Has The Textile Industry Come Out Of The Trough?

about Spin In the industry, changing the way of thinking, producing differentiated products and minimizing the amount of cotton is the best way at present.

Recently, in the spinning workshop of Hengfeng Textile Co., Ltd., Lingxian County, workers are installing 16 new spinning frames, and the size of Hengfeng textile will be expanded by 7860 spindles.

In the first quarter of this year, Hengfeng Textile yarns The export volume has finally reversed, an increase of 230% over the same period last year, which has increased the scale of Hengfeng textile's expanding production scale.

But in the past 2012, the export orders of Hengfeng textile yarns were not as large as those of ordinary years. More than Hengfeng, in August last year, our reporter had conducted a survey on the operation of the textile industry in the first half of the year, and found that the operating rate of small and medium-sized textile enterprises in our city was less than half. Even though the work started, most of them only worked hard to maintain capital support.

In the first quarter of this year, the opening up of the textile industry has made the industry a success. "Textile export data in the first quarter of this year went out of the negative trend of continuous negative growth. clothing Exports of US $69 million 600 thousand, an increase of 1.8% over the same period, of which US $55 million 190 thousand in textile yarn exports, an increase of 0.3% over the same period last year, has been placed at the end of June. But whether the industry is running V, U, or relay, it remains to be seen. Chen Tingbing, director of the textile industry management office, said.

Industry trend is good, "cotton price upside down" is still difficult to spin away the pain of spinning enterprises.

Lingxian County Hengfeng textile Zhou Quanbao, deputy general manager of the company, is optimistic about the current textile industry. "With the recovery of European and American economies, the trend of textile industry is improving."

His feelings fit the majority of the industry's judgement. Xu Wenying, vice president of the China Textile Industry Federation, said that although the uncertainties in 2013 were still many, the overall stability in 2013 showed a warming trend, especially in the second half of the year.

However, the current "cotton price upside down" phenomenon is still not eliminated, cotton textile enterprises are still facing great pressure on prices.

According to insiders, since 2011, the price of cotton in the international market has declined, while domestic cotton prices remain high at the bottom of the purchasing and storage price. This has caused domestic cotton prices to be significantly higher than foreign markets, and the price differential has been constantly widening, which has seriously weakened the competitiveness of the cotton textile industry chain.

According to Chen Tingbing, at present, the standard grade lint is now 19000 yuan per ton, while the foreign market is more than 13000 yuan per ton, with a price difference of nearly 6000 yuan per ton. Textile enterprises can not compete with foreign textile enterprises even if they use all kinds of skills.

Reporter from the city Textile industry The office understands that at present, the opening rate of the spindle is about 70%, and most textile enterprises still face multiple pressures, such as rising costs and insufficient orders.

Some large cotton textile enterprises in our city are no exception. It is understood that after the Spring Festival, one of the largest textile enterprises in Xiajin County, Heng Hua Textile Co., Ltd. was unable to repay the loan due to tight funds and started production difficulties. It was leased by an enterprise in Zhejiang. 1-3 months, Xiajin Huafang, Dezhou Yuanji and other enterprises with pure cotton as raw material year-on-year profits dropped to varying degrees.

Simple use Cotton fiber The situation of textile enterprises is still better than struggling at profit and loss point. Some small and medium-sized enterprises are facing difficulties in starting up or closing their doors. The embarrassment of the industry was also reflected in the "China International yarn and textile exhibition" held in Beijing in March. Among the exhibitors, there were 52 in India, 40 in Pakistan, and only 28 in mainland enterprises.

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　 Import quotas "relaxed", but the competitive advantage is not fully apparent.

Zhou Quanbao told reporters that Hengfeng textile export growth in the first quarter is not directly benefited from the warming of the industry situation. "In the first quarter, we were mainly exposed to the light of 2000 tons of cotton imported last year." The price of imported cotton is 6000 yuan lower than that of one ton in China, which greatly reduces the cost of Hengfeng textile and also makes Hengfeng's products competitive in the international market.

If Hengfeng textile does not have the quota of 2000 tons of imported cotton, it will only use domestic cotton. Textile yarns It's hard to get out. " Zhou Quanbao said.

But not all enterprises can use imported cotton. In 2012, the quota system was adopted in China's cotton imports, and the quotas were basically allocated according to the scale of textile enterprises. According to the relevant provisions of the national development and Reform Commission, the state trading enterprises, enterprises with import performance in 2011 and cotton spinning enterprises with more than 50 thousand spindles of spinning equipment can only apply for cotton import quotas.

The purpose of the cotton import quota system is to protect the domestic cotton industry, and indeed contributes greatly to the interests of domestic cotton growers. However, it has obviously weakened the competitiveness of cotton textile enterprises in the international market.

Fortunately, at the moment, the state has relaxed the import quotas in a limited way. This year, the state will link the reserve cotton and imported cotton quotas, and the textile enterprises can acquire 3 tons of cotton reserves, and 1 tons of imported cotton quotas can be obtained. For these small businesses that can not enjoy the quota of imported cotton, this measure is equivalent to reducing the gap between domestic and foreign cotton prices. Domestic cotton textile enterprises will get a temporary breathing opportunity.

But such a price difference still can not let our textile enterprises occupy the competitive advantage in the world. "If the difference between domestic and foreign cotton is less than 2000 yuan, we can digest it by virtue of the integrity of our textile industry chain and the high proficiency of labor force, but if we exceed 2000 yuan, the advantage will vanished." Chen Tingbing said.

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　 Reduce the amount of cotton and take the road of differential competition.

"For textile industry, the best way now is to change the way of thinking and reduce the amount of cotton used." Chen Tingbing said that some enterprises in Dezhou have begun to develop. New fiber Instead of cotton, Dezhou now has 450 to 5 million spindles, of which 1/3 of the spindles are no longer spun cotton. The development of new fiber yarns in our city has taken the lead in the whole country.

Dezhou Huayuan Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the Pathfinder.

"The difference between the price and the international cotton price is very damaging to the textile enterprises. We can't afford cotton." Hou Wenjun, deputy general manager of Huayuan, told reporters that the enterprises that made pure cotton textile were basically unprofitable or even losing money. They could only change their thinking.

"What we are doing now is differentiated products, mainly using new fibers to produce blended and differential fiber yarns and minimize the amount of cotton used." According to Hou Wenjun, due to the relatively low production of multi fiber blended production in other countries, the production of differentiated products in recent years Textile enterprises It can also show some advantages.

"Whoever can turn around quickly and take the lead in the market will survive." Although it has an advantage in the market, according to Hou Wenjun, differentiated products such as Huayuan, including Hengfeng, are mainly used for domestic sales. "The general export yarn is YISHION cotton or general category."

Chen Tingbing believes that, "at present, more than 50% of the world's spindles are in China, and the global textile industry market can not always be low-level competition, and with the overcapacity of the industry, the powerful enterprises should speed up the transformation of growth mode and achieve industrial upgrading."