Textile Industry Investment Promotion Conference: New Spark Of Collision Between China And Kyrgyzstan Textile Industry

Kyrgyzstan textile investment promotion conference was held in Beijing. Ba Barnouw, vice premier of the country, expressed his strong desire to introduce equipment, technology, capital and production experience, and establish joint ventures to revitalize Kyrgyzstan's textile industry. Meanwhile, in July of this year, China's Xinjiang clothing (apparel) Industry Association led a group of Xinjiang entrepreneurs to visit the Central Asian countries. Zhang Tongzhi, President of the Xinjiang garment industry association, said the Xinjiang autonomous region is in talks with the Kyrgyzstan government. In the future, it will plan to build a garment industry with an area of about 530 thousand square meters in the future. Park 。 This shows that Kyrgyzstan and China's textile and garment enterprises in the future will likely collide with new sparks.

Chinese Enterprises: the combination of exports and investment

Duan Weiming, general manager of Xinjiang Ming heavy Garment Co., Ltd. is busy with the construction of Kyrgyzstan garment production base. According to the data released by the Kyrgyzstan National Statistical Commission, the total import and export volume of Kyrgyzstan in the first half of June this year was 3 billion 129 million US dollars, down 5.3% from the same period last year, and the import volume dropped by 9.5% compared with the same period last year. The import volume of textiles decreased by 18 million 500 thousand US dollars. Nevertheless, for Duan Weiming, who has been operating in the Central Asian market for many years, there are risks and opportunities, and there are market, demand and potential.

Xinjiang Ming heavy Garment Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in garment processing and export business. Its main products are men's suits, suits, down garments and cotton garments. The annual production capacity is 260 thousand sets of garments, with an annual production value of 20 million yuan. Last year, the company achieved export sales of US $8 million 70 thousand, and sales in the first 8 months of this year reached nearly $9 million, exceeding the total sales in 2013. Duan Weiming said: "at present, most of our products have entered the Russian and Eastern European markets. This year, the production and processing capacity of enterprises has been increasing, and orders are adequate in the Kyrgyzstan market. The order quantity of garments such as cotton clothes and skirts increased by 40% over the same period last year. This is an important factor for the growth of the business performance this year. In addition, this year we have also taken orders for some school uniforms in the country. Duan Weiming predicts that by the end of this year, the company's sales will exceed 100 million dollars. At present, enterprises have sales outlets in the Dole doy market in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and the Barak Hawke market in Almaty, Kazakhstan, hoping to radiate the Russian market and other Central Asian countries through these two outlets.

Duan Weiming also said that with the political and economic development of Central Asian countries Development Its demand for foreign investment and imports is also changing. Take Kyrgyzstan as an example, at present, the country has developed from a single import to a combination of import and investment business mode. Therefore, it is difficult for Chinese textile and garment enterprises to export garments to the country simply. This is also an important reason why Xinjiang Ming heavy Garment Co. Ltd. is eager to set up a garment production base in the country.

Kyrgyz Kyrgyz: technical talents are popular.

Kyrgyzstan's labour force lacks training and decentralization, and the level of labour migration is high. The unemployment rate is 10%~20% of the active population. Under the influence of political turmoil, the government is unable and willing to create employment. Hundreds of thousands of Kyrgyzstan workers regularly travel to Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries, causing a seasonal shortage of domestic labor, especially during cotton harvest. Kyrgyzstan market, enterprises and Services Association chief responsible person said that because of the lack of skilled clothing workers, many entrepreneurs are very anxious. In fact, production enterprises have many orders, and there are many new designs, but no workers are sewing. Even those who engaged in sewing for many years. Garment worker Retraining is also needed.

This situation is also confirmed by Mao Lingyan, deputy general manager of the overseas sales department of Fei Yue Group. Not only do sewing workers, including after-sale technicians, are also very scarce. Flying group takes the production of sewing equipment as the leading industry, Mao Lingyan said: "Kyrgyzstan's textile market environment determines its demand for talents. Last year, sales of textile sewing machines exported to Kyrgyzstan by flying group reached US $1 million. This is due to the group's perfect after-sales service in the local area. At the same time, we also specially equipped with corresponding professional and technical personnel, and set up stagnation points and send staff members as permanent representatives to provide product consultation and after-sales service locally. There is still a big gap in Kyrgyzstan's technical talents. We have done a lot of work in terms of after-sales service and maintenance when we sell equipment. This has increased equipment orders to a certain extent, and promoted product export. At the same time, it has also expanded the market share of the sewing machine equipment in the country, set up the brand of the enterprise, to a certain extent, is conducive to further radiating our products to the surrounding Central Asian market.

In addition, Mao Lingyan said that foreign exchange control in Central Asian countries is relatively strict, payment procedures are relatively complex and spanport costs are relatively high. As a developing country, Kyrgyzstan has both opportunities and risks. Many factors make most foreign investment enterprises still on the sidelines to invest in the country.