How Will Sichuan'S Cocoon And Silk Industry "Stabilize" After The Sharp Rise And Fall Of Raw Silk Prices?

In May 8th, the 2019 National Cocoon and silk industry production and marketing situation analysis conference and the national high-quality cocoon silk base site exchange meeting were held in Yibin High County.

At the meeting, about the price of raw silk in recent period, the vice president of the China Silk Association had money, and the price of cocoon silk rose to a high point in mid January 2018 after rising in 2017. After that, the price of cocoon silk decreased in 2018, and the price of 3A grade raw silk dropped by 28.44% compared with that in 2017.

At the end of April this year, domestic 3A grade raw silk prices were maintained at around 340 thousand yuan / ton, down by more than 35% compared with the beginning of 2018.

The focus was on Sichuan. In 2018, the total area of the province's mulberry fields was 2 million 100 thousand mu, an increase of 7.7% over the same period last year. 2 million 150 thousand species were produced and 84 thousand tons of cocoons were produced, representing an increase of 2.4% and 3.7% compared with that of the previous year.

Qian Youqing said that by the reduction of downstream demand and other factors, the main silk products of Enterprises above Designated Size in the whole country decreased in 2018, and the average purchasing price of cocoons was reduced by 1.1%.

The export situation of silk products is also not optimistic. Customs Department data show that in January and February this year, the export volume of China's real silk products was 297 million US dollars, down 37.14% from the same period last year, while the export volume of textile and clothing decreased by 12.22% over the same period.

"From the data point of view, the whole industry is facing greater pressure."

For the situation in Sichuan, Chen Xiangping, President of Sichuan Silk Association, introduced that in 2018, the output of raw silk and silk products decreased slightly in the whole province, and the total output value and business efficiency of the whole industry were basically the same as that in 2017.

From 1 to March this year, the export volume of silk fabrics was 37 million 51 thousand US dollars, up 15.1% from the same period last year.

From the perspective of raw material production, it is estimated that the total output of the province in spring this year is 600 thousand, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year. The annual output is 2 million 250 thousand, and the cocoon production is 88 thousand tons.

Although production and other data are growing, the cocoon and silk industry in Sichuan is also facing many problems.

"Judging from the trend of the year, the trend of Sichuan cocoon and silk enterprises tends to go higher and lower. The pressure on the operation of the industry and the instability of the market also affect the development of Sichuan's cocoon and silk industry."

Chen Xiangping said.

Qian Youqing suggested that we should speed up the construction of a number of high-quality cocoon bases, consolidate the industrial base, continuously improve the quality of products, reduce the production and operation costs of enterprises, increase the upgrading of technological equipment, guide enterprises to develop more personalized and differentiated products, avoid homogeneous competition, fully tap the potential of domestic consumption upgrading, seize the opportunity of "one belt and one road", consolidate and enhance the traditional export market share, and promote the complementary and coordinated development of domestic and foreign trade.

"Along with the rising cost of land and labor costs in the southeast coastal areas, the scale of the silkworm industry in the southwest inland provinces has been expanding."

Tang Lin, President of the China Silk Association, believes that the development of cocoon silk industry is closely related to the regional economic situation. At present, the main trend is to make brands in the East and produce raw materials in the West. There is a big gap between Sichuan and the southeast coastal areas in the development and brand shaping ability of the downstream products of silkworm. If we catch up in one direction, the effect is not obvious.

"Therefore, I suggest that Sichuan should first do a good job in the construction of raw material production base of silk, and reduce costs and enhance market competitiveness through large-scale production and the application rate of intelligent equipment in silkworm production."

But building a good raw material production base does not mean abandoning the development and brand building of downstream products of silkworm industry. Tang Lin suggested that enterprises in Sichuan should cooperate more with the eastern regional Corporation and introduce more advanced technologies.