On February 10th, the country will usher in a wave of construction starts.
After a mighty human migration, office workers will walk out of the “isolation greenhouse” into crowded streets, squeeze into overcrowded subways, and step into crowded offices , queuing up to eat a big pot meal in the cafeteria… When I go to work, a real problem lies in front of me – what should “I” do without a mask?
Who can “cover” you as an office worker who “runs naked”?
China is the world’s largest mask producer and exporter, accounting for about 60% of the world’s annual output. Before the epidemic, China’s maximum daily output of masks was more than 20 million.
However, when masks become a necessity or even a luxury item, even one mask is hard to come by in the mask kingdom. The inventory of masks and other materials in many hospitals in Hubei is “0”. Mask dealers are afraid to go out because they don’t have masks. Some people use disposable masks for a week and are reluctant to throw them away. A nurse at Union Hospital did not eat or drink for six hours to save supplies. Overseas, the three countries only After buying a mask, a batch of 9 masks sent to Chongqing was hotly searched for “Cut Hu” in Dali. To buy masks in Xiamen, the first lottery…
An unpopular industry is in urgent need of ” “Recovery”, but now it is facing “industrial difficulties –
Mask manufacturers: After the lockdown, raw materials cannot come in, filter materials are most in short supply, and the resumption rate is less than 40%. Even with three times the salary, they can’t recruit people; Raw material company: The production capacity of core filter materials is seriously insufficient, and the business is small, but stocks are hotly speculated, and orders have been scheduled until March; Distributors: There is no mask inventory on hand, logistics is expensive, and costs are high. I don’t dare to sell the goods even after I get them, for fear of being reported…
01 Mask manufacturer: spend five times the salary to recruit people
“The workers are being quarantined and can only recruit some nearby residents to work, and the operating rate is less than 30%-40% . “A mask manufacturer in Xiantao, Hubei Province told ifeng.com Finance.
Xiantao City, Hubei Province, less than 100 kilometers away from Wuhan, is known as the “Hometown of Non-Woven Fabrics.” It has nearly 50% of the country’s production capacity of masks and protective clothing, and is also the main production and supply place for masks in Hubei Province. Previously, Wang Xiaodong, deputy secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and governor, personally went to Xiantao to work on-site to direct the production of masks.
However, the “mask capital” with high hopes has encountered difficulties in resuming production.
Following the lockdown on January 23, Wuhan Less than a day after the city was closed, Xiantao and six other cities around Wuhan also announced a “city lockdown.” Due to the surge in demand for masks, some mask companies in Xiantao resumed work ahead of schedule before the Spring Festival. However, under the lockdown, the industrial chain struggled to operate.
“With the city closed, we can’t buy raw materials, recruit workers, and ship out the production. “Li Dong (pseudonym), a mask manufacturer in Xiantao, said.
Li Dong mentioned that the most scarce raw material at present is the filter material for masks, but there are only a few local companies in Xiantao that produce filter materials. Home, in normal times, the demand for filter materials is not large, and companies generally don’t have much inventory. “Raw materials from outside can’t be shipped in, and the supply is not enough, so we produce intermittently and produce as much material as we have. ”
In addition to raw materials, Li Dong is also at a loss as to the difficulty of recruiting workers.
“Xiantao is the hardest-hit area by the epidemic, so we need to provide three times the Wages and workers may not come. At present, the salary of our workers is no less than 500 yuan per day, while in the past, the same position only paid 100 yuan, and some technical positions even paid thousands. “Li Dong said. “I don’t go to the factory myself, I stay in isolation at home. “
Many manufacturers have reported that due to the inability to recruit workers and purchase raw materials, the factory’s resumption of production is less than half of what it was before the epidemic. “Workers generally work more than 15 hours a day. , even so, the output cannot be increased. ”
Tianyancha data shows that as of February 3, 2020, China’s business scope includes There are 16,582 companies covering “masks” and “respiratory protection”, involving 11 listed companies. Among the 16,582 mask manufacturers, only 633 companies have a clear business scope that includes medical masks. 97 of the more than 10,000 mask manufacturers are registered in Hubei In Xiantao, there are only 5 companies with clear business scope that include the production of medical masks. Previously, Wang Xiaodong also revealed that there are only two companies in Xiantao that produce U.S. standard medical protective clothing.
Even This country is a big producer of masks, but there is a very shortage of medical masks. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology previously stated that China’s mask production has reached more than 10 million pieces a day, but the production capacity of medical masks is only 600,000 pieces a day.
ifeng.com Finance We also learned that in order to ensure the quality of masks and control prices, the local government has recently shut down a number of civilian mask factories and manufacturers that do not meet standards, produce three-no products, and fake masks. Many mask manufacturers have also received penalty tickets.
The official website of Xiantao Market Supervision and Administration Bureau stated that on January 28, in order to carry out quality and safety inspections of protective equipment and ensure the normal production of masks and protective clothing, the Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau team Members took the lead and were divided into 10 inspection teams, dispatching more than 300 law enforcement officers to conduct comprehensive inspections of non-woven fabric enterprises and related business units in the city.
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OnFebruary4,Beijinguncoveredacaseofsellingfakemasks,includingmorethan20,000model9001(withoutairvalve)and9002V(withairvalve)masks.Onlycounterfeit3Mmasks.
“Itistruethattherearemanypeoplewhoaremakingmoneyfromthenationalcrisis.Themaskssoldinourlocalstorebrokewhentheywereeasilytornoff.Theysoldthemfor3yuaneach,buttheywerelaterreplaced.Reportedit,”saidapharmacyownerinShandong.
However,thisalsomademanydealersmoreuneasyandworriedaboutbeing”killedbymistake”, so they chose to “stand still”.
“Generally manufacturers will not issue invoices. They also know that the sales are expensive and do not dare to take risks. But our pharmacy has to issue invoices. If a resident reports with the invoice, That would cost a lot of money, so I still won’t sell it,” Zhang Hong said.
Another pharmacy owner said, “There are channels where you can get disposable medical masks for 5 yuan each. It’s already very expensive to get the goods, and the logistics is only delivered by SF Express. You can only sell it at a high price, but you can’t sell a mask and you’ll lose money, right?”
When will it no longer be “hard to find a mask”?
A dealer said, “Don’t worry, wait until masks are no longer a necessity.”
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