Raw material costs generally rise 30% Fuzhou clothing industry is facing "autumn autumn"

The reporters on the 19th learned that due to the impact of rising prices of various fabrics such as domestic cotton cloth and wool, the cost of clothing production for this autumn and winter has risen by more than 30%. Coupled with the impact of the climate, the autumn market has shrunk dramatically. Local clothing companies in Fuzhou are under pressure in the second half of this year. a bit big.

Fabric cost rose by 30%

According to reports, under the promotion of domestic cotton production cuts, international cotton prices, and speculation in hot money, the price of cotton has been rising since October last year. As of October 18, the national cotton price index (level 328) representing domestic cotton prices ) It reached 24,256 yuan/ton, an increase of 8.38% from the same period of last year, setting the highest record in 10 years.

On the 19th, Chairman of Renmeng Men’s He Renjiang said that the prices of cotton fabrics, wool, and other fabrics have been increasing due to the impact of cotton prices. Compared with the beginning of June this year, the prices of these fabrics have increased by about 30%.

Chen Zhanlong, executive director of Duopai apparel, also said that the prices of various fabrics, including cotton fabrics, have risen due to the escalation of cotton prices, and production costs have risen by at least 30%.

The person in charge of the Fujian Finance and Trade Group also stated that the recent increase in the price of cotton has brought no pressure on the production and operation of the company.

Autumn influence limited winter clothing prices rose 20%

Fuzhou, a person in charge of a number of apparel companies, said that affected by the price of raw materials, this winter's ex-factory price as a whole rose 20%, is expected to spring prices will follow the rise. As the autumn clothes have been listed on a large scale before, so the fall in autumn prices is not significant, the most affected is the winter clothing, according to the current situation, winter clothing prices will be an indisputable fact.

On the 19th, the reporter visited the major shopping malls and supermarkets in Lucheng, and many clothing merchants frankly stated that at present, the prices of many clothes are rising. In a large-scale supermarket apparel special field, an apparel salesman told reporters that compared with last year, the price of clothes they sold this year rose by 30%. In Baolong Plaza, several clothing stores, a number of sales staff also told reporters that clothing prices do have a certain increase, because the style, fabric, etc., the specific increase is not how much to say.

However, there are clothing store sales staff said that compared with previous years, the price of autumn clothes in the store is almost the same, even with some promotional activities, some style prices are lower than in previous years.

In this regard, a brand clothing agent said that even if the retail price of clothing rose, clothing styles, fabrics, fashion trends are different, there is no comparable clothing prices.

"Compared with the price increase of raw materials, the increase in the selling price of clothing is about 10% lower, about 20% higher, and the rising cost of 10% can only be self-digested by the garment enterprises. This has brought great pressure on our garment manufacturers. "The person in charge of a number of clothing companies in Fuzhou said.

Autumn sales shrink

Not only that, due to the weather, many autumn clothing sales in Fuzhou have also shrunk to varying degrees. “As in October of last year, the northern market is the peak of autumn sales, but this year the north is very short in autumn, and it suddenly enters the winter. Autumn sales are greatly affected. In the south, temperatures in the provinces including Fujian and Guangdong are still Higher, coupled with the fall of the northern clothing companies accumulated a lot of autumn into the South market, so autumn sales are limited, compared with last year, this year, at least 30% of autumn sales have shrunk.” Dopa clothing Chen Zhanlong said.

In this regard, relevant personages of Fuzhou Garment Association said that they are paying close attention to the impact of this raw material price increase on garment enterprises. In fact, in the past two years, as the prices of labor and raw materials have risen one after another, the production costs of garment companies have been continuously rising, but due to various factors, the retail price of clothing has not risen so much that the upstream costs have soared and the ex-factory prices have not risen simultaneously. phenomenon

Has been plaguing Fuzhou garment enterprises.