Shanghai Cotton Prices Fall 40% Winter Wear Prices Rise

From March this year, the highest reached 30 thousand yuan / ton, to today's 19 thousand yuan / ton, cotton. Buy The price dropped nearly 40% in 8 months, compared with the same period last year. Goods in stock Prices fell by 16%, and futures fell more severely, about 22%. Cotton spot and futures The price slump has greatly reduced the production cost of garment enterprises. However, the prices of winter clothing in the shopping mall did not fall, but the retail price of winter clothing increased generally.

Generally speaking, the cost of production is only in the middle of the shopping mall. brand Clothing retail price of about 1/7, do not rule out High-end The difference between brands is 20 times. In recent years, due to the popularity of cotton and polyester fiber, polyester and other ingredients in the production cost, pure cotton clothes are rare. Cotton constitutes only 18% to 30% of the filler. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the terminal price of cotton prices. This year human resources, logistics, shopping center rental costs are 10% to 20% different degrees of increase. In addition, due to the relationship between the production cycle, the cotton used for selling winter clothes actually bought at a high level six months ago, resulting in a rise in the retail price of winter clothing.