Raw Materials Restrict The Sustainable Development Of Textile Industry

　　 The pain of cotton in industry

"The pain of cotton is painful in industry." Gao Yong, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, said at the 2014 China International Textile raw materials conference recently held that although cotton accounts for only 20% of the entire textile raw materials, the price of cotton as a basic raw material not only directly determines the production cost and competitiveness of the spinning and weaving enterprises, but also affects the supply and demand of other raw materials such as natural fiber and chemical fiber.

International cotton prices fluctuate according to market demand and supply, while domestic cotton prices are supported by temporary storage and import quotas. Affected by insufficient international market demand and high yield expectations, the price of cotton in the international market has been declining, and the spread of domestic cotton has further widened, which has weakened the international competitiveness of China's textile industry.

Wang Tiankai, President of the China Federation of textile industry, said that the domestic and foreign cotton price is within 2000 yuan per ton, and the textile industry can be hedged by technological progress and variety development. When the price difference widened to 4000 yuan or even more per ton, any technological progress and talent reserve seemed to be powerless.

The expansion of domestic and foreign cotton price difference has a direct impact on the economic efficiency and industrial exports of textile and garment enterprises. According to the China Federation of textile industry, the industrial added value of Enterprises above designated size increased by 7.6% from 1 to May, and the growth rate of enterprises' economic performance slowed down by about 5 percentage points. The total export volume of textile and clothing increased by 3.6% compared to the same period last year, down 10 percentage points from the same period last year.

"Although the state announced the abolition of the temporary cotton purchase and storage policy in April, there are still 12 million tons of cotton in the Treasury, which need at least 2 to 3 years to digest. Affected by national reserves and trade policies, the high domestic cotton prices will not be solved in the short term, and the cotton problem will continue to affect the textile industry for a long time." Gao Yong said.

　　 Policy can not replace the market.

　　 China Cotton Association Gao Fang, executive vice president, said that since 2011, China has implemented the policy of temporarily collecting and storing cotton. In the past three years, the total amount of storage and storage has exceeded 16 million tons, accounting for 80% of the total cotton output. Cotton prices fluctuated by nearly 50% in the international market over the same period, and the domestic market fluctuated less than 10%.

"From the perspective of stabilizing cotton prices and protecting farmers, the policy of collecting and storing is undoubtedly successful." Gao Fang said, but with the changes in the international market and domestic economic situation, the temporary purchase and storage policy also has disadvantages. "Cotton farmers only need to sell cotton to the state without paying attention to quality. At the same time, the surplus cotton is deposited in the Treasury, which not only brings heavy burden to the textile enterprises, but also brings burdens to the finance.

"Don't let the country be a buyer, let policy take the place of the market." Gao Fang said that in April this year, China announced the abolition of the temporary cotton purchase and storage policy, and chose Xinjiang as a pilot area to implement the new policy of cotton target price subsidy. That is, on the basis of ensuring the marketization of cotton prices, the price difference will supply the actual growers, not only playing the market benefit, but also protecting the interests of farmers.

However, the new policy of implementing target price subsidies has been promulgated, but the specific rules have not yet been promulgated. Many textile enterprises are in a wait-and-see state, and the judgment for the future market is also vague. Gao Yong said that in addition to the target price, a series of supporting policies are still being worked out. How to let the market speak, how to provide a bottom line when prices fall too much, and prevent the sale of cotton is difficult.

"This year is Buy In the first year of market liberalization, as long as there is no large area of systematic cotton selling difficulties, we hope to maintain policy strength, reduce intervention in the market, let the market speak, and let the market return to normal. Gao Yong said. In addition, for the large number of cotton stocks in the Treasury, he suggested that the state could offer preferential policies on the issuance of cotton reserves to alleviate the high cost pressure of enterprises.

　　 Accelerating new type raw material Replace

To solve the raw material dilemma, in addition to making articles on cotton, we need to work hard on the recycling and utilization of waste textiles and new raw materials.

According to the China Federation of textile industry, if all the waste textiles in China are recycled, the chemical fiber and natural fiber provided annually will be equivalent to 24 million tons of crude oil saved, and 80 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced, and nearly 1/3 of the cotton planting area will be saved. However, the annual recovery of fiber in China is less than 10% of raw materials. Only in Shanghai and Guangzhou are there some attempts to recycle old clothes.

Wang Tiankai said that at present, the recycling channels of waste textiles are not perfect, and the recycling technology of waste materials needs to be improved.

"Now most of the steel and paper making is maintained by recycling raw materials. In order to make up for the shortage of raw materials in the future, we must also strengthen the recovery and reuse of waste materials." Wang Tiankai suggested that we should speed up the establishment of the waste fiber recycling system and related standard system and channel system covering the whole society, gradually expand the proportion of waste materials in textile reproduction, and strengthen the R & D of recycling technology.