"Then how did you answer?" Shen Ying asked Fan Wuyi on the bed after returning to the hotel at night.

"What else can I do then?" Fan Wubing shrugged. "It's rare for Captain No. 1 to open his mouth once. I can still push away such a small request? Naturally, I agreed."

"But how do you deal with so much wool?" Shen Ying was very troubled by Fan Wuyi.

New Zealand is the world's third largest wool producer, with wool production accounting for about 14% of the world's wool output, and the world's second largest wool exporting country, with its wool export trade accounting for about 12% of the world's.

New Zealand’s sheep farming began in the late eighteenth century and was first brought in by British colonists. In the 1850s, large-scale sheep farming was developed on the natural grasslands along the coast of the North and South islands. The total number of breeding has reached more than 300,000 heads.

At the end of the 19th century, with the emergence of New Zealand gold mines and the influx of a large number of foreign immigrants, the demand for mutton continued to increase. With the advent of refrigerated ships, mutton could be exported in large quantities, and the sheep breeds raised in New Zealand gradually changed from mainly producing wool The merino sheep transitioned to the British sheep that used both wool and meat.

By the 1930s, the number of sheep raised had risen to 30 million, making it one of the world's major wool producing and exporting countries, and a ranch management pattern that basically produced semi-fine wool sheep and wool and meat sheep was basically formed.

After the Second World War, New Zealand first applied and promoted aircraft sowing grass and topsoil fertilization in the world, turning most natural pastures into high-yielding improved pastures. Sheep raising methods were generally adopted, and sheep selection and breeding were carried out according to local conditions. Adopting advanced sheep-raising technology and management system, it has become an advanced country in sheep-raising together with Australia. By 1971, the number of sheep raised reached nearly 60 million.

Later, after Britain joined the European Community, New Zealand lost its traditional main export market, and the trend of sheep breeding was suppressed. Since then, the New Zealand government continued to implement a high-welfare policy and subsidized the export of industrial and agricultural products. In addition, the popularity of natural fiber clothing led to an increase in wool consumption in the world market. In the most glorious period of the industry, the number of sheep exceeded 70 million, a record high.

However, since the late 1980s, due to the weakening of the comparative advantages of the sheep industry, the sheep industry in New Zealand has been in decline, and the number of sheep raised has been reduced to more than 40 million.

Sheep raising is the main industry for farmers and herdsmen in New Zealand to survive. One out of every twelve people in the country is engaged in sheep production.

"I have read the information. New Zealand wool is sold through the wool auction market and purchased directly from wool producers by individual retailers. The former accounts for more than 60% of the total wool sales. Therefore, the New Zealand wool auction market Price changes will guide the overall price trend of New Zealand wool." Fan Wubing said to Shen Ying, "But if we deal directly with the government to accept wool, the price will probably suffer. That's why the No. 1 chief asked me. The original intention to take over this business."

In recent years, due to the cancellation of agricultural subsidies by the New Zealand government, the export of wool has been affected to a certain extent. In recent years, the export volume of wool has been below 200,000 tons. The demand for wool is not strong, so this year's wool exports from New Zealand will probably drop to 150,000 to 60,000 tons, which can be said to be the lowest level in history.

It is for this reason that the New Zealand government considers establishing a good relationship with China and recognizing China's market economy status in exchange for solving this important issue that affects New Zealand's economy.

New Zealand's wool export market is relatively fragmented, of which China and the United Kingdom are the two main export markets, and about one-third of the wool is exported to China and the United Kingdom. In the past two years, China’s wool textile raw material demand structure has shifted to worsted raw materials, while the UK’s demand for hybrid wool is relatively strong. Therefore, the number of wool exported from New Zealand to the UK has shown an upward trend year by year. This has greatly affected New Zealand's wool exports to China.

"That is to say, once you agree to this matter, it is very likely that you will lose money without earning it?" Shen Ying leaned on Fan Wuyi's back and watched him look up the various materials just collected on the laptop. "There is also a sudden increase in the import of New Zealand wool, which will also cause a relatively large impact on the domestic wool market, or will cause strong opposition from the people in the pastoral area."

"It's not enough." Fan Wubing shook his head. "Wool is still somewhat different. There are still some differences in the use of domestic wool and imported wool. As long as it is used properly, it will not cause much impact. ."

In fact, the competition for the domestic wool import market is fierce. Australia and New Zealand are also the two largest wool exporters in the world. Australia and New Zealand are inherently competitive.

The relationship between Australia and China has not been very harmonious for some time, and the production of wool in mainland China is also expanding. Therefore, Australia's wool exports to China have been greatly affected, and New Zealand has suffered heavy losses.

But domestic wool production also has very serious shortcomings. For a long time, the government has invested in wool improvement in most years in China to purchase fine varieties to support the development of fine wool. The fact that China's fine wool production can account for about 40% of the total wool output today is inseparable from government support.

Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, the national exhibition of dairy cows, beef cattle, and mutton sheep has continued to provide policy incentives and financial support, but has not invested in wool improvement. Without the support of the state, farmers and herdsmen have benefited from comparative benefits, and the improvement of wool has gradually faded. Therefore, the entire improvement of wool has been in a state of halt and semi-stop. At the same time, there has been a resurgence and reverse reform.

The problem of domestic wool mixing and other mixing has been in existence for a long time, and it has not been able to be solved well. This is related to the indifferent hierarchical concept of farmers and herdsmen and the traditional shearing methods that have been followed for many years. Traffickers have a low quality and indifferent hierarchical concepts. In addition, sometimes the wool sales are strong, so they can't take care of that much. They pick up the basket with vegetables.

"There is a very serious problem now. Although domestic wool production has increased, but its quality has declined, it cannot be used in high-end clothing fabrics at all. Imported wool is still the mainstay." Fan Wuyao looked at the information. , Scratched his head, "The biggest problem now is that domestic enterprises can't digest so much high-quality wool."

In recent years, due to the impact of the Southeast Asian financial crisis, the prices of raw materials have risen, the domestic and foreign textile markets have remained weak, the consumer demand for woolen textiles has been weak, and the prices of products have fallen.

At present, in addition to some light and thin, high-count woolen fabrics, products that adopt new technologies, new processes, and new functions, and brand-name products that are recognized by consumers in various markets, the old-faced blended woolen yarn, woolen fabrics, woolen sweaters, suits and other products are due to their The backlog is still serious due to lagging design and traditional varieties.

The dual pressures of rising raw materials and falling product prices have made wool spinning enterprises more difficult to operate, their operating rates have fallen, and their profits have declined. According to the statistics and analysis of the domestic wool textile industry research institute, most domestic wool textile companies whose main business is worsted textiles have declined in performance, and state-owned enterprises have suffered more losses, and the entire industry is losing money, with losses exceeding 60%. , Is the part of the state-owned textile industry that suffers serious losses.

China is the world's largest consumer market, but if New Zealand wool wants to gain access to this potential market in China, it must deal with a series of severe technical and marketing challenges.

Competition from other fibers is also fierce. These fibers include man-made fibers at the textile industry level and cotton fibers at the consumer level. Wool is giving way to these fibers, especially cotton fibers.

There is a certain gap between wool and the requirements of Chinese consumers. When Chinese consumers are becoming rich and seeking fashionable and high-quality clothing, wool has not communicated with consumers in time, so consumers are losing their right Interest in wool, and don’t understand this fiber and what exactly can it be used for?

"Then have you come up with any solution now?" Shen Ying asked Fan Wuyi with great concern.

"There are always ways, but there are difficulties and easy, it is difficult to decide for a while~lightnovelpub.net~ Fan Wuyao replied somewhat reservedly.

"Then quickly talk about it--" Shen Ying wore a lighter silk pajamas, rubbing against Fan Wuyi's back, making him a little angry for a while. After all, he is a newlywed Yaner and a young man. Energetic.

"Well—" Fan Wuyi came back to catch Shen Ying, then pressed her on the bed, and said with a somewhat unstable breath, "One of them is to set up several large-scale clothing manufacturers to digest the wool on their own and produce high-end products. Fabrics, the cost of this is very large, and the effect is slower."

"It's really troublesome to do this. When your factory is built, the wool should have worms." Shen Ying said, twisting under Fan Wu's body.

"The other one is simpler." Fan Wubing quickly entered Shen Ying's body.

"What? Oh—ah—" Shen Ying asked.

"You have to understand that the wool comes out of the sheep." Fan Wubian grabbed Shen Ying's two arms, pulled her up, and sat on her body, making her move, and said, " You said that if all the sheep in New Zealand died of a flu or something, wouldn't all my problems be solved?"