With the intensification of the new crown epidemic overseas, the economies of many countries are facing the verge of collapse, and the textile and apparel industry has basically stalled in Europe and the United States. As a result, the domestic textile foreign trade industry has been severely impacted. Textile companies have also ushered in the largest number of withdrawals and discards in history.
78.4% of Yukeqiao textile enterprises have reduced orders
Shaoxing Keqiao, China Textile City has been in business for half a month, and more than 80% of business households have opened their doors to welcome customers, but the gates have been left out. Before the epidemic, there were 100,000 people coming in and going out every day, and now there are only 10,000. A local industry survey report showed that 78.4% of textile companies indicated that orders were decreasing, and 64.8% reported that existing orders were cancelled by customers.
"Almost 50% of our company's business is in Europe. If the epidemic situation in these countries continues to spread, it is meaningless for us to start work. Now we are considering whether to adjust the ratio and focus on the country." A China Textile City owner said.
On the same day, information was uploaded from the "International Economic Situation Outlook" online video conference hosted by the China Development Research Foundation: At present, although the resumption rate in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta is as high as 90% or more, only about 30% of them actually work. Missing order.
In fact, order churn began when tariffs were levied in May and June last year. A textile company has a large customer in the United States. The order amount in 2018 was 1 million US dollars, and less than 500,000 in 2019, "directly cut more than half." Because China-US trade has imposed tariffs, and Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, etc. are all zero-tariff, customers transferred orders to Vietnam. Vietnam's textile exports have steadily increased in 2019, and it is also the East Asian country with the brightest economic growth in recent years.
In February, due to concerns about the epidemic and limited traffic, purchasing managers and designers of some well-known brands in the apparel industry were unable to travel to China, and several brands have begun discussions about shifting production of new season goods to Turkey. Hadi Karasu, the head of the Turkish Apparel Manufacturers Association, estimates that about 1% of China's total order volume will be transferred to Turkey; the new orders transferred at that time have made Turkish sewing machines fully operational- ―The production capacity has reached 85%. If Turkey cannot complete technical upgrades such as digital transformation and increase production capacity, its textile industry will not be able to accept more orders.
開始 Since the beginning of March, a large number of European and American clothing stores have ceased to operate. The stock prices of almost all clothing companies, apparel-based department stores, and clothing e-commerce companies have suffered severe losses, and a large number of companies' stock prices have fallen below their net assets. The impact of global epidemic prevention and control on the total market demand has already occurred, and the textile industry is just a barometer with high sensitivity.
Chinese foreign trade companies that have just emerged from the first wave of domestic delayed production and resumption of work will face the second wave of pressure: delayed consumption, orders on hold or cancellation due to foreign epidemic control, have to press immediately Pause button. Plant rents and taxes have to be paid, workers' salaries have to be paid, some workers may be laid off ... China's nearly 50 million foreign trade employees are collectively under pressure. In 2019, the contribution of Chinese foreign trade enterprises to GDP is 10%.
The so-called Chinese play in the first half in January and February and the world's second half in March and April became embarrassed by the butterfly effect. In the economic and trade field, the global supply chain has been severely truncated due to the epidemic situation, and "the same cold" is the reality.
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An industry and trade integrated enterprise that makes extra-wide home textile fabrics said: "Recent orders have been cancelled because of the large number of orders. Our recent general orders come from this customer, which has caused us a lot of financial pressure."
A designated supplier of a fast-fashion brand was helpless: "Recently, many brand apparels have been closed, and our orders have not been spared. We just received a new order some time ago, and the cloth is almost woven, but these days cancelled."
"At present, the domestic factories have basically resumed production. The orders from the previous year were put into overtime production after being put on hold for more than two months, and they were busy shipping. Suddenly receiving the news of the customer canceling the order, the loss was not small, because the company Generally, only 30% of the customer's deposit is charged, and the cost is out of reach. "Said a foreign trader.
"The demand for the global textile and apparel market is now declining, not just for the United States. The situation of overcapacity and shrinking orders may be more serious than last year." The trader looked sad.
In addition to cancelling orders, many companies also revealed that as many US and European companies began to enter the remote office and half-stop state, it has greatly affected the operation of logistics. "Now we have to confirm with the customer whether we can receive the goods and say hello in advance to avoid the situation of money and goods. Before the goods arrived in Italy, they were abandoned at the port, and the goods were detained by the shipping company." A foreign trade company Means.
A Zhejiang-based export company principally focused on the European men's jackets. Europe is becoming the new epicenter of the epidemic. The closure of multi-country routes has resulted in poor logistics and severely hindered export shipments. At the same time, the epidemic situation in European countries is still spreading, residents' lives are affected, local clothing consumer market demand is weak, and orders have dropped significantly.
Under the dual impact of the Sino-US trade friction and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, a carpet exporter from Shandong felt great pressure on the United States. The person in charge of this company said that the United States is currently suffering from an increasingly severe epidemic, the exhibition is postponed, and the tourism industry is stagnant. The company ’s demand for carpet products for local hotels and conference centers and other places has fallen sharply, and new hotels should have been postponed. Or the suspension of work, the carpets of the conference venues to be updated will not be changed, and the market share that was originally affected by the Sino-US trade friction is once again compressed.
At the same time, despite the high resumption rate of export textile companies, most enterprises still face difficulties such as shortage of workers, asynchronous resumption of work between upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and lack of protection resources.
There is great uncertainty in the current development trend of the global epidemic, and the stable operation of the market must go through a longer recovery period. Therefore, the confidence of export textile enterprises has been frustrated.
