The Cotton Market Is In The Doldrums Of &Nbsp; It Is Difficult To Fetter The Rising Prices Of The Downstream Winter Clothing.

Since November, winter clothing Began in the provincial capital city Market Full listing, buying winter clothing has become an important part of people's consumption. However, the reporter visited this winter suit. market Found, though domestic cotton Prices fell sharply compared with last year, but all kinds of winter clothes with cotton as their main raw material continued to rise last year.

In 2010, soaring cotton prices once became the focus of attention. In those days, the price of seed cotton increased from 6 yuan per kilogram to 10 yuan, and the highest price rose to nearly 16 yuan. Cotton prices plummeted in 2011. At present, the new cotton market is at its peak. In the main cotton producing areas such as Yuncheng and Linfen, the price of cotton seed market has been declining, and the purchasing price of seed cotton market has been declining. According to China cotton trading network information, in November 1st, the purchase price of Linfen grade 4 seed cotton was 6.8 yuan / kg, which is close to the low level in 2010.

　 The cotton market is in the doldrums, so it is difficult to fetter the price rise of the downstream winter clothing.

In November 3rd, reporters visited many shopping malls in the provincial capital, and found that the prices of winter underwear such as thermal underwear and coats increased compared to last year.

"Now 80% of the goods in the counter are new winter clothes." In the four floor of a shopping mall in Liu Xiang, a shopping guide for a men's clothing brand. For this year's price trend of winter clothing, the guide said frankly that there was a certain increase, "winter clothing will rise every year, the average increase this year is between 10% and 20%."

Reporters learned from the counters of the shopping malls that this year, the clothes of the common brands, 500 yuan and one piece were hard to find, and most of the brands had exceeded 1000 yuan. The price of shirts and underwear is too high for ordinary wage earners to bear. In shopping malls, most single shirts are priced at more than 500 yuan, while the thickened cotton shirts are priced up to 1100 yuan. Even if the thermal underwear, set down down to more than 300 yuan. "One month's salary is not enough to buy a winter suit." Ms. Zhao, who is shopping in a shopping mall, sighs.

The industry believes that one of the important reasons is that the cotton price increase last year left behind "sequelae". A person in charge of the Sales Department of a trousers company in the province told reporters that because of the need to go through many links from raw materials to finished products, the impact of cotton prices on clothing prices has a long cycle. Therefore, the fall in cotton prices did not directly reflect the fact that the clothing retail terminal is a normal phenomenon. "In fact, the cotton materials used by many garment enterprises are still in the stock market at the end of last year and the beginning of this year. The person in charge said. At the same time, a brand clothing agent said that in addition to cotton prices, the price rise of winter clothing is also affected by the cost of raw materials such as fiber, fur and labor costs such as labor, transportation, facade leasing, and market entry fees. In fact, the cost has been rising this year.

However, the industry said that if cotton prices continue to callback, when most of the garment manufacturers' cotton inventory is digested, the impact of the fall in cotton prices this year should appear in the spring of next year and will be uploaded to retail terminals to a certain extent.