China-ASEAN textile industry supply and demand docking creates greater value

On April 26th, the China-ASEAN Textile and Apparel Development Seminar and the ASEAN Tourism and Shopping Festival were held in Shengze, Suzhou. More than 100 textile and garment industry big coffee and buyers from 7 ASEAN countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia participated in the event.

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These friends from afar came to talk about the development and trends of the China-ASEAN apparel industry at this seminar and shopping festival. Through the introduction of product promotion + supply and demand exchange, the seminar and shopping festival will provide ASEAN merchants with the opportunity to visit the site, freely purchase, and one-on-one negotiation; provide the opportunity for the suppliers of Shengze local market to “go out”.

During the event, the CYTS Silk Culture Tourism Cooperation Base and the CASTPP China-ASEAN Textile and Apparel Cooperation Base will be unveiled. The event was hosted by the China-ASEAN Small and Medium Enterprise Trade Promotion Platform (CASTPP) to boost the development of China-ASEAN textile and apparel industry, promote industrial upgrading, reduce raw materials and production costs, and promote international cooperation in China-ASEAN textile and apparel industry. communicate with.

Event: Supply and demand docking, creating greater value

At the opening ceremony of the seminar and shopping festival held on the morning of April 26, the former Chinese ambassador to Thailand, Guan Mu, gave a speech on China-ASEAN friendly cooperation.

The representative of the ASEAN buyer and the Malaysian Datuk Huang Hanliang also expressed in their speeches that the textile and garment industry in each country complemented each other to explore new ways, established a community of interests, and embraced the willingness to cooperate in the “Belt and Road”. At the opening ceremony, the signing ceremony of the Shengze Oriental Textile City-Tour City Tourism Strategic Cooperation, the starting ceremony of the tourist bus, and the launching ceremony of the Tourism Shopping Festival were also held. At the same time, the China Youth Travel Network Silk Culture Tourism Cooperation Base and the CASTPP China-ASEAN Textile and Apparel Cooperation Base were officially inaugurated. Guest representatives and purchasers from ASEAN countries, downstream market buyers, Shengze textile industry business representatives, tourism starters, and event organizers were present at the opening ceremony.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the China-ASEAN Textile and Apparel Development Seminar and the Fabrics Purchase Matchmaking Meeting were held. Representatives and buyers from the associations of textile and garment industry in ASEAN countries listened to the introduction of the development of Shengze textile industry, and delivered speeches to explain the market status and pattern needs of their respective countries in the textile and garment industry, and on the textile and garment industry in ASEAN countries. The development prospects and complementary advantages are discussed. At the event, the organizers also introduced the featured products of Shengze Textile Industry to provide ASEAN guests with opportunities to meet and negotiate with suppliers.

The event relies on Shengze Town as the advantage of the clothing and textile production market, and adopts the “professional market + exhibition activities + Internet” trinity operation mode to promote products. CASTPP China-ASEAN Textile and Apparel Cooperation Base not only has many fabric suppliers, but also masters many high-quality channel resources and design talent resources. It can enlarge the channel value and use the market and related platforms to open up the upstream and downstream of the industry chain and reduce silk textile transactions. Link and cost, realize the spot transaction between brand manufacturers and buyers.

Discussion: China-ASEAN textile and garment development complement each other

What is the import and export situation of the textile and garment industry in ASEAN countries? Is the outlook optimistic? Can its industry supply and demand complement the advantages of China's textile industry? At the seminar, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the textile and garment industry in ASEAN countries described the textile industry and market demand in their respective countries.

It can be seen that the common problems faced by China and ASEAN textile and garment enterprises today are mainly the unstable world economy, weak market and reduced demand. In the big picture: US President Trump opposes the TPP; the EU's handling of the refugee problem and the uncertain effects of Brexit, all of which will hit the textile and apparel industry. Most of the ASEAN countries rely on the solid-state system of the United States and the European Union to export clothes, so as to enjoy the United States (GSP) generalized preferential tariff system, and now these preferential taxes may also face the test.

Specific to ASEAN countries: fabrics and accessories rely heavily on imports, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, lack of funds in channels, high production costs but backward technology, and low-quality labor and manpower become common problems. In recent years, due to the increase in wage costs in Thailand, the number of textile and garment enterprises in the country has been decreasing. Although the export of garments in Indonesia in the first half of 2016 has increased compared with the same period in 2015, the cost of electricity costs accounts for 3% of the cost of garment products, and the cost of electricity for textiles accounts for the entire product. 23%; in 2016, Laos exported more than 37 million garments, with an export value of about 160 million US dollars, down 5% year-on-year; in 2016, 70% of textile raw materials in Vietnam depended on imports... This has caused many ASEAN countries to remain effectively involved in global spinning. Product value production chain.

Huang Hanliang, the representative of the ASEAN buyer and the chairman of the China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Industry Alliance, said: "In the face of rising labor costs, market shrinkage, and rising trade protectionism, countries and textile industry have only complementary advantages, building a community of interests and embracing." One Belt and One Road has a way out.” Huang Hanliang said that ASEAN has become the third largest market for Chinese textile and apparel exports, second only to the EU and the United States. Recently, the ASEAN Textile Enterprises Association (AFTEX) led the drafting of relevant documents. ASEAN intends to become the world's textile and garment industry center. It intends to complement each other and seek a win-win situation with a view to cooperating with China and India.

So, where is the space for cooperation between China and ASEAN textile and garment enterprises? The exhibition will bring the ASEAN merchants “please come in” with the advantage of the production-type market. Can the Chinese textile enterprises “go out” be synchronized?

In his speech, Wu Dejiang, president of the Vietnam Garment and Textile Association (VITAS), envisioned plans for cooperation between the Vietnamese textile and garment industry and Chinese companies, and planned to drop production technology and research. Technical cooperation to support its textile materials, production process, auxiliary production, new textile materials with typical differentiation and improvement of corresponding testing methods; scientific cooperation to deepen the strategic development of Vietnam cotton, mining can help in agricultural planting and bioengineering The linkage advantage of the textile industry. Cooperation or involve human resources, designers, testing and quality control in the textile industry.

THAMONWANVIRODCHAIYAN, a member of the Board of the Thai Textile Association, expressed the pursuit of the textile, apparel and retail industry in terms of design, quality and rapid marketization – low cost and flexibility of overall costs, and chain management of supply chains. He said that this is the strategic key and development driving force for the Thai textile industry to maintain its interests in demand growth and market competition. This time, in connection with the development of China's textile and garment industry and the supply and demand, he believes that there are more innovations and potentials. The market contains it.

He Enjia, president of the Textile Chamber of Commerce of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, said that Cambodia plans to establish a production base for surface and auxiliary materials, and set up a “industry-focused textile, printing and dyeing industrial park” in the mode of special economic zones, focusing on sewage treatment, heating, power supply and investment reduction. Cost, lower operating costs, and a tax-free period of up to 9 years, creating opportunities for upstream suppliers to invest in the country's textile and apparel industry.

It can be seen that in the new industrial division of labor, the complementary advantages of China-ASEAN textile and garment enterprises “please come in + go out” are contributing to the simultaneous development. Wang Xiongchang, secretary general of the China-ASEAN Small and Medium Enterprise Trade Promotion Platform (CASTPP), said that CASTPP will work to promote dialogue and cooperation between China and ASEAN SMEs, do a good job in textile industry international trade policy, and introduce two-way superior products to bring more benefits to both parties. More opportunities.