China'S Clothing Cost Advantage Is Gradually Disappearing. Southeast Asian Countries Have Excellent Tariffs.

< p > "MadeinChina" was once synonymous with cheap "a" target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > clothing < /a >, but in recent years, with the rise of China's labor costs, many foreign brands and even domestic brands have been pferred to Bangladesh, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. The "MadeinBangla" and "MadeinSriLanka" T-shirts and shirts have replaced "MadeinChina" in the domestic and foreign markets, and become the main source of cheap clothing.

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< p > Miss Li is a buyer of a gift company in Beijing. Her company mainly provides various souvenirs and gifts to business customers. She would buy a group of T-shirts for a client some time ago.

Miss Li inquired several suppliers, and to her surprise, the price of domestic T-shirts was even higher than that of imported T-shirts.

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< p > "we are buying the most common white T-shirts. The prices of several imported products from domestic manufacturers are priced at around 30 yuan, and the price quoted by an American clothing brand agent is only 20 yuan". Miss Li inquired after this agent in detail, and learned that these T-shirts were made in Bangladesh. Because of the relatively low price, she finally chose the product of this agent.

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After getting the T-shirts produced in Bangladesh, Miss P found that the quality of the shirts was somewhat defective, but it was not bad enough, and the fabric was not bad. "The key is the price is cheap, so the last customer is satisfied."

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< p > actually, it is not just ordinary T-shirts, but also many foreign famous garments are being produced in Southeast Asian countries.

Reporters searched on Taobao, and many brands of T-shirts, such as "wolf claw", "GAP" and "Levis", were sold in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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< p > < strong > Bangladesh workers have a monthly salary of only 600 yuan < /strong > < /p >

< p > Nantong new high is the first batch of domestic companies to open a garment factory in Bangladesh. Tang Qun, chairman of the company, said that in 1994, he went to Bangladesh for clothing business. Bangladesh's clothing industry was very backward, and it also produced some beach pants and T-shirts. No domestic clothing enterprises would like to invest and build factories there.

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< p > 2009, due to the continuous growth of domestic labor costs and the rapid development of the garment industry in Bangladesh, the government used many preferential policies to attract foreign investment. Tang Qun tried to invest $23 million in an export processing area near the capital of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and set up a sole proprietorship factory to produce T-shirts, shirts and other garments.

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< p > "shirts can do 18 dollars a dozen, Bangladesh factories can also make money, for domestic factories, certainly lose money."

Tang Qun told reporters that the cost of manpower in Bangladesh is very low, the monthly salary is only 70 to 100 dollars, almost 1/5 of the domestic garment workers.

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< p > according to a survey, among the 16 garment producing and exporting countries in the world, Bangladesh clothing workers are the lowest.

According to the actual purchasing power, the wage of garment workers in Bangladesh even dropped by 2% from 2001 to 2011.

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With the help of cheap labor and Bangladesh government's support for garment processing industry, Bangladesh has surpassed India in 2011 to become the world's second largest exporter of knitwear after China. Bangladesh is replicating the pattern of the rise of China's garment processing industry in the 1980-1990 era and challenging China's manufacturing industry.

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< p > < strong > the costumes of Chinese clothing gradually disappear. < /strong > < /p >

Less than P, since last year, through the domestic suppliers, fan Ke Cheng has ordered some T-shirts and shirts to go to Bangladesh's clothing enterprises. Although the price is cheap, customers have not pferred large quantities of orders to these Southeast Asian countries.

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"P," fan told reporters that at present, suppliers of all customers have factories in Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries. "The cost of labor in these countries is low, but logistics, tariffs and so on are imported into the country for further sales, and the overall cost is only about 15% lower than domestic production."

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< p > all customers find that the biggest problem of these Southeast Asian manufacturers is that the delivery cycle often takes two or three months, which is a fatal flaw for some seasonal clothing. "Take the summer dress for women, every year and even every month there are fashionable and popular colors. Customers are fast fashion and must react quickly. If they are delivered only in two months, it will fall in summer, and it will not be sold at a lower price."

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< p > however, Southeast Asian countries can produce some clothes which are not seasonally demanding, such as underwear, classic T-shirt, casual pants and so on. Even if we can't catch up this year, we can still sell them next year.

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< p > "the cost advantage of the domestic garment enterprises is disappearing. Now the garment workers in the southeastern provinces have to pay 2000-3000 yuan a month, and there are four risks, one gold, room and lodging and so on. But this is the case. Many enterprises still can not recruit workers."

All customers said.

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< p > in recent years, careful consumers have found that in China's clothing stores, more and more a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > clothing < /a > origin is no longer China, but Southeast Asian countries, especially parity fashion such as ZARA and H&M.

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In fact, China's clothing production capacity and efficiency are still far ahead of these Southeast Asian countries. Although the cost of manpower is much higher, the overall cost is not high enough to be accepted. Clothing brands and their foundries are constantly migrating to Southeast Asian countries. Besides production costs, there are also tariff reasons. P

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< p > clothing industry personages said that since 2011, the EU has introduced the GSP to the least developed countries. Some Southeast Asian countries' clothing can enter the European market without exemption from customs duties, and the garments from China will receive a 12% tariff.

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< p > the profit of this 12% is very attractive to domestic garment processing enterprises, because the gross profit rate of garment processing is very low, usually less than 3%. "We will consult with our customers and produce some products in Southeast Asian countries, so that we can get rid of 12% customs duties and divide them equally, so that we will get 6% more profits."

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