Clothing Brands Seek To Replace Sourcing Sources Outside China

< p > with the increasing cost of mainland China's "a target=" _blank "href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/ "textile" /a "and garment manufacturing industry facing inflation, wage increase and RMB appreciation, international brands have begun to look for new sourcing bases everywhere.

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< p > there are many options for many buyers, especially the Southeast Asian neighbors of China, Vietnam and Kampuchea, which have developed into low-cost production centers. In South Asia, Bangladesh has been criticized for its low cost even though it has been criticized for its dilapidated environment and labor standards.

The rising cost of China's mainland has been the cause of difficulties in the textile and garment export industry in the country, but it is not yet to say that the mainland's textile and garment industries have gone down. In 2012, the mainland 'a href=' //www.sjfzxm.com/news/ > textiles < /a > and the garment exports were $95 billion 800 million and $159 billion 100 million respectively, and 1.2% and 3.9% respectively.

Customs in mainland China said this growth rate was the lowest in the past ten years.

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< p > but not only that. Mainland orders in the past mainly came from Japan, Europe and the United States, but since 2010, after the establishment of a free trade area between China and ASEAN, mainland manufacturing has attracted more buyers in Asia.

According to the customs information of the mainland, in 2012, the ASEAN countries purchased 26 billion 600 million dollars of textiles and garments from mainland China, the sum increased by 34.2% compared with 2011.

On the contrary, according to the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, in 2012, China's share in the EU import market also dropped to 39.9% from 41% in 2011.

In Japan, the share of the import market dropped to 73.2% from 74.9% in 2011.

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P, a Shanghai Dahua securities analyst, said that because the EU is still in the euro crisis, tensions between China and Japan will not ease soon because of the clash between the Diaoyutai and the right of ownership. There will be no change in the textile and garment trade between the mainland and Japan and the EU this year.

However, Jin Minya, manager of Wansheng textile in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, who has already been a high-end product market, pointed out that some mainland manufacturers placed their hopes on high-end products, such as organic cotton garments, which accounted for 80% of the value of Wansheng's exports, while the prices of organic cotton products were 40% higher than traditional ones, but western buyers were willing to accept them.

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< p > Kampuchea and Vietnam benefit < /p >

Less than P, China's global market share has continued to benefit from Kampuchea and Vietnam, and the two countries' textile and garment production and export grew significantly last year.

Michael Laskau, general manager of Nha Be Corporation (NBC), a leading exporter of knitted garments in Hu Zhiming, said that the one-child policy in mainland China is killing them. Because there are not enough workers willing to work in the textile and garment factories in the mainland, the importers are unable to receive the goods on time, while Vietnam claims that well-educated enough workers can be put into production and can maintain quality delivery on time.

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< p > Vietnam in 2008 < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > textile > /a > and the value of garments production and export is only 7 billion 500 million US dollars, and in 2012 it has been washed up to 17 billion 500 million US dollars.

Such good results are expected to rise again after the signing of the free trade agreement with the European Union (currently bilateral negotiations) and the p Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) with the US.

At present, Kampuchea's wages are about one third or even lower than that of the mainland of China. The export value of textiles and clothing in Cambodia has grown from $3 billion 980 million in 2011 to US $4 billion 400 million in 2012.

Ken Loo, Secretary General of the Kampuchea clothing association, said that Kampuchea has benefited from two main reasons for "leaving" in mainland China: first, the market entry (Market Access); the export of Cambodian products to the main markets, including the mainland of China, including duty-free products; the two is labor supply, encouraged by the sharp increase in investment, and the Kampuchea government has vigorously promoted the textile and garment industry.

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< p > according to the information of the Kampuchea Development Association, in 2012, the Cambodian government approved the establishment of 82 a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > garment factory < /a >, with a total investment of US $499 million, and approved 13 a target= _blank href= //www.sjfzxm.com/ products, 116 million shoe factories, 116 million socks factories (25 million US dollars), 4 textile mills (9 million US dollars), 2 gloves factories (10 million dollars).

In 2011, only 45 garment factories were approved, with a total investment of US $205 million and 7 shoe factories, with an investment of US $25 million.

Officials of the Cambodian government and representatives of the industry also acknowledged that the current general strike against working conditions did not prevent the expansion of the garment industry.

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< p > < strong > Bangladesh has won the order of the Chinese mainland < /strong > /p >

< p > to the west, the situation is clearer.

Bangladesh not only attracts purchase orders from mainland China, but also becomes a supplier to the mainland market.

Over the past two years, the number of garments imported from Bangladesh has expanded two times.

Bangladesh a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > knitted apparel > /a > Mohammad Hatem, vice president of the manufacturer and Exporters Association (BKMEA), said that the amount of Bangladesh knitted garments exported to mainland China in the fiscal year ending June 2012 increased by 117% from the previous year's $26 million 600 thousand to 57 million 830 thousand US dollars.

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< p > with all the < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > garments > /a > categories, the amount of Bangladesh garments exported to mainland China increased from US $52 million 810 thousand in the previous year to US $104 million 520 thousand.

Hatem said the goal of Bangladesh's government is to export garments to the mainland of China, to reach US $500 million.

The changes in procurement patterns are clear. The cost of labor in mainland China is high. Mainland China is turning to manufacturing more capital intensive high-tech products instead of labor-intensive clothing products. In fact, a delegation from the Chinese garment industry recently visited Bangladesh to investigate the feasibility of investing in the garment industry locally.

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