Printing And Dyeing Enterprises Are Facing The Difficulties Of Rising Costs And Insufficient Orders

At present, the overall foreign trade data of China's textile industry is quite considerable. According to the data of the General Administration of customs, the export volume of China's textile raw materials increased by 65.6% in May this year, and 28.2% from January to May; In terms of RMB, the export volume of China's textile yarn, fabric and its products increased by 14.0% in May this year, and 10.0% in January may.

But specific to different textile industry clusters, each has its own joy and worry. The shortage of textile orders in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province and even the world's textile industry is plagued by the shortage of orders and raw materials in Shaoxing.

Keqiao Textile industry is huge

Textile index as a barometer of the industry

One data shows that Keqiao Textile industry has a huge volume and an amazing export scale. In the whole year of 2021, the textile export of Keqiao district will reach 86.26266 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 36.1%. This huge scale is closely related to Keqiao's high attention to the development status of the whole industry and the continuous introduction of many innovative measures to improve the quality of industrial services. On December 29, 2017, the group standard "general rules for green printing and dyeing requirements" jointly formulated by China Institute of standardization and Keqiao district quality and technology supervision and testing institute was officially released; In 2021, China Shaoxing Keqiao (Textile) intellectual property rapid protection center was put into operation; Keqiao district market supervision and Administration Bureau has also developed China textile fabric pattern copyright data center and AI comparison system.

It is worth mentioning in particular that China Keqiao Textile index has been continuously compiled and released, playing a role of "industry wind vane and market barometer". According to the official website of China Keqiao Textile index, the index system covers price index, prosperity index, foreign trade price index and foreign trade prosperity index. According to the reporter of China trade daily, the base period of China Keqiao Textile index is 2007, in which the base period of foreign trade price index is 100 points, the base period of foreign trade prosperity index is 1000 points, the foreign trade price index (general category) in April 2022 is 145.07 points, and the foreign trade prosperity index (general category) in April 2022 is 824.96 points; In 2009, we expanded the sample size according to the opinions of the Ministry of Commerce. In the process of compiling the index, we combined the variable weight with the fixed weight. By constantly improving the sample and weight, we can make the index more realistic and more instructive.

In practice, the compilers of the index find that the index plays a greater role in assisting the government departments in macro monitoring the industry, and it is also helpful for large foreign trade enterprises to study the overall market situation of the industry, while the reference value for individual merchants is relatively small. "According to our research, Keqiao China Textile City operators are very interested in the direct quotation of upstream and downstream. Therefore, we publish daily textile raw materials and product quotations in the center of the official website of China Keqiao Textile index. The prices of raw materials are updated twice a week, and the quotations of other products are randomly updated. In the process of data collection, we find that the price of textile products is 1 Generally, it will not change day by day, which is relatively stable; Among them, the raw material price changes a little more, the fabric price changes a little bit less. " The index compilers staff analysis said.

Enterprises face rising costs

Difficulties with insufficient orders

Keqiao's China Textile City has a large trading volume, which has an indicator significance. There are both foreign trade merchants and domestic trade merchants in the market. Some foreign trade merchants feel that the market situation of this year is indeed affected.

This year's foreign trade news media more than foreign trade news.

Shaoxing Xingming dyeing and finishing Co., Ltd. reported that the foreign trade market was not optimistic this year, mainly affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and other factors. And Shaoxing fast clear trade Co., Ltd. feedback that this year's foreign trade market is good, the products are mainly exported to Japan.

Shaoxing bailiheng printing and dyeing Co., Ltd. revealed that this year's foreign trade was affected by the epidemic situation, the market was general, "at present, it's not difficult to book shipping space by sea, but the cost of shipping is high. Moreover, the price of raw materials is high, and the price of natural gas is also rising, and the enterprise loses money every month. Now there are less" cakes ", but there are more textile printing and dyeing factories that distribute cakes, and some textile factories have to close their workshops."

Gu Zhuowei, the business manager of Zhejiang Huida textile and Garment Co., Ltd., believes that the foreign trade market is OK this year. The products are exported to many countries, but they can't get a better export price, "We usually contact with foreign merchants online. We send e-mails to foreign merchants by email or try to win customers by participating in online and offline exhibitions. At present, it is impossible for foreign merchants to see samples on site. We can send samples to foreign merchants by express delivery, so it is more convenient to send cross-border express."

Another Keqiao printing and dyeing enterprise, who did not want to be named, revealed that due to the epidemic situation, the company's foreign trade market was not good this year, and the price of raw materials was rising sharply. At present, foreign consumers' purchasing power was limited, which affected the company's foreign trade orders. "Because the textile industry uses more petroleum products, the price of textile raw materials will also rise after the oil price rises. It is not easy for our company to maintain the operating rate of about 70% and maintain the basic operation in the loss every day. We hope to survive this period of time, stabilize the employees and take good social responsibilities." The printing and dyeing enterprise staff said.

It is understood that China Light and textile city has done a lot of work on online and offline integration and hedging the impact of the epidemic. Zhejiang China Light and Textile City Group Co., Ltd. gray fabric market branch management introduced, take the gray fabric market as an example, the store in the market is the manufacturer's sample display point, when the buyer looks at the sample, the purchase quantity is reported, if the inventory is not enough, the enterprise can produce again.

At present, all markets of China Textile City are in normal operation. Domestic and foreign merchants can purchase the products successfully as long as they hold the nucleic acid negative report within 72 hours. They can also place orders on the official website of China Textile City. It is also a feasible way to contact and mail samples by telephone. In addition, China's textile city logistics services developed.

Improve the quality rate and open up the industrial chain

There is still room for efforts to reduce costs and increase efficiency

Wang Guohe, Professor of textile and Clothing Engineering College of Soochow University, analyzes the situation of Keqiao Textile Industry and says that if we want to find ways to reduce processing costs and improve the quality rate of finished products, there will be less first-class products, less profits and relatively high costs. Enterprises should strive to develop products with higher added value and improve profit margin.

Feng Cen, an associate professor at the school of textile and clothing engineering of Suzhou University, told reporters, "I understand that some domestic textile enterprises with a certain scale can negotiate with upstream and downstream suppliers to solve the problem when the price of raw materials rises. Therefore, large-scale enterprises have a strong ability to resist this risk. However, the supply chain of small textile enterprises is unstable, and it is difficult to share and reduce costs when raw material prices rise. In fact, some large international textile and garment brands have designated supplies in China The price and quantity have been locked for a long time. The domestic enterprises that receive orders from international big brands can complete the orders according to the quality and quantity requirements. These textile enterprises have endless orders. As for the small-scale enterprises without stable orders, they will be in torment. "

Feng Cen continued to analyze, "Keqiao Textile is generally in the middle end of the printing and dyeing process. The printing and dyeing characteristics are that the printing and dyeing must be sold faster, so the middle end of the industrial chain has greater risks. This is different from the more basic end of the white fabric products. The white cloth is still in the raw material stage, just like a piece of white paper, it doesn't matter if it is sold earlier or later, and the application range is wider."

At this time, some enterprises in the textile industry will have a better impact on the competitiveness of their products; Compared with various relief measures, the focus of the current work is to find ways to help enterprises win orders, otherwise, in the case of lack of orders and sales, it is difficult for enterprises to improve the operating rate. The Association revealed that the relevant local departments and grass-roots industry associations are studying targeted solutions.

(source: China Trade News)