According to the Vietnamese Textile Association (Vitas) data, Vietnamese textile exports reached nearly $ 23 billion, a year-on-year increase of more than 50%, exceeding Bangladesh, ranking second only to China second.

However, since July, the complex epidemic in the southern provinces has begun to spread, affecting the production and operation of the enterprise.

In addition to worried that the epidemic will affect the supply chain, the rising logistics costs, the container is seriously short, and many harbor export goods are congested to directly affect the production of textile enterprises.

The logistics costs currently accounting for approximately 9% of the cost of Vietnamese product are rising sharply. According to VNDIRECT, the price of container leasing has been doubled six months before this year. At the same time, the shortage of containers affects the business of ODM and OBM orders, and slows down the delivery progress of the partner.

In addition, the increase in freight rate will also make down pressure on the purchase price. Textile processing companies use FOB exports, and the delivery of goods is only small indirect. But if the delivery time cannot be guaranteed, it will affect the delivery commitment to partners and customers. In this case, there is no other law in addition to the delivery time of the partner.

Another difficulty in the textile industry in the second half of the year is to waste. Vitas predicts if the new crown epidemic is controlled at the end of August, and the number of workers is expected to reach only 60-65%. Vitas Chairman Wu Dejiang said: In the next few times, the shortage of labor resources will be very serious.

At present, many textile and apparel companies are considering choosing the original accessories from south to north to avoid production interruptions. But even in this case, Mr. Jiang said that when the company has an additional transportation cost, it is not optimistic, and it is difficult to guarantee the delivery time of each brand company.

The Chairman Vitas said that in the current pressing situation, it is a fundamental issue for the vaccination of many workers including the production area of the industrial zone and industrial park textile enterprises.

Faced with many challenges, but the opportunities of textile industry still exist, which is from the competitors. According to VNDIRECT reports, India, Myanmar and many other countries have also been influenced by the Vietnamese clothing industry "direct competitors", also have been affected by new championships, so that clothing factories currently have only 50% of capacity.