Cotton prices, curtains and curtains

This year's cotton price continued its upward trend in 2009. The price of mainland seed cotton reached 9.6 yuan to 10.8 yuan per kilogram, setting a record price in the past 10 years. The cotton price has soared by about 50% in the past six months. On October 25th, transaction prices of electronic cotton blending transactions in the national cotton trading market continued to rise, and contract price increases for domestic cotton 328B cotton were all around 670 yuan/ton, or about 2.5%. On the same day, the cotton price of the main contract of Zhengzhou ** Exchange in May 2011 rose by RMB 1255 per ton compared with the previous trading day, reaching a 5% daily limit.

The continuous rise in the prices of upstream raw materials has already been reflected in the end markets. Because the proportion of raw material costs in branded apparel is not dominant, the rise in cotton prices has not been significant in the retail price of high-end brand clothing in major shopping malls. Instead, the prices of middle and low-end products, which are closely related to people’s lives, have risen sharply.

It is understood that in the traditional manufacturing cost of textile processing products, the cost of raw materials accounts for 60% to 75%. Therefore, cotton underwear, shirts, fabrics and other end products are sensitive to the fluctuation of raw material prices. “In the past, the price of cotton has risen by a few cents per meter, but it can now rise by two or three dollars at a time.” said the owner of a textile shop in Sanqiaoqiao textile market.

"The price of every metre of cloth when my friend bought it was 16 dollars in the first few months of the same curtain. Now I'll buy it for 20 meters. After all, a set of curtains and fabrics costs a lot more money. "Ms. Yang, who buys curtains in the textile market, said.

According to statistics, due to the rise in the price of fabrics, the price of direct-related products such as curtains, quilts, quilts, and sofa covers has risen by 23%, while clothing with more cotton, such as underwear and shirts, has appeared in different degrees of price. rise.