Cotton Yarn Imports Fell Slightly

Reporters learned that in 2014, the import value of textile and apparel reached 26 billion 550 million US dollars, down 1.7% compared with the same period last year, of which cotton yarn imports amounted to US $6 billion 230 million, accounting for 23.5% of the total textile and clothing imports. According to the statistics of the General Administration of customs, the import of cotton yarn showed an increasing trend from 2008 to 2013. The import amount in 2011 was 3 billion 410 million US dollars; in 2012, it was US $4 billion 960 million, an increase of 45.3%; in 2013, the total import value of cotton yarn was 6 billion 820 million US dollars, an increase of 37.5% over the same period last year.

In 2014, the import of national cotton yarn fell, the import amount was 6 billion 230 million US dollars, down 8.7% compared with the same period last year, and the total import volume reached 2 million 11 thousand tons, which is nearly 5 times the total export volume of cotton yarn, down 4.2%.

From a single month, Cotton yarn The import price rose first and then decreased, and imports declined in February, April and December. The head of the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce said that the average import price of cotton yarn in 2014 was 3.09 US dollars / kg, down 4.7% from the same period last year. The import prices in January and February were 3.15 US dollars / kg and 3.08 US dollars / kg respectively, showing an upward trend, reaching the highest value in June and July, 3.21 US dollars / kg, then falling, 8 and September imports. Unit Price They were 3.16 US dollars / kg and US $3.06 / kg respectively. In October, they were US $3.01 / kg, down to 2.96 US dollars / kg in November and 2.88 US dollars per kilogram in December.

2014 cotton yarn Imported Only in February, April and December, the import volume of other months fell to varying degrees.

Insiders said that in 2014, because domestic cotton prices continued to fall, imported cotton had lost the price advantage, the use of domestic cotton yarn has greatly improved compared with before, and the use of imported cotton yarn has decreased, so the cotton yarn import volume decreased slightly last year.

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2015 03, 05, source: China cotton net

After the year, most of the textile enterprises in the mainland resumed work. As of now, only a small number of small and medium-sized textile enterprises have not yet resumed work. The head of a small textile enterprise in Baoding, Hebei, exchanges with the author. He said that in the past 2014, the market of yarn and cloth was low, and the low-grade products were crowded in the market. In particular, workshop like private enterprises like them are even worse. Lao said that the cotton yarn they produced was not wanted, warehouse stacked, wages could not be paid to workers, workers were blocked in the office for wages, and enterprises could not continue to operate. "I plan to change." Old and helplessly say, with the cotton spinning industry entering the meager profit era, there is basically no room for small workshops to survive. He intends to close down the business.

In fact, many small and medium-sized textile enterprises in Hebei, Shandong and Henan have been confronted with similar problems. They are faced with a series of problems, such as low price, low price competition, capital chain breaking, workers' wages, product backlog and so on. Market participants estimate that in the first quarter of 2015, the small and medium-sized textile enterprises will be increased to 6, and the market will gradually become the largest and medium-sized enterprises.

What is the situation of the start-up, order and profit of large and medium-sized enterprises after the year?

First, 80% of them have started and resumed work after the year. Most of them maintain normal production. A director of a 150 thousand spinning enterprise in Dezhou, Shandong, said that the factory mainly produces 32, 40, combed, 32, 40, and 60 spinning and 80 branches of compact combing, and a small amount of air spinning. The products are mainly exported to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. "Our factory resumed work at the beginning of eight, now the production has returned to normal." In the past few days, workers have returned to factories, and all production lines have been fully activated, the person in charge said.

In the process of understanding more than 100 thousand spindles, 80% enterprises can start work. This year, the problem of workers' re financing and production backlog is basically not different from previous years. However, whether we can continue to continue, we still need to look at the late orders and production profits.

Second, there are not many orders for spinning enterprises after the year, most of which are mainly based on the completion of old orders. A person in charge of a textile enterprise in Zhengzhou, Henan, said that their factory has not received new orders, and the old orders can only be maintained until mid March. Recently, the enterprises are contacting customers everywhere, trying to get some new orders. After many years, many spinning enterprises have two main tasks: contacting orders and purchasing raw materials. It is understood that after, only a small number of textile enterprises in the the Yellow River River Basin received orders, and still dominated by short lists and small bills. Besides, most of these spinning enterprises were not too bold to take long orders, mainly because they were worried that they could not deliver the goods normally. On the whole, the enterprises with obvious improvement in orders are only around 10%. About 35% of the enterprises can maintain normal production after a small amount of orders or use old orders in the year after year. The remaining 55% of the enterprises do not have orders at all.

Industry colleagues said that as the cost of China's cotton raw materials is generally high, up to now, the sales price of Xinjiang's 3128 class cotton is 14300-14400 yuan / ton, and the cost of importing India cotton and American cotton is 14600-14800 yuan / ton, 15300-15400 yuan / ton, still higher than foreign cotton price 3000 yuan / ton, which will cause a large number of imported yarn to enter China, and bring fatal injury to domestic cotton yarn. 2015 will be a period for China's textile enterprises to accelerate their shuffling.

Third, 15% business profits improved, 85% of corporate profits did not improve. After a year, the profit situation of textile enterprises has also been differentiated. Some of them have better profits in the production of high end, high count yarn and special yarn. For example, on the 3 th, a textile manufacturer in Binzhou, Shandong, reflected that the production of high cotton combed and tightly combed was 60 and 80, and the current price was 37000 yuan / ton, 57200 yuan / ton line, the price rose slightly before the Spring Festival. "The competition is mainly from imported yarn." The company official said.

In addition, some large textile enterprises profit situation is also good. For example, a large textile enterprise in Binzhou can get a 1% tariff quota of about 35 thousand tons this year. Moreover, the overall cost of raw materials used is relatively low, and the factors of large scale, strong risk resisting ability and low financing cost make the enterprise still maintain its strong vitality under the weak market of the whole world, and the profit level is on the rise.

However, compared to these enterprises, most of the domestic conventional yarn, medium and low yarn production enterprises profit situation has not improved. For example, a textile manufacturer in Henan mainly produces 12-40 common combed yarns. At present, the price difference between the quoted price and imported yarn is 1000-1500 yuan / ton, which is not competitive. Moreover, according to the current domestic cotton price, the enterprise produces only one ton of yarn with a profit of only 300-400 yuan per ton. "If we go on like this, we will close soon." Li, the head of the plant, said Li.

To sum up, after the Spring Festival of 2015, the domestic textile enterprises did not run well, among which the small workshop enterprises were "dying", while most of the scale enterprises were not running well, and the key factor was still the cost too high. Therefore, it is painful to decide that reducing the cost of raw materials is a big problem before the policy.