Domestic And Foreign Cotton Prices Vary Greatly, Textile Industry Operation Pressure Is Difficult To Weaken.

Since 2012,

The slowdown in industrial growth is continuing. The growth rate of major economic indicators has decreased significantly compared with the same period last year.

Among them, because domestic cotton prices continue to be higher than the international market, the market competitiveness of China's cotton textile and garment products has been seriously weakened, exports have slowed down sharply, and the efficiency of enterprises has declined significantly. It is difficult to weaken the pressure of the textile industry throughout the year.

In response to this, Wang Tiankai, President of the China Federation of textile industry, pointed out that the spread of cotton prices at home and abroad continues to widen, which must arouse the attention of all departments concerned and solve them as soon as possible.

"If the difference between domestic cotton prices and foreign cotton prices can be controlled within a reasonable range, there will be no problem this year for the textile industry to maintain moderate growth in export and domestic sales". Conversely, if the continuously widened cotton spreads can not be effectively resolved as soon as possible, it will seriously weaken the competitiveness of China's textile industry and will eventually affect the entire industrial chain.

He called on all parties to take a responsible attitude and solve this problem as soon as possible.

As the president of the Federation of industries, Wang Tiankai said that he must face the adverse situation.

The downturn in international market demand has been continuing, leading to a sharp decline in China's textile and clothing exports.

According to customs data, in the 1~4 months of this year, the total export of textiles and clothing was 68 billion 814 million US dollars, up only 0.48% from the same period last year, of which textile exports decreased by 0.26% compared with the same period last year, and clothing exports increased by 1.02% over the same period last year.

According to Statistics Bureau, 1~3 month, textile

The retail sales increased by only 14.6% over the same period last year, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than that of the total retail sales of social consumer goods in the same period. This is a rare situation in the past four years. The proportion of 1~4 has risen 15.6%, but the real growth rate of retail sales is only 11.6% after deducting the price factors.

In recent years, the proportion of gross domestic clothing consumption has been higher than that of the total retail sales of consumer goods, and the turning point has started this year. Wang Tiankai thinks that this issue should be highly valued.

In addition to market factors, there will be price factors. Last year, because of the fluctuation of cotton prices, textile prices have also been promoted. This is also a problem that must arouse the attention of all parties.

"Apart from the environment, cotton is crucial to the textile industry."

Wang Tiankai said that the continued spread of cotton prices at home and abroad is a prominent problem facing the textile industry.

Before September 2011, the price difference between domestic cotton and the international market was roughly in the normal range. Since September last year, the price of cotton in the international market has been distanced from the cotton price in the domestic market.

The price rises from 1000 yuan per ton. By May 11th, the price of domestic 328 cotton is 19294 yuan / ton, while the international cotton price is only 14383 yuan / ton, and the international market cotton price is lower than the domestic market price 4911 yuan / ton.

According to the analysis of the price difference between China and the world in recent years, the price difference has not been seen for many years.

The high price of raw materials has seriously weakened the international competitiveness of China's cotton textile industry chain.

At present, the export of cotton products in China is all negative growth. The export volume of cotton yarn in 1~3 decreased by 46.82% compared with the same period last year. The export volume of cotton products decreased by 6.78%, the export of cotton bedding products decreased by 12.19%, and the export of cotton garments decreased by 1.82%.

Under the pressure of high price difference and limited import cotton quota, many domestic enterprises have begun to import large quantities to survive.

Imported cotton yarn is even cheaper than domestic cotton, which is obviously far from the original intention of domestic policy-makers to stabilize domestic cotton production.

Textile industry is a highly competitive industry. If we divide the resources of the two domestic and international markets, it will inevitably result in a decline in the competitiveness of the industry, which will eventually affect the entire industrial chain, including the production of cotton at the front end of the industrial chain.

Therefore, the formulation of policies must be based on the overall situation.

Therefore, Wang Tiankai stressed that when formulating the reserve policy, we must take account of the international and domestic cotton prices and achieve the limit price.

Wang Tiankai believes that in the current tight international and domestic environment, it is imperative for the whole industry to increase structural readjustment, namely, speeding up product structure adjustment and technological innovation, and strengthening self management to reduce costs.

China Textile Association will convene a Council in the middle of this year to discuss the key points of the textile industry under the current macro environment and how to keep steady progress.

"In fact, what we have been doing in the textile industry is to reduce the whole industry chain's dependence on cotton by various means."

Wang Tiankai said frankly.

To this end, a major task of the chemical fiber industry long ago was to step up the development of high imitation cotton instead of cotton.

In fact, many enterprises have increased the amount of chemical fiber and reduced the amount of cotton. In the past, many enterprises used cotton and chemical fiber in the proportion of 6535, that is, cotton accounted for 65%, chemical fiber accounted for 35%, slowly this proportion has changed to 5050, and now is even 4060.

"This is a structural adjustment of products. We should intensify technological development and structural readjustment in the whole industry."

Reporters learned that increasing linen and bamboo

As far as the research on non cotton fibers is concerned, apart from the advantages of hemp and bamboo fiber, such as antibacterial and deodorizing, there is also a very important point because they are the most natural fibers closest to cotton and are the most alternative textile materials.

This is evident from the efforts made by the textile industry to reduce its dependence on cotton.

But in fact, this seems to be a paradox in itself: the textile industry has to jump out of its dependence on cotton! From this point it can be seen that the irrational rise and fall of cotton has hurt people's love and hate in this industry.

In view of the current domestic and foreign

The excessive price difference has led to serious difficulties in the textile industry. The reporter has learned that the textile industry has put forward suggestions such as narrowing the difference between domestic and foreign cotton, speeding up the reform of the cotton circulation system, improving the cotton tax system, and improving the export tax rebate rate of textile and garment through the representatives of the two sessions.

First, we should pay close attention to the study of the state reserve cotton storage plan, adopt the way of fiscal subsidy, storage and management, implement price fixing and storage, stabilize domestic cotton prices, and control the price difference between domestic and foreign cotton in a reasonable range.

"The price difference is within 1500 yuan, and we still have the international competitive advantage."

Wang Tiankai said.

Recently, the state has begun issuing cotton import quotas to textile enterprises, and is expected to play a positive role in reducing the domestic and foreign cotton price differentials. It is suggested that cotton import quotas should be increased to textile enterprises, and the quotas should be further tilted to textile production enterprises.

Two, improve the national cotton macro-control mechanism, deepen the reform of the cotton circulation system, increase the quantity of cotton imports every year until the abolition of the double management restrictions of cotton import quotas and sliding tax, and achieve the market docking between inside and outside cotton prices, and play a regulatory role in the market mechanism.

Three, as soon as possible, we should study and solve the problem of "high levy deduction" of cotton and other natural fiber processing industries (17% of output tax, 13% of deduction tax deduction), and integrate textile raw materials into the pilot scheme of the State Administration of Taxation on the management of approved tax deduction for agricultural products value-added tax, and raise the tax rate of natural fiber raw materials from 13% to 17%, so as to effectively solve the problem of unreasonable tax burden of textile enterprises.

Four, considering the excessive domestic and foreign cotton prices,

The market demand is declining, the international competition is becoming more and more serious, and the export enterprises are in a serious situation. In order to curb the declining export situation, it is suggested that the export tax rebate rate for textile and garment should be adjusted from 16% to 17%.

If it is difficult to raise the tax rebate rate of textile and clothing comprehensively, it is suggested that the export tax rebate rate of cotton textile clothing should be adjusted to 17%, and the international competitiveness of cotton textile enterprises will be reduced.