Textile And Garment Industry: Supply Of Workers Will Become A Major Hidden Danger In The Next Five Years

　 Although the first five months of this year spin The year-on-year growth rate of clothing exports is still high, but the appreciation of the RMB and rising labor costs have not supported the continued optimism of the export situation. As the first index The PMI index of new export orders in June showed that the export orders of consumer services were 50.6%, approaching the critical point of 50%.

According to the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, although the orders of relevant enterprises are sufficient at present, the profit space has begun to shrink significantly. Especially in the meager profit space, enterprises can no longer bear the large fluctuations in exchange rates.

At the recently held National Working Conference of Main Household Textile Export Enterprises, most of the main household textile export enterprises said that their orders were relatively sufficient at present, and the orders before September were basically full, but their profits declined significantly compared with the same period last year.

This is mainly due to the sharp rise in cotton and yarn prices since this year. Although enterprises have raised their export prices by 5% to 15%, it is far lower than the growth rate of raw materials by more than 50%.

Statistics show that since April last year, with the gradual recovery of the global economy, China's textile industry has gradually warmed up, and the prices of cotton, chemical fiber and other textile raw materials have soared. As of the beginning of May this year, 328 cotton The average factory price increased by 4742 yuan/ton, or 40.4%; Viscose staple fiber increased by 7000 yuan/ton, or 54.7%; Polyester staple fiber increased by 2650 yuan/ton, or 33.5%.

As a labor-intensive industry, the profit of the textile industry has been relatively low. People from the Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles pointed out that in the face of rising prices of raw materials, a large number of domestic textile enterprises have to choose between "profit protection" and "customer protection". Once a large number of customers are lost, the enterprises will eventually close down. Therefore, more enterprises choose to sacrifice profits to keep customers, which will further reduce the profits of the textile industry.

In addition, some enterprises reported that the current car stop workers are basically old workers, whose wages have been significantly increased to more than 3000 yuan, and young people are still unwilling to engage in this work.

In the next five years, there may be a large gap in the supply of skilled workers in the textile industry, which will become a major hidden danger for the future development of enterprises.