Li Feng Leads The Trade And Logistics Industry.

　 Events in the past few months have clearly demonstrated that China's labor costs are rising. Other manufacturing economies in Asia are also affected.

　　 Lifeng So is Le Yumin, President of Li & Fung Ltd. (Bruce Rockowitz). Li Feng is a leader in the trade and logistics industry, one of the main toys and clothing buyers of Wal-Mart and Target.

On Thursday, Le Yumin said that the prices we and our customers had already increased, and we eased the pressure by purchasing from Bangladesh, Vietnam and China.

But labor and raw material costs are also rising in these countries.

He said that these countries do not say all of them, at least most of them are looking for guidelines for pricing from China. When the price of China rises, most other countries will follow up. There is also the problem of rising labor costs in other parts of the world outside China.

Li Feng plays an intermediary role between manufacturers in China and Southeast Asia and retailers in Europe and the United States. The company has a good understanding of the trade and manufacturing of global consumer goods. Of the goods it handles, China makes slightly over half, Southeast Asia accounts for 21%, and South Asia accounts for 15%. The fastest growth in output in the first half of this year was 27%, while Vietnam and China grew by 19% and 15% respectively. China has increased by 10%.

Le Yumin said, we are experiencing manufacturing industry A major change in the country will take a few years to settle down.

The rise is not just about labor costs.

He said raw material prices have also risen and commodity prices have risen. Overall, cost pressures must exist, though the market is relatively weak.

　　 Retailer They will have to digest these increased costs themselves instead of passing them on to consumers who are short of money.

Le Yumin said that most retailers are accepting price increases, and they have no choice. Not only is China's price rising, it is rising everywhere. I think it will be more difficult to pass the price increase to the consumers in the market. So what retailers really want is how to improve efficiency and how to reduce sales promotions.

In the overall view of the economy, Le Yumin feels that consumer sentiment has fluctuated in the past few weeks.

He said, for retailers, although no matter how the business has not declined significantly, but it has not been able to compare with that year; now the slowdown is certainly not the two time, consumers are still spending money; this is a change, and we do not know how long it will last.