Down clothing quilt price difference of nearly ten times

It's a hot day, and after a few months, you may have to buy more Down jackets and duvets for more money.

Although the sudden outbreak of bird flu was far away, it blew down the price of down feathers, doubled its price in a month, and remained at the highest level in history.

With the signal of shortage of raw wool, all links in the industry chain have been affected by price changes. Xiaoshan, many down products companies in the “down town” are on the skid; now is the peak season for the down industry, and the shortage of down and down raw materials has brought about a substantial increase in production costs, which has caused European and American customers to feel the coolness. Many consumers have also quietly asked a question mark: Will down jackets and duvets rise in prices this winter?

Crazy Downskin Difficult to find "Searching for a squad" Scene Xiaoshan Xintang street, gathered hundreds of down and related products companies, basically export-oriented. Right now is the peak season for the production of down products, companies are looking for "Mao" worry.

Made more than 20 years of down, Du Dasheng, executive deputy general manager of Hangzhou Samsung Down Co., Ltd. was the first time this year encountered this market: more than a month down double prices. This increase started from the mass culling of poultry after the bird flu outbreak in mid-April. At present, 100% white cashmere (raw material) containing 100% cashmere has risen from RMB 300,000/ton in early March to RMB 600,000/ton now, and it has soared to RMB 700,000/ton in mid-May.

“In the past, duckweed was a price, the two sides signed a procurement agreement, the actual selling price of duck down can only be lower than the price of the agreement, can not be higher than it, but this year broke the law.” Du Dasheng said that since mid-April, down prices a day A change, even early, middle and late quotes are not the same.

Samsung's main business is the export down feather bedding, this piece of feather consumption of 1,500 tons per year, but also inside and outside the province of many companies down supplies of raw materials, add up to a total of 2,000 tons down demand throughout the year. "Now it is sold (down) and cannot be bought (raw material)."

The down collection of raw hair was mainly based on domestic production, but also a small part from France, Canada and Thailand, but the proportion was very small. In China, there are two main sources of raw materials for making down feathers. One is to purchase from retailers, and the other is to purchase from large-scale farms and slaughterhouses.

“The scattered duck feathers on the market are of unstable quality and the quantity is not large. We mostly purchase quantities from some production areas.” Du Dasheng said that different raw materials have different textures. For example, Shandong has mainly white ducks and three northeastern provinces have Mainly goose, gray ducks are mainly produced in Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing and so on.

On April 27th, China Feather Industry Association released an open letter to the down industry dealer on its official website. The company said that due to the spread of bird flu, the raw material supply chain in the down industry was broken, and down production enterprises stepped into the "difficult period." This letter has made many down peers anxious and has also brought the industry the most severe test.

Xiaoshan's many down companies purchased the raw hair mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and were the places where the epidemic occurred. Many companies had to go to non-endemic areas to purchase raw wool, such as the Northeast, Shandong, and Guangdong provinces. After this bird flu epidemic emerged, the In the triangle, almost no consumers eat chickens and ducks, and the supply of down supplies has plummeted.

“The prices they achieved were all grabbed out.” Du Dasheng said that now the whole country is rushing to grab goods, and even the “unpopular” region in the northeast has become “hot”, regardless of how much money the duck downed, all acquired.

A "hair" is hard to find, but also led to the downs and downs of various down companies - "swamping team" attack, on-site procurement.

"If you are not staring at them, you will be bought by others." Samsung's team has six members and has recently been active in various producing areas. "To sell it to you is to give it a face. The conditions are also the other person's final say. It must be cash."

During the breeding period, it takes 40 to 50 days for feather production to recover and it is not able to catch up with the ordering meeting. The down counters of the major shopping malls in Hangzhou are the ends of the down industry chain.

Every summer, down apparel sales companies will use three-quarters of their efforts to promote down jacket styles last year or more. However, this year's off-season promotions are not very effective.

"Now the raw materials are expensive. Down jackets must have risen in the second half of this year," the counter attendant said bluntly.

The current market: 100% white duck down raw material price 600,000 yuan / ton, equivalent to 300 yuan / kg, and in early March only 150 to 160 yuan / kg, the production of a down jacket generally needs about 200 grams of down, and Compared to last year, down costs for down jackets rose by at least 60 yuan.

Passed to the end consumer, this effect will be amplified. “Simply put, the cost has gone up by 60 yuan, and it is at least 180 yuan more expensive to sell to consumers.” A person in charge of a down apparel manufacturing company said that the current industry’s more agreeable price increase rate is 20%, if the brand awareness is high The price increase will be even greater.

Down is more affected because it is used in more quantities. “In general, the down amount of a down duvet is 10 times that of down jackets.” Wang Da, chairman of Assijia Home Textiles Co., Ltd., said that the cost of feathers filled with duvets accounted for about 70%, and other fabrics, accessories, labor, packaging Costs account for 30%.

"Every duck has very little cashmere, and the hair on the abdomen is authentic cashmere." Wang Guoda said that it is popular to say that more than 100 ducks can make bed duvets.

The main product of Assijia Home Textiles is duvets, which are sized from 1.25 to 1.5 kilograms, and require a large amount of down materials in one year. The peak season for production will soon come, and in the face of stubbornly high down prices, they are also very embarrassing.

“Theoretic calculations are that double down prices will double the duvet production cost in the second half of the year, but the actual selling price has not yet been finalized.” Wang Guoda said that on the one hand, last year's stock of some down materials can absorb some of the cost. , but also take into account the consumer acceptance, the increase will not be too much.

In June and July of previous years, it was the peak period of domestic down apparel orders, but this year's atmosphere was a bit special. A down jacket agent Mr. Wei told reporters that last month he attended a down apparel ordering event for a brand in Hangzhou. This was an “extremely special” ordering meeting. The 300 or more down jackets displayed were not priced, and the agents only Looks like placing an order.

So there will be no rebound in down output? The view of the down industry is that the production of cashmere needs a cycle, the general breeding cycle takes about 40 to 50 days, as to whether it can return to the number of bird flu before the outbreak, is still unknown.

The price is too high to force foreigners to change orders duvet, chemical fiber, the price difference of nearly ten times the past two days, Samsung feather foreign trade manager is busy with the United States to confirm the order of the customer's amendment. The other party is a large chain department store in the United States. There are 150,000 orders for light duvets each year.

The ex-factory price for an export duvet (down to 75%) is around $80, and this year has had to face the fact that down materials have nearly doubled and duvet prices have risen by at least 60%.

Because it is an old passenger, the two sides communicated back and forth several times, either raising the price or changing the order. The price increase ranged from 20% to 30%. Even so, the company itself had to bear the other half of the cost.

"After several communications, they chose to replace some duvets with chemical fiber." The foreign trade manager said that compared with the cost of 20 yuan/kg of chemical fiber, down prices are too expensive, and the United States can't be as casual as the terminals. Price increase.

"This year's foreign trade in down products is very difficult. It can be done without any loss or loss." Fan Xiaoming, general manager of Zhejiang Hengdi Co., has similar problems. When the company was founded in 2006, it mainly played duvets. It sold 150 million yuan that year. Now, this proportion has shrunk to less than 5%, and the momentum has been caught by chemical fiber. This has a certain relationship with the economic downturn in Europe and America.

"Now the duvet escape is too late, which dares to pick more." Fan Xiaoming said that several big lists on hand were signed long before the outbreak of the bird flu epidemic, and did not take into account raw material prices rising so quickly. “Now we are all taking the initiative to discuss with our guests, reduce orders or change orders, or change to chemical fiber quilts. The difference between the two prices is nearly ten times.”

"More thanks to this, I still want to overcome this difficulty. The down industry is really harder and harder to do." Fan Xiaoming said more than once.

Xiaoshan has gathered more than 120 export-oriented down products companies. The export of down products and their products exceeds 30% of the country's total. Many companies also feel a burst of chill.

Tong Lanying, director of the planting division of Zhejiang Xiaoshan Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, said that in the past three years, the export of down products has seen continuous batches and double reductions in value, with the international market continuing to be sluggish, the scale of poultry farming gradually being reduced, and the raw material of feathers and furs continuing to rise. The reason, while the occurrence of bird flu has made the cost of down products greatly increased, exports will worsen. From January to May of this year, Xiaoshan exported 2946 batches of down quilts, down 4.3% year-on-year. This effect will continue: Some companies' orders were signed before the outbreak of bird flu, prices and quantities were already established, and shortages of raw materials and rising prices may cause the contract to fail, even if raw materials are purchased. Loss situation.