Suzhou garment export value increased significantly

According to statistics from the Suzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in January this year, 133 batches of textiles and products for export inspection were issued in the jurisdiction's jurisdiction, with a value of 30.34 million US dollars, a decrease of 8.3% from the same period of last year and a decrease of 33.9% in value. The number of export clothing inspections was 3,452, with a value of $89.48 million, a year-on-year decrease of 7.0% and an increase of 8.8%. Data show that exports of textiles and products in Suzhou have shrunk, and the added value of apparel products has increased significantly.

According to Jinhua, president of the Xiangcheng District Light Textile Import & Export Industry Association in Suzhou City, China's light textile export industry as a labor-intensive industry is currently faced with many unfavorable factors. First, raw material prices have risen sharply. Although foreign orders prices have risen, they have fallen far short of the rise in raw material prices. Second, the “labor shortage” has led to underemployment and the company’s fixed expenses have increased substantially. Under such circumstances, the export situation is calm, but it is actually undercurrent. Light textile export enterprises are in a critical period of transformation and upgrading.

Jinhua believes that Suzhou is located at the forefront of economic development in the Yangtze River Delta, where per capita income has grown rapidly and labor costs have also grown rapidly. Textile and textile export enterprises have been stuck in the pure “workmanship” phase and cannot keep pace with economic development. Imperative. In order to cope with the new situation, the association assisted enterprises in adopting a series of positive measures: First, to determine the strategy of “going out and introducing”, to set up processing bases in labor exporting provinces such as Henan and Anhui, and to strengthen cooperation with local vocational technical schools. Jointly establish a training base to broaden the introduction channels for first-line operators; second, accelerate technological upgrades and equipment upgrades, improve product quality and grades, and attract high-quality customers; thirdly, “inside and outside”, and actively develop domestic sales on the basis of stabilizing foreign trade exports. market.