The Sustainable Development Of Cotton Textile Industry Is Facing Severe Challenges

Luo Lin, deputy director of the Council of the all China Federation of supply and marketing cooperatives, said at the 8th China International Cotton Conference that, affected by the international financial crisis, world economic growth continued to be sluggish, and the demand of major economies was insufficient spin Pinhe clothing Trade declined significantly. As a big cotton production and consumption country, textile and clothing export country, China has been greatly impacted Cotton textile The situation is still not optimistic.

Luo Lin said that although the cotton planting area of the world's major producing countries has decreased, the situation of oversupply has improved, and China's textile and clothing exports have also recovered growth, the general environment of insufficient demand has not changed, and the appreciation of RMB exchange rate, the rise of labor costs and the financial difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises still exist. If the cotton market continues to be depressed, the sustainable development of the whole cotton textile industry will face severe challenges.

According to China Cotton Association Chairman Zhou Shengtao introduced that at present, the external demand for textiles and clothing has not fundamentally improved, the export situation is still grim, the domestic demand power is still insufficient, the risk of cotton industry is increasing, and the cotton planting cost has risen sharply in recent years, and the enthusiasm of cotton farmers for planting has decreased. In 2013, the planting area will decrease by 6.7% year on year, and cotton production will continue to shrink.

According to Zhou Shengtao's analysis, China's position as a major cotton country will not change fundamentally in the next 10 years; Cotton production and cotton consumption still have growth potential, and the textile industry can still make great achievements. He said that China's national conditions have determined that the government must find the right balance point for the interests of farmers and businesses in policy design, so as to avoid a vicious circle in which cheap cotton hurts farmers and expensive cotton hurts workers. This year, while continuing to implement the policy of temporary collection and storage of cotton, the state has begun to conduct macro-control and international trade research on important agricultural products including cotton, so as to further improve the macro-control measures. The new cotton standard will also be formally implemented. This subversive reform of cotton standard will have a profound impact on China's cotton industry.

In view of the decline of cotton planting enthusiasm of cotton farmers, increasingly fierce international competition, and severe challenges faced by China's cotton industry, Zhou Shengtao called on China's cotton industry to take the road of branding, and put independent innovation and brand strengthening through all aspects of cotton production, operation and textile industry chain, occupy the high-end of the value chain, and improve China's cotton and cotton industry Cotton products The overall quality level and competitiveness, to achieve the transformation from a big cotton industry to a strong cotton industry.

Luo Lin said that facing the current situation Cotton industry Faced with the difficulties in development, cotton enterprises in the supply and marketing cooperative system should actively enter the market to purchase cotton, serve the macro-control of the national cotton market, speed up their own transformation and upgrading, and lead the whole industry to improve the market competitiveness and overall development level.