Japan'S Clothing Production Base Is Shifting From China To Southeast Asia.

Japanese retailers and sporting goods manufacturers are shifting their production base to Southeast Asia.

Ito will expand the production area of functional underwear from a Chinese country to Thailand and other places, so that the proportion of China's production this year will be reduced by 20 percentage points over the previous year.

In addition, ASICS also plans to shift the production base of sports shoes from China to Southeast Asia.

In addition to stabilizing production by adding production bases, it can also reduce the risk of rising labor costs in China.

However, as the Japanese enterprises accelerate the strategy of "China +1", the rising tide of wages in Southeast Asia will also become a new topic facing Japanese enterprises.

In addition to China and Japan, Ito Yang Hua Tang will produce "Body Cooler" underwear in spring and summer in Thailand and other places.

Last year, except for the high-end products of spring and summer in Japan, 95% of them were placed in China. This year, the proportion of China's production will be reduced to 75%, and the rest will be pferred to Thailand and Korea.

The background of increasing the number of production countries is that the sewing technology of the foundry factories in Southeast Asia centered on Thailand has been greatly improved. In addition, it has more production bases to meet the urgent needs of increasing production.

Besides Thailand, plans are also being made to start production in Indonesia.

Ito believes that it is necessary to build a flexible production mechanism.

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The proportion dropped from 74% now to 65% in fiscal year 2013.

The company's executive Garner Zhao Yi said that "labor costs in China's sewing factories are rising."

UNY will increase the proportion of Thailand's production from 9% to 13%, and this fiscal year will officially start production in Bangladesh.

At that time, complex products such as women's clothing with lace will also be produced in China, and T-shirts and underwear will be outsourced to Southeast Asia.

Beisia, a medium-sized supermarket in Japan, will start Bangladesh in January this year.

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In addition to the sharp rise in labor costs in China, the company said, "there is still a risk that there will be no guarantee of delivery date when employees return home after Spring Festival."

Other manufacturers also accelerate the implementation of the strategy of "China +1".

Ai Shi Shi's sports shoes production almost all overseas, due to China's labor costs increased by 2 after 2009, the Ai Shi Ke plan to 2015 to Vietnam and Indonesia's production share from the current 40% to 60%.

In addition, MIZUNO will also reduce the proportion of China's production, and plan to increase the share of production between the two countries to more than 50% in fiscal year 2013.

According to Japan's Ministry of finance trade statistics, compared with the peak of 2007, the clothing products imported from China in 2011 decreased by more than 1.

Meanwhile, imports from ASEAN (ASEAN) continued to grow for 8 years in a row.