Shandong Qingdao OEM Garment Enterprises Encountered "Order Shortage" At The Beginning Of The Year.

"At the beginning of this year, orders were very few, which was more difficult than early last year or even 2008." Chengyang District Qiu Jia Nu Gu, a foundry enterprise official said. At the beginning of this year, many small and medium-sized foundry enterprises in our city suffered "order shortage", and factories generally had insufficient operating rate. It is understood that the deepening of the European debt crisis and the spanfer of OEM orders have become the biggest development predicament faced by OEM enterprises in our city.

Orders decreased by 20% over the same period.

"In February this year, overseas orders decreased by more than 20% compared with last year." Mr. Gou, deputy general manager of Qingdao Tyne Technology Co., Ltd. told reporters. According to the briefing, the company is a small high-tech company specializing in exporting household electrical appliances to overseas appliance manufacturers, with 300 employees. According to Mr. Gou, affected by the European debt crisis, the company's overseas orders have been maintained for more than 10 consecutive months. decline The situation, especially in November last year, fell by nearly 50% in the single month year-on-year order. "We thought the situation could be better this year, but the" order shortage "is still continuing. According to Mr. Gou, two of the 4 production lines of the company have been in a state of long-term shutdown, and the operating rate has been maintained since the middle of last year. Around 50% 。 At the same time, the reduction of orders and recruitment difficulties resulted in a reduction in the size of staff from 300 to 180. "To maintain the normal operation of enterprises, the workforce can no longer be reduced, but the amount of orders can not go, labor costs will inevitably drag down enterprises." Mr. Gou said that if the order volume continued to slump, the company might continue to reduce its staff.

Bulk spanfer of garment orders

Also troubled by inadequate operating rate, there are many small and medium-sized textile enterprises. A family in Chengyang District Spin The head of the enterprise told reporters that for the OEM garment factories, the lack of operating rate is an old topic. "In the past, the wage level of Chinese workers was low, and the labor cost of labor-intensive enterprises was low, so China's foundry enterprises could be inventories, but now China's labor costs have come up, and many European and American enterprises have begun to spanfer the foundry points, first of all, in the clothing and textile industry." The person in charge said that an international brand of their OEM had spanferred most of the Chinese orders to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian regions. "40% of the cost of a garment is labor costs. In recent years, our workers' wages have increased by two or three per year, and now we can't recruit people everywhere, so we can't bring labor advantages to our OEM enterprises." The responsible person said that the manufacturers of garment and textile industry could only find a way out, otherwise they would not be able to adapt to the current order shortage.