"Cotton City" Binzhou Cotton Textile Industry Collective "Hibernation"

Although it is a hot season cotton spin When the enterprise interviewed, it felt the "chill" on the cotton textile industry chain.

Known as "China cotton Binzhou, the capital of China, once accounted for a quarter of the country's cotton yarn exports. During the interview, the reporter found that many local textile mills were empty. A textile limited company located in Wucheng County, Shandong Province has closed down. The company has only 10000 spindles. A staff member left behind said, "Now the production of many textile enterprises has been adjusted to a very low level, and the market is very bad." The reporter learned that hundreds of small and medium-sized cotton textile enterprises have gathered in Yuncheng, Gaomi, Xiajin and other places in Shandong Province.

"Due to the depression of the whole cotton textile industry, most small and medium-sized enterprises Cotton textile enterprises Limited production, some of which have been discontinued. " Ma Junkai, secretary-general of Dezhou Cotton Association, said that many large and medium-sized cotton textile enterprises with annual production of 100000 to 500000 spindles are now generally underoperating, leading to the collective "hibernation" of the cotton textile industry.

If the port is compared to the oral cavity, the port keeps eating, and the warehouse with stomach function has serious "food accumulation". The digestion and absorption of downstream cotton textile enterprises is weak, which leads to disorder and indigestion in the current cotton textile industry system.

In fact, the downturn in the textile industry began to appear last year. According to the data released by the Chinese Customs, China's textile exports totaled US $94.7 billion in 2011, up 22.9% over the same period of the previous year, but the growth rate dropped 6.5 percentage points. Shandong's exports from January to June this year totaled US $9.1 billion, down 4.2% year on year.

Compared with the high price of 32000 yuan/ton of cotton at the beginning of 2009, today's price can be said to be parity. Ma Junkai said that this year, the world's cotton planting area is large, the output is large, and the supply exceeds demand. In addition, the economic downturn has reduced cotton consumption, which has led to a sharp decline in international cotton prices. Compared with Southeast Asian countries, Chinese cotton has no cost advantage.

The recent decline in domestic cotton prices has failed to benefit textile enterprises and hit some cotton farmers' enthusiasm for cotton planting. Zhou Ji's village is mostly saline alkali land with small water volume, which is not suitable for planting wheat, corn and other food crops. "If it weren't for the soil restrictions, farmers would have abandoned cotton and planted grain." Zhou Ji said, "I heard recently that cotton prices are falling again, at 3 yuan and 20 cents per kilogram. In 2010, cotton prices peaked at 7 yuan per kilogram, and now cotton planting can't earn money." In fact, the cotton planting area in Shandong Province has been declining. Ma Junkai introduced that the cotton planting area of Dezhou in 2012 was 1.3 million mu, a decrease of 20% over last year, while that of the whole Shandong Province was 15%.

Recently, the country Cotton market The monitoring system released the Survey Report on the Living Conditions of Textile Enterprises in 2011. The survey found that the main difficulties encountered in the current operation and development of textile enterprises, and the three enterprises interviewed selected the highest proportion in the following order: "overcapacity in the industry, fierce price competition", "falling prices, increased risk of inventory depreciation" "Domestic and foreign orders are reduced, and market development is more difficult". In addition, the "rapid rise in labor costs" is also a long-term factor. The survey shows that cotton textile enterprises are generally cautious about their future expectations, and 65.5% of the respondents expect the textile industry to "continue to slow down".

Experts believe that the pressure on ports is only a superficial phenomenon. The pressure on ports such as cotton reflects the survival status of upstream and downstream industries. The industry's accumulated disadvantages and extensive investment are really worth paying attention to.