Analysis Of Second-Hand Clothing Export Status And Development Bottleneck

< p > during this season changing season, some second-hand a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > clothes < /a > were burned and burdled, some of them were treated by fibrosis as industrial raw materials for reuse, and some went across the sea to the world's largest old clothing market, Africa.

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< p > reporter recently found that China's second hand clothing exports to Africa, which first dates back to twenty years ago, began to become active again last year.

According to media reports, Guangzhou has formed a complete "a href=" http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "second hand clothing industry chain" /a, most of which are exported to Africa.

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< p > this is an industry chain that needs to eliminate misunderstandings and strengthen norms.

Unlike the circulation market of second-hand clothing in Europe and the United States, there is a problem of legitimacy in these enterprises in China.

The other side of the coin is that in the face of the African continent's demand for second-hand clothing, the European and American countries have eaten a large piece of cake, and Chinese enterprises are also taking the market share.

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< p > "I hope that the government will formulate relevant laws and regulations to regulate this industry, so that the enterprises that really engage in this industry can operate legally and support legitimate and qualified enterprises to become bigger and stronger."

Fang Xiaodong, founder of China's old clothes net, told reporters.

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< p > the industrial chain of second-hand clothes exported to Africa can be broken down as follows: export enterprises entrust others to "Taobao" on the market, which is to collect goods; the shipment is entrusted to trading companies to face the African market.

The low price is 300 yuan / ton, the high price is two thousand or three thousand yuan / ton, the export price is low, but several thousand yuan is higher than the ten thousand yuan.

But considering the loss of resale of old clothes (uneven volume collection) and manpower and pportation costs, the export of old clothes is no longer a profiteering industry.

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< p > the earliest export of Chinese old clothes to Africa can be traced back to twenty years ago. At that time, there were only one or two enterprises in Guangdong, and the export industry of these old clothes developed slowly in the next decade.

Fang Xiaodong said that in 2012, enterprises engaged in the export of old clothes sprang up like mushrooms.

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< p > how old is the old clothes market in China? Hebei University Of Science and Technology, < a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > textile < /a > a target= "_blank" href= "target=" > a clothing survey of Hebei residents in 2009 showed that nearly half of the households stored more than 30 large waste clothes, and each family had to buy more than 10 new clothes every year.

The survey roughly predicted that in 2012 the whole country or 200 billion yuan worth of old clothes were eliminated.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong told reporters that the company registered in 2012 to become a member of China's old clothes net has soared.

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According to the statistical data of China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association (P), China's textile production amounted to 43 million tons in 2011. About 26 million tons of old clothes were thrown away every year in China, and hundreds of tons of waste textiles were recycled each year in China.

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< p > most of the old clothes are hidden in the wardrobe or buried in the rubbish dump.

Insiders familiar with second-hand clothing treatment told our reporter that, for health reasons, China banned the sale of old clothes, but allowed for recycling and decomposition into raw materials.

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< p > in Fang Xiaodong's view, the biggest problem in the development of China's old clothes export market is legitimacy.

In the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, India and other countries to support it as an environmental protection industry, such as old clothing raw materials recycling free, and even subsidies.

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< p > exports become a channel to revitalize the stock of old clothes, and the main destination is Africa.

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< p > an old clothing exporters named Zhong Xing told our reporter that China, referring to the export standards of international old clothes, classified the old clothes recycled into category A, B and C.

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< p > "class a old clothes require more than 70% new, not dirty, no fading, no hair ball, B category of old clothes requirements are lower than Class A, C goods are worse and not sell well."

He said.

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< p > because of the huge market of old clothes in Africa, there is demand for all kinds of clothes.

The old clothing export enterprises will purchase goods from the self-employed or enterprises that specialize in the recycling of old clothes.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong said that the purchase price of old clothes in different places is quite different. It is rather confusing. "Hebei's old clothes (without sorting processing) is about 300~600 yuan per ton, and Zhejiang is about 1200~1800 yuan per ton, while the same goods are about 2000~3000 yuan per ton in Guangzhou.

Generally speaking, the price of coastal port cities is higher than that of inland cities, and prices are rising step by step.

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< p > in fact, the sale of old clothes is not as bad as people imagine. The old clothes with poor color will be used for the two time, for example, after fibrosis treatment, they are used as industrial raw materials.

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< p > Japan has enterprises recycling waste materials in China, pported back to Japan to produce recycled fibers, and then used as "a target=" _blank "href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/ "> cloth < /a > and yarn exported to China.

Some enterprises have discussed the construction of recycling facilities in China.

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< p > according to the regular channels, only fine colored clothing can be sorted, compressed and packaged through disinfection, and exported to Africa through entrusted trade companies.

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< p > generally speaking, the domestic export of old clothes is calculated according to the cargo ship's sleeping cabinet. A sleeping cabinet can hold 28 tons of old clothes.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong told this reporter that the price of one ton of old clothes exported to Africa is generally around 4000~20000 yuan, which is related to the color of goods, for example, there is leather in the goods, and the price can exceed ten thousand.

"If you recycle one ton of old clothes for 3000 yuan, after picking, you may only have 1/3 summer wear, and then calculate the manpower cost and pportation cost. The profit is not too high."

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< p > Mr. Zhong said that, for normal purposes, the value of an old clothes in a cabinet is about 200000 yuan, but the final gross profit is about 30 thousand yuan.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong said that the market opened in China is mainly in southern Africa, West Africa and Central Africa.

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< p > the above mentioned business owners said that China's old clothes shipped to West African countries such as Benin, East African countries such as Kenya, Central African countries such as Uganda.

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< p > African countries such as Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya call second-hand clothes mitumba, meaning "bags".

This is because the second-hand clothing in the United States and other countries (usually half a ton of packages) is shipped to Africa through merchant ships, so mitumba is the general name of the local people for imported old clothes.

There are mitumba markets in different sizes.

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< p > in recent years, Africans have become increasingly demanding on the quality and fashion of old clothes.

"Although African consumers buy a lot of B goods, in their eyes, the quality of China's goods is slightly worse than that of the United States, Japan and South Korea, and B goods are equivalent to C products of the United States, Japan and South Korea.

So the quality of goods determines our profits and losses.

Zhong said.

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< p > except China, the countries exporting the old clothes to Africa are mainly the United States, Britain, Holland, Japan and Korea.

According to Fang Xiaodong, at present, the United States exports more than 70% of the old clothing market in Africa, followed by developed countries such as Japan and South Korea.

Take France as an example, Madagascar's imports of old clothes from France in 2011 are its tenth largest imports, with an import volume of US $6 million 850 thousand, accounting for more than 3% of total imports.

According to the website of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, Cameroon, the West African country, imported more than 20 thousand tons of old clothes from Europe a year.

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< p > but Africa is not a selling paradise for second-hand clothes.

Some African countries have banned the import of old clothing because of fears that the old clothes market will impede the development of local garment and textile industry.

For example, Nigeria will include old clothes in the absolute prohibition of imports.

Customs tariffs on old clothes vary from country to country. In West African countries Sierra Leone, for example, the CIF value of old clothes is 1 US dollars / kg, and customs duties and sales taxes are 20% and 15% respectively.

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< p > < strong > legitimacy problem < /strong > < /p >.

< p > for the export of old clothes, including Fang Xiaodong and some business owners, self-discipline and heteronomy are prerequisites and necessary conditions for the healthy and sustainable development of the industry.

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< p > "I don't understand why this industry in China is like a rat in the street, everyone shouting."

The above Zhongbo enterprise owner said.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong said that most of the industry is scattered at present and there are less than 20 large companies.

Some small companies want to register, but can not find the corresponding registration type. They can only register trading companies, while others do not do this in order to evade taxes.

In addition, customs declaration has no old clothes. This item can only be declared by textiles or waste.

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< p > a small number of merchants will reclaim old clothes, such as OEM or illegal refurbishment, which disturbs the market order and brings bad reputation to the industry.

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< p > Fang Xiaodong suggested that with the growth of the industry, the government should formulate corresponding laws and regulations to regulate its development. For example, illegal businesses ban their business qualifications and support legitimate and qualified enterprises.

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< p > Zhong said that the profit of this line has not been high. With the recovery of old clothes, the price of raw materials is rising. If the quality control of old clothes is not strict, it may lose money.

Because if the supplier is not good enough to put some rubbish into the old clothes, it needs to clean up the cost, if the quality is too poor to dry a day.

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Another problem facing the old clothes market is p shortage.

Fang Xiaodong told this reporter that at present, people who are engaged in the export of old clothes have a low level of culture, and the ability of foreign language communication and network application is not good enough.

This also makes China not yet fully open Africa's huge old clothes sales market.

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