed, and basically they could not earn money." The head of the garment factory of Ya Yi said.

Gu Jianping, who opened the garment factory in 2001, regrets that in the past 2003-2004 years, the maximum wage of the workers is about 17 thousand yuan / year. At that time, the figure seemed to be very high, and now the annual salary of 35 thousand yuan is not high. At present, the average annual salary of garment workers in Pinghu is around 30 thousand yuan.

"Workers are becoming more and more difficult to find, and the turnover rate of workers who are hard to find is also high." Zou Xiansheng, executive officer of Tai Fu clothing company in Dongguan, Guangdong, said that it is no longer a matter of money. The young generation after 80 is unwilling to work in the assembly line.

In the workshop of the upper and lower two floors of the garment factory in Pinghu, only about 10 workers on the first floor are working, and the workshop is empty. Five of the old women with grey hair are sewing their buttons. The oldest old lady is 70 years old.

In the first 5 months of this year, the garment industry in Pinghu accumulated a total loss of 21 million 770 thousand yuan, and it did not change until June. In June this year, the Statistics Bureau of Pinghu showed that in the first half of the year, the garment industry above Designated Size realized a profit of 10 million 850 thousand yuan, turning losses into profits. According to the first half of this year, the output value of Pinghu garment industry is 6 billion 66 million yuan, and the profit of 10 million 850 thousand yuan is 0.18%.

The sharp rise in the cost of comprehensive production has almost eaten the profits of the Pinghu garment factory.