Fur Manufacturers In China Look For Ways To Survive

< p > every May, it is time for mink farmers to choose minks. However, with the price of marten in Copenhagen auctioned in February this year, the enthusiasm of selecting mink farmers has declined.

Take mink as an example. In Shandong, Zhucheng, the largest mink breeding base in China, mink stocks decreased by nearly 20% compared with previous years.

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The P crisis, which is far away from Ukraine, has allowed mink farmers in Shandong Zhucheng to lose the two largest fur market in Ukraine and Russia.

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< p > < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > National /a > mink slaughter total 1/4, the world's total 1/8 of the largest mink breeding enterprise, special forest animal breeding professional cooperatives (hereinafter referred to as "big forest cooperative"), the export volume is even zero this year.

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< p > however, the great forest cooperative seems to be enthusiastic and busy in importing high-quality species of mink.

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< p > < strong > China or the largest fur clothing consumer country in the world < /strong > /p >

< p > since 1960s, the famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld waved a taboo scissors and divided the luxurious fur into a hippie and futuristic style. After the shock of the whole design world, fur became an indispensable element.

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< p > in recent years, fur clothing has been favored by more and more people.

According to the China Leather Association, by 2015, the market volume of domestic fur will reach 16 billion 423 million yuan.

China intelligence network also predicts that by 2018, China's annual production of natural fur clothing will exceed 5 million.

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Zhu Xiaolin, media director of the International Fur Association China Representative Office, told China Economic Weekly that the value of global fur trade has exceeded US $40 billion in 2014. According to the data from 2010 to 2011, the total retail sales of fur products amounted to US $15 billion and China accounted for 1/4 of the total.

According to relevant data, it is possible that China will become the world's largest consumer of fur clothing in 2015. "

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< p > China's fur clothing market has huge cake, which has brought about the development of China's fur animal breeding industry. Up to now, China's annual fur production has reached about 6 million, with a considerable amount.

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< p > however, by the late 2013, the price crash has affected, since the second quarter of 2014 to the end of May, the price of mink has fallen 10~20 yuan / Zhang, raccoon skin dropped 20~40 yuan / Zhang, fox fur dropped 20~70 yuan / Zhang, rabbit skin fell 10~20 yuan / Zhang.

Even the crisis in Ukraine, which is thousands of miles away, has brought huge impact to China's fur market.

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Since P, the quality of domestic mink is far from the international market due to the lack of standardized aquaculture industry, poor breed selection, poor breeding techniques, and inbreeding and lagging management.

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< p > "the difference is ten thousand."

Dong Jinyan, the backbone of the big forest cooperative, told the China Economic Weekly that farmers know that fur animals have a good environment for survival, and the fur quality they produce will be high.

The best mink skin in the world is around 600 yuan, and we can only sell about 200 yuan.

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< p > > SUN Wan Hong, director of the great forest cooperative, said that after 1980s, mink has been able to enter the farmer's home. Compared with foreign counterparts, the farmers' scattered courtyard culture can not provide enough space for animals, and the backward leather picking technology also leads to poor fur efficiency.

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< p > 2005, Sun Wanhong led the establishment of special forest animal breeding professional cooperatives in Zhucheng City, providing unified and coordinated loans, unified planning and construction, unified variety improvement, unified feed supply, unified disease prevention and control, and unified product sales for community members.

Intensification brings about 350 thousand yuan per household net income, and "good farmers earn 800000 yuan a year is also common."

Sun Wanhong said.

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Less than P, the development of intensive mode from small-scale operation to standardized breeding and modern culture equipment is the only way for fur animal breeding in China.

Zhu Xiaolin said that the emergence of large forest cooperatives such as the emergence of the past 10 years, developed countries in Europe, especially Denmark and Finland have increased export equipment to China.

"It can be said that most of the intensive farms in China have reached the European standard."

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< p > "sustainable development of breeding links is the ultimate source of value of fur industry, rather than small profits but quick turnover."

In Sun Wanhong's opinion, paying no attention to the sustainable development of aquaculture links often brings economic losses, which is a bloody lesson for fur producers.

"We have been integrating with mink farming in Denmark, and now we have a set of standards that combine Canadian and Danish experience and are based on our own reality."

Sun Wanhong said.

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< p > < strong > "not only to sell fur, but also to make clothes" < /strong > /p >

< p > by the end of 2013, the great forest cooperative has made a surprise choice for the industry. When the international market is not good, 15000 fine breeds of mink will be introduced from Copenhagen charter aircraft in Denmark, and this work will last for 5 years.

"We now have more than 50 thousand mink imported from Denmark, and we plan to breed 2 million in 5 years."

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< p > when many people looked at Sun Wanhong with suspicious eyes, he said that the feed prices were lower now, and the cooperative used this gap to breed.

"In fact, every industry and every enterprise has its inherent laws of growth and development. From the outside, the pace of industrial development has slowed down, but this slowdown is aimed at better entering the next round of rapid growth."

Sun Wanhong said, "the price of mink is generally three to five years of ups and downs, so after 35 years, all of our mink have been successful."

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< p > Zhu Xiaolin told China Economic Weekly that the fur produced in China was originally used for export, but now it has been used more to meet the needs of the domestic market.

Data show that since 2005, the share of China's fur exports has declined all the way, from the peak of 80% of total output to exports, down to 14% of 2012 for export.

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< p > "consumers in China's two or three tier cities have bought 86% of China's own fur."

Zhu Xiaolin said.

Some experts say that although the world fur industry processing center and consumer center are moving to China, due to the development history and product quality, the brand of fur clothing is still abroad. Domestic related enterprises can only play the role of passive price receivers, earn limited processing fees with low profit export orders, and the profit margins of industries are seriously squeezed.

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< p > "we will not only sell fur, but also make clothes."

Sun Wanhong said that in addition to improving fur quality, their technology and design have been greatly improved in recent years. Therefore, the cooperative is relying on previous accumulation and is preparing to build a garment industrial park.

"Increasing the content of science and technology, increasing the added value, and combining the fur culture with the environment perfectly is an innovative move ahead of the whole country."

Sun Wanhong said.

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