Cotton Price Differentials And Orders Outflow Lead To Severe Export Situation In Textile Industry.

Since the beginning of this year, the export situation of the textile industry has been grim, and there has been no fundamental improvement. Recently, reporters in Jiangsu learned that textile enterprises generally had insufficient orders. Wang Tiankai, President of China Textile Industry Federation, believes that export pressure comes mainly from Cotton price difference And order outflow.

Data released by the General Administration of Customs show that in the first half of this year, China's foreign trade import and export amounted to US $1 trillion and 839 billion 840 million, an increase of 8% over the same period last year. Among them, China exported 954 billion 380 million US dollars, an increase of 9.2%.

According to the data released by the Ministry of industry and information technology, the export volume of textiles and clothing increased by 1.3% and 1.9% respectively over the first half of the year, down 0.1 and 2 percentage points respectively from the first quarter.

Wang Tiankai said that despite the slight increase in textile exports in the first half of this year, the growth rate continued to decline, and this figure increased even more than the national export growth.

"Pressure comes first from the cotton price difference at home and abroad." Wang Tiankai said that at present, the spread of cotton prices at home and abroad has weakened the international competitiveness of the textile industry. Since the international market demand is insufficient, the price of international cotton has declined since September 2011, and the price gap with the domestic market has been widening.

The fluctuation of cotton price difference has affected the related industries such as cotton spinning, chemical fiber and so on. with chemical fiber For example, the benefit in the first half of the year dropped by about half.

In addition to the spread of cotton prices, the textile competitive advantage can not be ignored. In particular, the processing orders for low and medium grade products have been transferred to neighboring countries, and the progress of transfer has increased. Due to the rising cost of comprehensive production and operation, the traditional competitive advantage of our textile industry has weakened, and orders have been transferred to neighboring countries such as India, Vietnam and Kampuchea.

Jiangsu is a textile industrial cluster. At present, the textile and garment enterprises here are faced with the plight of insufficient orders. "Now it is a great step to retreat and give up the textile" Jiangshan "that has been laid down in the past decades. Xie Ming, President of the textile industry association of Jiangsu Province, said, "the competitive advantage of the cost is no longer the magic weapon of the market. The chances of occupying the market with 'big goods' will be smaller and smaller."

China Textile Federation predicts that the export situation of China's textile and clothing will continue to be severe. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the textile industry, the China textile joint development company adopts a financial subsidy method when the national cotton store is placed and stored. We should speed up the reform of the cotton circulation system, improve the macro control mechanism of cotton, and realize the docking of the domestic and foreign cotton prices.

At the same time, I hope that the state will introduce further industry support policies to reduce it. Textile enterprises Capital chain risk. For the industry itself, we must speed up transformation and upgrading, move towards the high-end industry chain, enhance core competitiveness and resist crisis.