Two Days Of Ice And Fire: Cotton Prices Plummeted And Clothing Prices Soared.

In November, it was originally in the off-season.

From yesterday's reporter's visit

In the process of garment production, besides the raw materials, the cost of energy and labor such as production is increased, and the price of factory products rises accordingly.

And brand clothing in the sales process, labor, logistics, warehousing, advertising input,

Pan Rihui, Secretary General of the city textile and Garment Industry Association

Cotton clothing prices "go one's own way"

The latest price data of the national cotton monitoring show that in October 26th -11 1, the domestic cotton price index and the purchase price index fell by more than 100 yuan.

Among them, the average price of the national cotton price A index (CNCottonA) representing the 229 class cotton price in the mainland is 20862 yuan / ton, which is 194 yuan / ton lower than the previous week. The average price of the national cotton price B index (CNCottonB), representing the 328 grade cotton price in the mainland, is 19443 yuan / ton, down 177 yuan / ton, and the 428 grade cotton price is 18555 yuan / ton.

Last year, cotton prices experienced a roller coaster market, climbing to 20000 yuan / ton, in March this year climbed to the highest 30000 yuan / ton, cotton prices rose so that clothing prices rise.

However, due to a variety of reasons such as bumper harvest this year, the price of newly harvested cotton has gone down sharply. At present, the purchase price is only about 20000 yuan / ton, which is about 40% lower than that in spring.

According to common sense, the price of raw materials such as cotton yarn, which accounts for more than 50% of the production cost of cotton clothing, is the most important factor to determine the price of clothing.

However, the price of autumn clothes and winter clothes listed in the near future has not changed the price of cotton.

The market data of many large department stores in our city show that the average price of new men's long sleeved shirts increased by 70 yuan, up 23.49% compared with the same period last year, and the average price of high-end suits rose to 700 yuan, up 54.69% compared to the same period last year.

For women's wear, the average price of the autumn coat increased by 100 yuan, or 33.44%, and the shirt increased by 84.03%.

Pan Rihui, Secretary General of the textile and garment industry association, said that the average increase of the autumn winter clothing that had been listed was at least 10%, and the increase of individual brands even exceeded 30%, which is also within the expected scope.

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Conduction lag leads to high production cost.

The price of raw materials has plummeted, and its downstream products have skyrocketed. What are the reasons behind the phenomenon?

Hui Mei Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. is a clothing manufacturer famous for its children's clothing. Its raw materials are cotton and processed cotton yarn.

Lin Boqi, chairman of the company, told reporters that the production of autumn and winter clothing was always completed in the first half of the year, and the raw materials such as cotton yarn needed must be purchased six months in advance.

At that time, cotton prices were high, and the cotton price plummeted, which did not affect the cost of garment production just listed.

Therefore, the price of clothing market is in a reasonable area with the increase of cost.

On the other hand, the pformation of cotton into clothing has a price pmission process.

After the cotton was collected, it was first spun into cotton yarns by the spinning mill, and then woven into cloth by the cloth mill, printing and dyeing at the printing and dyeing mill, and finally sold to the garment enterprise for processing.

This fall, cotton prices have dropped, but the higher prices of textile enterprises have led to a reduction in clothing prices.

The clothing and apparel industry usually began designing clothes for second years and autumn and winter a year ago, which usually takes three or four months from design to order production.

Most of the clothes now made are made of cotton this spring.

The rising cost of manufacturing is the main reason for the rise in clothing prices.

An industry source said that in the past low cost era, cotton and other raw materials accounted for six or seven of the cost of clothing, and with the pformation of Dongguan enterprises into domestic brands, the cost of raw materials has dropped to less than 50%.

"Especially the brand clothing enterprise, its main cost is no longer the raw material."

Pan Rihui said.