Domestic and foreign cotton spread expands May last May, garment exports fall by nearly half

Since the beginning of this year, affected by the complicated economic environment, the textile industry in Putian has seen a significant decline, facing the dual pressures of downward export and increased risks. According to statistics from the Putian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, from January to May this year, the Bureau examined a total of 283 batches of quarantine textiles exported to the market, totaling US$ 12.38 million, a year-on-year decrease of 5.4% and 14%, of which 81 batches of export clothing and US$ 2.167 million were down 48.4 year-on-year. % and 61.5%, exports showed weakness.

Analysis of the person in charge of Putian Aodisi Garments Co., Ltd. said that the increasing spread of domestic and foreign cotton and the lack of orders are the main factors for the decline in exports. From the data of May 25, 2012, the domestic price of 328 cotton was 18,853 yuan per ton, which was 5460 yuan more than the international market price per ton. The price was seriously upside down. The domestic and foreign cotton spread widened and weakened the international textile industry. Competitiveness. For this reason, some foreign merchants are trying to lower prices on the basis of the decline in cotton prices and the shortage of foreign demand.

In addition, the new regulations on textiles are also a factor that causes textile exporters to suffer setbacks. In January 2012, the International Environmental Textile Association began to implement the latest version of eco-textile certification standards; on May 8, 2012, the European Union officially implemented new rules for textile labels. According to the data exported by Putian Otis Garments Co., Ltd. in the first five months of this year, it is sufficient to glimpse the bleakness of the current export market. From January to May this year, the company only exported 15 garments with a value of 224,000 U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 75.8% and 86.7%. Both export batches and value of goods have fallen sharply. The reporter learned from Putian Aodisi Garments Co., Ltd. that due to too few export orders from enterprises, in order to survive, they have now turned to the domestic market for opportunities, and even for some domestic companies to do processing to solve the current export dilemma. However, in practice, the export of textiles from export to domestic sales is still difficult.

According to reports, what will happen to the textile export market in the second half of the year? Putian's textile export companies have not yet set a certain number of minds, and they still take a wait-and-see attitude. Industry insiders called on the country to speed up the reform of the cotton circulation system, improve the macro-control mechanism of cotton, and achieve the marketization of cotton prices inside and outside. In addition, companies should also use their own sense of ownership to speed up the transformation and upgrading, increase technological transformation efforts, eliminate backward technology capacity, and continuously increase the added value and competitiveness of the industry's products.