China's textile and garment industry in 2010 the problems faced by - Construction Fabrication

With the gradual recovery of the global economy, asmore than 10 cases, involving products include
well as national support policies for textile andpolypropylene, nylon filament yarn, circular looms,
garment industry, the cumulative effect is graduallypolyester staple fiber, weaving, heating pad and so
emerging, China's textile and clothing exports are at aon. Third, carbon emission targets or restrict China's
crucial stage of recovery stabilizing, but the textiletextile exports into Europe and the United States
and apparel industry is still facing the followinganother pretext. With the global climate conference in
problems: First, profit margins have been compressedCopenhagen, Denmark, the convening of low-carbon
textile enterprises. In 2009, along with cotton yarn,economy has been widespread concern, the state will
cotton cloth market conditions improved, thehave units of pollution emissions and energy
domestic cotton demand picked up, prices continueconsumption level of more stringent regulation. On
to rise. As of February 26, the domestic cottonthe textile and garment industry in terms of printing
prices had risen to 3 per ton, 14.99 thousand yuan,and dyeing industry, companies will have to withstand
compared with the beginning of (14,879 yuan / ton)greater pressures. The same time, developing
up 0.75 percentage points, with the same period incountries, mainly through the international carbon
2009 (11,436 yuan / ton) compared to per ton uptrading (CDM) market mechanisms to participate in
3554 yuan, up a rate of 31.08%. Be sluggish in outerinternational carbon emissions trading, carbon trading
circumstances, accelerate the rising prices of rawin China is at the bottom of the industrial chain, the
materials and end-markets in sharp contrast to lowercarbon trading market and the standards are abroad.
prices, corporate profit margins become smaller andIn developed countries has long been its technical
smaller. Meanwhile, with the domestic economy pickstandards to limit Chinese textile exports, carbon
up, RMB appreciation will likely be repeated in 2010,dioxide emission targets may restrict China's textile
which will further reduce corporate profits. Second,exports to become another excuse. Fourth, after the
increasing protectionism in international trade. AfterSpring Festival, to varying degrees to a "labor
the outbreak of the financial crisis, governments toshortage", Daobi companies follow the trend of
protect their own industries, by improving the safety,salary. Unlike in previous years, this year the workers
health, environmental standards and to takeis not only tight Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River
anti-dumping, countervailing measures, to build barriersDelta, Anhui, such as areas of traditional labor exports
to trade, China's textile and clothing exports facebegan to appear the phenomenon of shortage of
trade frictions become more serious. In 2009, underworkers, "labor shortage" seems to become a
the framework of WTO trade remedies, foreignnational issue. In the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl
exports of textile products to China to investigateRiver Delta, many companies have raised wages,
the project and the preliminary ruling had been morelower education, and age limits in order to solve the
than 30, which involves the chemical fiber filament,employment problem of the shortage. Industry
staple fiber, curtains, ribbon, blanket, curtains cloth,experts believe that, on the surface, the economy
cotton yarn, bed sheets, linen, narrow loom, etc.pick up, orders for pick-up is difficult to fuse the
from the raw material-to-end range of products. Inrecruitment, but the underlying reason is that the era
January 2010, foreign cases on Chinese textileof cheap labor are gone. And labor intensity is not
products on the recall of 14 cases, including fiveproportional to the low wages of migrant workers
children's plush toys, the children's clothing from 9 toless and less attractive, leading to "recruitment
inform countries including the United States, Canada,difficulties" the most direct reason. The textile
Hungary, Turkey, Oliver to other countries. So farindustry is the traditional labor-intensive industries,
this year by foreign countries against China's"labor shortage" has a number of textile and garment
anti-dumping, countervailing duty cases, there wereenterprises have become a big problem.