Cotton Prices Plunged &Nbsp; Autumn Prices Rose By One Or Two.

Cotton prices reached 31000 yuan per tonne early this year.

Recently, it has been reduced to a minimum of 17000 yuan per ton.

The price of autumn wear increased by one or two.

Autumn rain is coming, and coolness is thick. Autumn clothes are selling well. But careful Zhengzhou citizens will find that the price of autumn wear in the mall is one or two higher than that of last year.

In March this year, cotton prices were plunged from a high level of 31000 yuan per ton to about 24000 yuan per ton, and then stumbled to about 19000 yuan per ton today, down to 17000 yuan per ton.

Cotton prices plummeted by four or five. Why did autumn cotton, which is the main raw material, not go up and down?

Look at the market

Wholesale market: Autumn wear price increases 10%~20%

At 6 o'clock yesterday morning, although the autumn rain continued, but silver based clothing Wholesale market The interior is still bustling with excitement. The north and South merchants who come here to buy goods are picking goods.

Zhou Mei is a clothing dealer in Pingdingshan, mainly engaged in Hangzhou women's clothing. In her eyes, the wholesale price of autumn clothes that just listed this year is 5%~10% higher than last year. Many wholesalers in the silver market say that the price they got from manufacturers this year has risen by about 5%.

Do not belittle this small 5%, these autumn clothes to the shopping malls and clothing stores, its price increase of 10%~20%.

Shopping malls: it sold 180 yuan last year and sold 238 yuan this year.

Last Sunday, it was a bit cool and rainy, and Li Yang, who was staying in Huayuan Road, arrived at a rainy day. Market Choose autumn clothes for the whole family. The same brand of children's T-shirt is 179 yuan, and in previous years, such a dress will not exceed 150 yuan; men's long sleeved cotton shirts 299 yuan, and a pair of trousers also need more than 300 yuan, up 10% over last year.

In the Bauhinia department store, the latest brand of autumn clothing and trousers has been placed on the counter. The salesman brought out a set of Cotton autumn clothes. The price of this set is 238 yuan this year, and it could be bought at around 180 yuan this time last year.

Ms. Huang, the brand's agent, also represented many brands of underwear. She told reporters that this year's autumn clothing has generally risen by 10% to 20%.

Since last week, Zhengzhou's major shopping malls, summer wear is basically under the market, the number of autumn clothing has accounted for more than 90% of the market clothing. Many dealers say that this year's autumn wear will really cost more than last year.

Take a man's coat as an example. The autumn fabric of the same fabric sold 499~599 yuan last year, and you have to pay 15% more this year. {page_break}

Reasons for investigation

High autumn cotton is used for autumn wear.

There is no doubt that the autumn wear has gone up this year. But another obvious fact is that the price of cotton, the main raw material of clothing, has plummeted since the peak of this year, so that it dropped to a minimum of 17000 yuan, or more than 40%, from the highest point of 31000 yuan per ton.

Why is the price of cotton as raw material plummeting and the price of clothing going up?

Li Gang, vice president of Henan Garment Association, analyzed that the clothing industry knew that the clothing production cycle was ahead of one to two quarters, that is to say, the raw materials used for the autumn clothing now are the high price spring cotton, that is to say, the fall of cotton prices is far from being carried out to the finished garments nowadays. The real benefit of cotton prices should be winter clothes or spring clothes next year.

Li Xiuming, Secretary General of the Provincial Textile Information Association, said that last year was a good day for cotton textile enterprises. Cotton prices rose and cotton yarn was in short supply, so many cotton enterprises had hoarded a lot of cotton, and cotton prices were up and down at 30000 yuan per ton.

It is not expected that cotton prices will soon drop, making cotton textile enterprises unforeseen. "Inventory of so many high priced cotton, these enterprises must first digest this part of inventory." Li Xiuming said that the raw materials used for the autumn clothes are listed on this part of the cloth made of high priced cotton. From the cost point of view, the low price cotton enterprises of 18000 yuan per ton have not yet been used.

Labor costs affect more than cotton prices

In addition, as people pay more attention to clothing brands and patterns, the impact of fabric prices on clothing is decreasing.

"Fabric costs generally account for only two or three of the cost of clothing, so the fluctuation of cotton prices is not a fundamental factor affecting the price of clothing." Chen Yongbin, chairman of Zhengzhou leading clothing Limited company, said that there are many factors that affect the price of clothing, such as manpower cost. The rising labor cost in the past two years has gone beyond the trend of cotton.

Bosideng agent, Mr. Bao said that in the southern clothing brand, the increase in labor costs has already been somewhat inadequate for enterprises. Similarly, the cost of labor last year and this year increased by 30 yuan compared with the previous year.

In the interview, many agents of clothing brands say that all kinds of raw materials are rising at the moment, small to buttons, large to rent, labor costs, the cost of operators is rising, and the prices of clothes are also rising. Since the beginning of this year, the labor cost of many enterprises has increased by about 30%. In the future, the fall of cotton prices on the cost reduction of enterprises has been destroyed by the rise of labor costs. {page_break}

Great influence

Many garment enterprises reduce orders

The fall in cotton prices did not bring down the price of autumn clothes this year, but brought about another consequence: the order of many garment enterprises began to decrease.

Jin Xuefu, President of the clothing trade association of Zhengzhou, said that this is a rule of the clothing industry. The more cotton prices go up, the more orders, because downstream customers are worried that cotton prices will continue to rise, so they will quickly place orders for clothing enterprises to spanfer the cost of cotton prices to clothing enterprises. While cotton prices fell, downstream customers took a wait-and-see attitude and looked forward to placing orders when cotton prices stabilized.

As a result, clothing enterprises suffer from greater risks and risks in the chain of textile and garment industry.

However, people in the industry say that in order to avoid the cost pressure caused by cotton prices, many garment enterprises are also trying to find alternatives, such as replacing cotton with new raw materials and new technology, and using cheap polyester fiber and other chemical fiber materials to reduce costs.

The head of a number of garment enterprises in Zhengzhou said that consumers are not fussy about what materials they use. Compared with consumers, consumers are more concerned about the style and design of clothing and the production process. This is why clothing companies dare to try new fabrics.