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"And how did you answer?" After returning to the hotel in the evening, Shen Ying asked Fan Wuxian on the bed.

"What else can I do?" Fan Wuxian shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's rare for the No. 1 leader to open his mouth once, just such a small request, can I still push it away?" Naturally, I agreed. ”

"But what are you going to do with all that wool?" Shen Ying was very worried about Fan Wuxi's headache.

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

Sheep farming in New Zealand began in the late 18th century, first introduced by British colonists, and in the fifties of the 19th century, a large-scale sheep farming industry developed on natural grasslands along the coast of the northern and southern islands, with a total of more than 300,000 sheep raised.

At the end of the 19th century, with the discovery of gold mines in New Zealand, the influx of a large number of foreign immigrants, the increasing demand for mutton, and the emergence of refrigerated ships, mutton could be exported in large quantities, and the sheep breeds raised in New Zealand gradually transitioned from Merino sheep mainly for wool production to English sheep for both wool and meat.

By the thirties of the twentieth century, the number of sheep raised had risen to 30 million, becoming one of the world's major wool producers and exporters, and a pasture management pattern of producing semi-fine wool sheep and wool meat sheep had basically been formed.

After the Second World War, New Zealand was the first in the world to apply and popularize the application of aircraft grass and topsoil fertilization, so that most of the natural grassland was converted into high-yield improved grassland, the general use of fence sheep breeding, according to local conditions for sheep selection and breeding, the use of advanced sheep raising technology and management system, and Australia together with the sheep breeding advanced country, to 1971 sheep breeding reached nearly 60 million heads.

Later, after Britain joined the European Community, New Zealand lost its traditional main export market, and the development trend of sheep farming was suppressed. Since then, the New Zealand government has continued to implement a high welfare policy, subsidized the export of industrial and agricultural products, coupled with the popularity of natural fiber clothing to increase the consumption of wool in the world market, New Zealand's sheep industry has been restored to development, the early eighties is the most glorious period of New Zealand's sheep industry, the number of sheep exceeded 70 million, a record high.

However, since the late eighties, due to the weakening of the comparative advantage of the sheep industry, the sheep industry in New Zealand has been in decline, and the number of sheep raised has decreased to more than 40 million.

Sheep farming is the main industry for farmers and herders in New Zealand, with one in 12 people in the country engaged in sheep production.

"I've seen that wool in New Zealand is sold through auction markets and bought directly from wool producers by individual retailers, who account for more than 60 per cent of total wool sales. Therefore, the price changes in the New Zealand wool auction market will guide the overall price trend of New Zealand wool. Fan Wuxian said to Shen Ying, "But if we deal directly with the official to undertake the wool, we will probably suffer a loss in terms of price, which is why the No. 1 chief asked me to take over this business." ”

In recent years, due to the New Zealand government to cancel subsidies for agriculture, so wool exports have been affected to a certain extent, wool exports in recent years are below 200,000 tons, last year due to the impact of the Southeast Asian financial crisis, the Asian market wool demand is not strong, so this year's New Zealand wool exports will probably drop to 150,000 tons, 60,000 tons, can be said to be the lowest level in history.

It is precisely for this reason that the New Zealand government is considering establishing good relations with China in exchange for recognizing China's market economy status in exchange for solving this important problem that affects the New Zealand economy.

New Zealand's wool export market is fragmented, with China and the UK being the two main export markets, with about a third of all wool exported to China and the UK. In the past two years, the demand structure of China's wool textile raw materials has shifted to worsted raw materials, and the UK's demand for hybrid wool is stronger, so the amount of wool exported from New Zealand to the UK has shown an increasing trend year by year, and due to the prosperity of the wool market in Chinese mainland, New Zealand's wool exports to China have also been greatly affected.

"In other words, once you agree to this matter, it is very likely that you will not make a profit?" Shen Ying leaned on Fan Wuxi's back and looked at him on his laptop to check the various information he had just collected, "There is also a sudden increase in the import of New Zealand wool, which will also lead to a relatively large impact on the domestic wool market, or will lead to strong opposition from the people in the pastoral areas." ”

"Not really." Fan Wuxi shook his head and said, "There are still some differences in wool, 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 current competition in the domestic wool import market is fierce, that is, Australia and New Zealand, which are also the world's two largest wool exporters, Australia and New Zealand are inherently competitive.

Australia's wool exports to China have been greatly affected by the recent lack of good relations with China, and the expansion of Chinese mainland wool production, with New Zealand suffering heavy losses.

However, there are also very serious defects in domestic wool production, for a long time, in terms of wool improvement in China, most years the government has invested funds to purchase improved varieties to support the development of fine wool. China's fine wool production can account for about 40% of the total wool output today, and the government support is inseparable.

Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, the state has continued to give policy preferences and financial support for the development of dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep, but has no investment in wool improvement. The state does not support it, farmers and herdsmen start from comparative benefits, and the improvement of wool gradually fades, so the whole improvement of wool is in a state of stagnation and semi-stagnation, and at the same time, there is a resurgence and reversal.

The problem of domestic wool mixed grade has existed for a long time, and has not been able to solve it well, which is related to the indifferent concept of hierarchy of farmers and herdsmen, and has been following the traditional shearing method for many years, and also related to the circulation link of the main body of wool collection is mainly individual traffickers, their own quality is low, and the concept of hierarchy is very related, plus sometimes wool sales are strong, it can not take care of so much, and the basket is full of vegetables.

"Now there is a very serious problem, that is, although the domestic wool production has risen, but the quality has declined, so it cannot be used in high-end clothing fabrics at all, or mainly imported wool." Fan Wuxi looked at the information and scratched his hair, "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 price of raw materials has risen, the domestic and foreign textile markets have not disappeared, the consumer demand for wool textiles is not strong, and product prices have declined.

At present, in addition to some light and thin, high-count woolen fabrics and products that adopt new technologies, new processes and new functions, and brand-name products recognized by consumers, the blended woolen fabrics, woolen fabrics, woolen sweaters, suits and other products of old faces are still seriously overstocked due to their lagging design and traditional varieties.

The dual pressure of rising raw materials and declining product prices has increased the operating difficulties of woolen enterprises, the operating rate has declined, and the efficiency has declined. According to the statistical analysis of the domestic wool textile industry research institute, most of the domestic wool textile listed companies with wool worsted as the main business of the company performance declined, and the state-owned enterprises are even more loss-making, and the loss of the whole industry is more than 60 percent, which is a serious part of the loss of the state-owned textile industry.

It is true that China is the world's largest consumer market, but if New Zealand wool is to tap into this potential market, it will have to deal with a number of serious technical and marketing challenges.

Competition from other fibres, including man-made fibres at the textile level and cotton fibres at the consumer level, is also fierce, and wool is giving way to these fibres, especially cotton fibres.

There is a certain gap between the requirements of wool and Chinese consumers, when Chinese consumers are becoming wealthy and looking for fashionable and high-quality clothing, wool has not been communicated with consumers in a timely manner, so consumers are losing interest in wool and do not understand this fiber and what it can be used for?

"And what do you think of now?" Shen Ying asked Fan Wuxian with great concern.

"There are always solutions, but there are difficulties and easy, and it is difficult to decide for a while." Fan replied with some reserve.

"Then let's talk about it-" Shen Ying was wearing relatively thin silk pajamas, rubbing behind Fan Wuxi's back, which made him a little angry for a while, after all, he was a newlywed Yan'er, and the young man was energetic.

"Hmm-" Fan Wuxian came back and caught Shen Ying with his backhand, then pressed her on the bed, and said with a somewhat unsteady breath, "One of them is to open several large-scale garment production enterprises to digest these wool and produce high-end fabrics by themselves, the cost of this is very large, and the effect is relatively slow." ”

"It's really troublesome to do this, and when your factory is built, the wool will be wormed." Shen Ying said as she writhed under Fan Wuxi's body.

"There's another one that's simpler." Fan Wuxian soon entered Shen Ying's body.

"What? Oh-ah-" Shen Ying asked.

"You see, the wool comes out of the sheep." Fan Wuxi grabbed Shen Ying's two arms, pulled her up, sat on top of her, made her body 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?" ”

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