Textile Industry Orders For Foreign Trade Are Decreasing. Yibin Is Expanding Its Business.

Affected by the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the export of the textile industry is facing a serious situation. According to Yibin customs statistics, from January 2020 to February, Yibin textile industry in Sichuan province exported 210 million yuan, down 6.4% from the same period last year, accounting for only 17.2% of the total export value of the same period. Recently, the reporter walked into a textile enterprise workshop in Yibin, Sichuan Province, and found that the epidemic did not stop the enterprise, but the workshop machine roared.

"It is not easy to usher in a resumption of work and resume production. It is not surprising that the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia outbreak in the world is due to the fact that the company has cancelled many orders due to the epidemic. At the beginning, everyone thought that the company was going to lay off workers. I even worried that I was being cut off because of my age." Liu Xiao Jie, an old employee of the enterprise, said, but later facts proved that her worries were unnecessary. The company not only did not lay off workers, but also did not even pay. This made her more grateful to the enterprises, determined to work hard and work together with the enterprises to tide over difficulties.

It is understood that the textile enterprise is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yibin "siliya". Its products are all cotton yarn, including compact Siro spinning series and vortex spinning series. The product specification is 10S-50S. In previous years, the company's products were not only domestic, but also exported. In 2019, the export proportion of the enterprise was about 20%. Foreign markets mainly included India, Pakistan, Brazil and Bangladesh. The domestic sales market was mainly distributed in coastal areas, such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong and so on.

"This year's epidemic changed the structure of sales." Zhao Maoyu, general manager of the enterprise, said that the epidemic had little impact on production. On the contrary, the spinning speed of the spinning machine was further improved due to the optimization of the equipment and technology. After the resumption of production, the output increased slightly by 3-5% compared with the same period last year. However, the epidemic has a great impact on sales. Because of the outbreak of overseas epidemic, a large number of export orders have been cancelled, and the inventory of enterprise products has been increasing. To this end, enterprises are actively seeking breakthroughs, one is to increase external marketing efforts, export to domestic sales, to take the quantity and return funds as much as possible, and the two is to further control cost reduction and reduce expenses within the market; the three is to actively support the government's policy on epidemic prevention and control, and strive to get out of difficulties at an early date.

It is reported that there are more than 10 textile enterprises in Yibin, almost all of which are faced with the same problem. Some textile enterprises have exported to domestic sales, but this will also lead to increased market competition.

How can we remain invincible in the next stage of competition? Zhao Maoyu said that in addition to working hard to improve their own value-added products, they should also strive to improve product quality and achieve the ultimate goal. In this way, both foreign trade and domestic trade will have a place and will not be eliminated by the market.

Zhao Maoyu also told reporters that they will not give up foreign trade customers who have accumulated over the years, but also vigorously develop domestic trade customers, so as to make new customers develop and maintain two old customers. In addition, they plan to shift the focus of foreign trade sales to countries with less severe or no epidemics, so as to develop the original trade category of enterprises.