Research On The Factors Affecting The Shortage Of Chinese Feather And Down Materials

Recently, the H7N9 bird flu hit area is wide, poultry is unsalable, masks are out of stock, and live poultry trading is cancelled. 17, from the Zhejiang down industry association, the down industry was also spared, after being hit by H7N9, China Down The capital of Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, is short of raw materials, which leads to the rising price of down purchase. In addition, reporters also learned that some of the down buying business took the opportunity to hoard goods, ready to sell at a high price.

Since the second half of last year, the price of feather down has been rising due to a decline in production profits and a decline in poultry farmers throughout the country.

"This bird flu is pushing up the down price, and now the price of the down is twice that of the same period last year." Lou Changhua said that the bird flu attack has caused the farmers' output to decrease sharply, and the down industry is even worse.

Han Jianming, who manages the down purchase business in Xiaoshan, said that the price of local down purchase in Xiaoshan was soaring, which was 30% higher than that before the outbreak of bird flu.

"The feather I bought is mainly from Shandong Province, and even in the non avian flu epidemic area, the down price has gone up very much." Han Jianming said.

On the same day, from the Zhejiang feather and down industry association, H7N9 avian influenza was found to be more influential nationwide. Down industry Shortage of raw materials, resulting in price increases.

A member of the association's surnamed Zhou told reporters that Xiaoshan's down raw materials were mainly purchased directly from the northeast, Shandong, Guangxi, Anhui and other breeding households. "Anhui, as a big province of supply, has also had an epidemic this time, which has greatly affected the supply of raw materials."

The above staff said that the price of duck down was larger than that of the same period last year. She believes that the rise of feather raw materials will also bring down the price of down products.

In addition, Han Jian Ming also revealed that from the current situation, we can see that the down price will continue to rise, so some of the down buying enterprises have begun to stockpile goods and are ready to sell at a high price.

Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, is known as "China's eiderdown capital" and is the largest in China. Down processing Production base, one of the most important distributing centers in China's down industry, there are more than 300 eiderdown enterprises, and the down industry in Xiaoshan occupies half of the national down industry.