Chinese clothing prices

According to the statistics of the China Textile Industry Association, in the first half of this year, the salary increase rate for textile enterprises above designated size was as high as 14%, and the wage-raising rate of enterprises in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta even reached 20%. This news is good news for some practitioners. For people who need to dress and dress, it means price increases. Because in order to ensure a certain rate of profit, garment companies to increase the ex-factory price of the product has become one of the main means, this point from the winter clothing market in Harbin, the rising price of clothes can be seen. In winter, the price of cold-proof cotton coats and down coats is no longer comparable.

A ton of duck down prices rose by 300% in three years

The reporter interviewed Yu Hongyan, chairman of Hongyan Garment Co., Ltd., and she said that she has been playing in the apparel industry for more than 10 years. Price increases and falls are common occurrences, but prices such as this year’s price increase are rare. . In order to place orders for winter clothing in July this year, Bosideng, the nation’s largest manufacturer of down apparel, announced that prices for down apparel have risen by an average of around 15%. Yu Hongyan said that from the perspective of their own operations, the prices of down jackets and cotton garments have risen mainly in two aspects this year. The primary factor is the increase in the cost of raw materials such as cotton and duck down. Followed by the rise in labor prices.

Yu Hongyan calculated the account for the reporter: In 2008, the price of one ton of duck down was about 80,000 yuan. Last year, the price was one ton of 160,000 yuan. This year, one ton of duck downed to 240,000 yuan. Within three years, the duck feathers rose to 300% of the price. Usually a down jacket is about 100 grams of velvet, and roughly, a down jacket only duck down more than 16 yuan last year. The price of cotton has doubled this year compared to last year. Last year, the price of one ton of cotton was around 12,500 yuan, and this year's price reached a ton of 26,000 yuan. The increase in cotton prices has also driven up the prices of raw materials for chemical fiber and other fabrics. There are also accessories such as zippers that are also rising in price. After an estimate, accessories have also increased by 15%. Yu Hongyan told reporters that from the construction industry to the catering industry, the increase in labor prices is a common phenomenon, and the clothing industry is no exception. At present, the peak season for clothing sales, workers’ wages are rising, and the cost of garment production is also increasing. As a result, the cost of each piece of clothing increased by nearly 20% from the same period last year.

A few years ago, Zhang Fengqin was laid off from a clothing factory in Harbin. In order to live, relying on the craftsmanship that he would cut, he found two manual workers, and he took clothes and clothing. From November onwards, when Zhang Fengqin went to the fabrics in Haxi's clothing city, she discovered that this year's cotton and cloth prices rose a bit to make her feel overwhelmed. “I usually go into some cotton and fabrics in three or four days. Every time I go, the prices of these things are going up.The cashmere fabric prices last year were between RMB 200 and RMB 1, and this year they are generally in three or four hundred yuan, and the price is better, and I feel that the price of cotton is rising the most. The increase is also the largest."

Zhang Fengqin said that using a little cotton to make a pair of cotton trousers last year, the general cost is around 70 yuan, this year it rose to 90 yuan, and a pound of cotton rose by 45 yuan. Cotton prices have risen and the price of work has gone up. Now do an ordinary trousers, the original manual fee is also 20 yuan, and now rose to 40 yuan, or else people do not do it by hand.