It is estimated that the cashmere raw material price will rise by about 15% in 2011

Xinhua News Agency, Paris, France, December 26th The French “Le Figaro” recently reported that due to the enthusiasm of consumers for cashmere fashion, the supply of cashmere raw materials is tight, and industry insiders expect the price of cashmere raw materials to increase by about 15% in 2011. Will cause cashmere fashion prices to rise.

As once rare luxury fabrics, comfortable cashmere fabrics have become popular in recent years. In French clothing chains or big shopping malls, a cashmere sweater costs about 50 to 100 euros. The harsh winter that affected many countries this year also stimulated consumers' pursuit of cashmere fabrics.

Michel Jura, the deputy general manager of the “Lafayette” shopping mall in France, predicts that the mall will sell 300,000 pieces of cashmere fabrics this year, which is a 30% increase from last year and will continue to maintain this growth rate in 2011.

French professional cashmere fashion brand "Eric-Bonpal" is expected to sell more than 500,000 cashmere sweaters this year and total sales will reach 65 million euros.

According to reports, more than 85% of the world's cashmere is produced in Inner Mongolia, China. There is a goat that lives in the extreme climate of the Gobi, and it can grow long, fine hair. Eric-Bonpal stated that the number of such goats did not exceed 15,000 20 years ago, and the current statistics show that it has reached 70 million.

According to the Le Figaro newspaper, Chinese cashmere used to be mainly exported to Scotland and Italy. Local fashion companies woven cashmere into cashmere sweaters, each priced at about 300 euros. Since the import quotas for apparel products were cut in the 1980s, the "Erik-Bonpal" cashmere fashion company established a subsidiary in China and cooperated with the Chinese company "Ordos (600295)" and held "Ordos". 20% of the company's shares, the cooperation adopted the "culture - textile - clothing" vertical business model, reducing the cost of production, so that "Eric - Bangpal" cashmere fashion prices by two-thirds.