There Are Many Obstacles To Revival Of Local Textile And Garment Industry.

In recent years, textile technical trade measures have been increasingly stringent, especially in Europe and Japan, which are heavily relied on by the city. The entry threshold is getting higher and higher. Now it has seriously impacted on the export of textile and garment enterprises. In the first quarter of this year, Yantai port inspected 3601 shipments of Japanese textile and apparel products, and the value of goods was 99 million 731 thousand dollars, all of which fell.

"What can not be overlooked is that some enterprises' original product price advantage has become less and less obvious, and the advantages of the industrial chain are also gradually disappearing. Some enterprises are in a predicament of production and operation." yesterday, facing the latest economic data, Yi Yufeng, a textile expert in Yantai inspection and quarantine department, appeared worried.

A new law "lock throat" export

"As far as Yantai is concerned, 70% to 80% of exports are exported to Japan!"

However, this country, which is almost alone in supporting Yantai's export market, is increasingly worrying Yantai enterprises.

This year, Japan, South Korea and other major export countries and regions in China's garment industry demand rebounded. However, for small and medium-sized enterprises with poor risk tolerance, standardized barriers will directly impact their survival status.

Experts told reporters that, just two months ago, the Japanese Ministry of economic and trade industry launched an initiative to investigate and identify the quality of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with pigment content of more than 50ppm, and for those PCBs severely exceeding standard toner pigments, the market will be ordered to stop production and withdraw from the market.

In the past two years, Japan's "prescribed action" for textiles has become more specific: in 2010, the "chemical substances review and regulation law" was issued. In 2011, the textile industry in Japan formulated the self-discipline standard for textiles without the use of azo dyes, and carried out specific azo dyes detection.

The new standard is far more than "literal" so simple.

In the view of clothing export experts, the trade background of this standard has another layer of deep meaning. "In recent years, Japan has been increasing the number of testing items related to human life, health, safety and environmental protection. At the same time, because of the economic downturn in Japan after the earthquake, the price of products has been decreasing again and again, and the price of domestic labor has been rising, so there are many obstacles for export enterprises."

Experts expect that this standard will be officially announced in the middle of the year.

Industrial chain advantages are becoming endangered.

"The workers who have paid 4000 to 5000 yuan a month have become common among the factories. Even so, the workers who are fired" will still appear! "In Yi Yufeng's memory, textile enterprises have been concentrated in Haiyang and other places.

A few years ago, the industry was generally "workers looking for factories". Now, basically, the wages have surged year after year.

"The rising cost of business is obvious.

The Yantai textile inspection and Quarantine Bureau expert Yu Yu Xin also believes that the textile and garment industry has always been a labor-intensive industry. With the relocation of some enterprises to the mainland, the employment gap in coastal areas such as Yantai has been increasing. Skilled sewing workers are "hard to work hard", and the contradiction between structural labor and employment is prominent.

"At the same time, economic development has led to the rapid rise of labor prices, and the increase of salary and insurance benefits can no longer meet the requirements of workers. The development potential, work content and working environment are also the criteria for choosing jobs. If enterprises want to solve the recruitment problems, they must make every effort to optimize" software ", and the prices of raw materials will continue to rise, and the operating costs will also increase greatly.

In the clothing export enterprises in 79 catalogues of the Yantai port area, the small and medium-sized enterprises whose employees do not exceed 1000 and the annual export volume is less than 2 million US dollars is weak in their operational autonomy and product R & D capability. They still rely mainly on OEM processing, with lower product grades and difficulty in making profits, and most of them maintain a low profit level, "people familiar with the matter said.

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How about the "demographic dividend"?

In the interview, the experts also said, "plus, in recent two years, the RMB exchange rate fluctuation and cotton price rise have become a stumbling block for the revival of the export of the local textile and garment industry. Once the price increases, those who can not bear the price increase may lose.

Before that, we were in Yantai in the production and production of half of the textile enterprises, and about 20% of the enterprises are losing money.

Yantai textile enterprises are making a collective farewell to the "demographic dividend", which is emerging.

The head of the Yantai textile inspection and Quarantine Bureau said that at the moment, the Japanese side's new standards should be taken as soon as possible to eliminate the use of azo dyes, while the "exemption clause" should be "valued."

At the same time, experts say "weak competition in export products".

According to Yu Yu Xin, after the Japanese earthquake, the volume of orders has shrunk dramatically, and the emerging Southeast Asian countries are competing for orders with price advantage. The trade environment is not optimistic.

At the same time, the characteristics of "big industries and small enterprises" are obvious. The number of small enterprises is large, and the threshold of industries is relatively low, which easily leads to disorderly competition among enterprises.

How to develop textile and garment export? "For a long time, the export of textile and garment is mainly based on OEM, the growth mode is extensive and the profit is low, and the ability to resist risks is weak.

Under the new situation, this labor-intensive industry in Yantai should accelerate the pformation from "scale oriented" to "benefit oriented" and achieve walking on two legs.

Experts say.

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The total import and export volume of our city is the second in the province.

According to Yantai customs statistics, the total value of Yantai's foreign trade and import and export in the first 4 months was US $12 billion 970 million, ranking second in Shandong province.

Of these, 5 billion 330 million US dollars were imported and US $7 billion 650 million was exported.

Processing trade is the main way of import and export. In the first 4 months, the total value of import and export of processing trade was US $7 billion 700 million, accounting for 59.4% of the total import and export value of our city.

Among them, 2 billion 680 million US dollars were imported and exported to US $5 billion 20 million.

Over the same period, the total trade import and export value of our city was 4 billion 270 million US dollars.

Among them, imports of 1 billion 860 million US dollars, exports 2 billion 410 million US dollars, an increase of 2.7%.

Although foreign-invested enterprises are still the main force in Yantai's imports and exports, they have declined compared with the same period last year, while the state-owned and private enterprises have maintained growth momentum.

South Korea is still the largest importer and exporter in Yantai. In the first 4 months, the total value of foreign trade and import and export of Korea was US $3 billion 190 million, of which 1 billion 640 million US dollars were imported and 1 billion 550 million US dollars were exported.

The total value of Japan's imports and exports is US $2 billion 270 million.

Among them, 900 million US dollars were imported and exported to US $1 billion 370 million.

The total value of imports and exports to the US is US $1 billion 770 million.