Reduction Of China's Clothing Exports

Reporters learned from the Canton Fair. Exit Enterprise orders are changing rapidly and emerging. market The fierce competition with neighboring countries and regions has been bothering China's textile and garment industry.

　　 The rings are fading.

At the high-end forum on textile and clothing trade held at the 1 Canton Fair, Fu Ziying, Vice Minister of Commerce, said, "textile exports from China" clothing Products account for 1/3 share of the world market, and the trade targets are all over the world, providing the world with a large number of consumer goods with high cost performance and high quality. But the aura of the huge industry over $200 billion seems to be fading.

According to the data released by China Textile Industry Association in October 31st, the number of textile and garment exports increased by only about 2.5% in the first three quarters of this year, and the price increase has become the main reason for the rapid growth of China's textile and clothing exports.

Market participants worry about textiles. Garment industry The export situation of "making money without making calls" is worrying. It is believed that with the continuous decline of raw material prices such as cotton, the high price of textile and clothing can not be maintained for a long time.

Facing deep adjustment

At the Canton Fair, David Trumbull, vice chairman of the National Textile Association, said that since 2009, the rapid growth of textile and garment industry in Mexico, Vietnam, India and other places is an indisputable fact. "In India, the factory owner said that he could not find enough workers to meet a large increase in orders. Vietnamese enterprises said that the total orders they had received increased by more than 20% this year. This is relatively rare in the past, and quite a few of the orders were transferred from China.

"Fierce competition from similar industries in emerging markets and neighboring countries and regions is increasing. It has become the biggest threat to China's textile and garment industry in the next 5 years." An industry veteran told reporters.

Many Chinese enterprises also admit that due to the continuous increase of processing costs, many countries and regions have formed an alternative production capacity of "made in China" in the middle and low end and common product categories. {page_break}

　 Discard "OEM" as brand

At the Canton Fair, Vice Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying pointed out that the export of China's textile and garment industry is still dominated by OEM, with independent brands and independent designs less than 10% of total exports, and export price advantage is weakening.

Many enterprises believe that in the next few years, the concentration of China's textile and garment industry will accelerate the pace of "going out", speed up cooperation with well-known international sales brands, and seek marketing channels and systems in overseas markets.

Fu Ziying also said that the Chinese government will encourage enterprises to actively introduce overseas advanced design resources, transform design and R & D into internal productivity of enterprises, strengthen exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad, broaden development ideas, and gradually cultivate a number of international brands with international influence.