Recently, news of "freezing point in the mahogany material market" and "price collapse and selling of mahogany furniture" frequently appeared. Some collectors said that the price of mahogany furniture they bought began to fall, and they would gradually sell to "stop loss". The reason that led to the price collapse of mahogany furniture was attributed by some media to the "withdrawal of hot money".
Is there a large number of collectors hoarding Hainan Huanghuali in the market? Does the price of mahogany materials and mahogany furniture really fall? Does the "selling tide" of mahogany furniture appear? The reporter visited the wood and mahogany furniture market to find out.
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On "Block" Selling of Plates
During a visit to Dajiang Town, Taishan, the reporter saw that antique furniture factories of Ming and Qing dynasties, large and small, were everywhere. Entering a broad factory gate, I saw three or five workers busy painting and packing batches of finished products, and hundreds of seats that had not been waxed were piled up neatly, waiting to be transported away. Turning into another factory, the reporter found that many craftsmen were playing with semi-finished products one by one, and the factory was busy.
"Workers have returned to the factory one after another after the Spring Festival, and now is the time to rush." The factory leader said that the vast majority of skilled workers in the factory are skilled, and there is less turnover, "High quality antique furniture has always been 'good materials with good workmanship'. The first is good materials and sufficient materials, and the second is to rely on skilled craftsmen to carve purely by hand. In fact, a comparison shows that patterns carved by hand are much more vivid and refined than those carved by machine, which is naturally more valuable for collection and investment."
When the reporter interviewed in Taishan, he learned that at present, the style of antique mahogany furniture has developed to more than 900 types on the basis of more than 100 traditional styles. In any inconspicuous wood shop, any piece of acid wood with a thickness of 1cm, a length of 200cm, and a width of 60cm will sell for more than 60000 yuan. "There are fewer and fewer solid big materials that can be cut, and the price is even higher if the patterns are beautiful." The boss of a wood shop told reporters that the old sour twigs imported from Laos have less water, high oil, beautiful texture, and more compact density than Vietnamese materials. "However, the price of Huanghua Pear is still high. For example, the 'tree head' of Vietnam Huanghua Pear only spent more than one million when it was bought a few years ago, but now its value has soared to more than six million." Businessmen generally believe that the main reason for the decline of high-end mahogany furniture is that old materials, large materials are becoming less and less, and it is increasingly difficult to harvest.
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The price of raw materials is difficult to fall
Boss Lei, who has operated a furniture factory in Taishan for nearly 20 years, told the reporter: "The price of the materials I bought recently has risen by 20% to 30% compared with the year before, and it is impossible for our new products not to rise in price." It is understood that due to the economic downturn and negative reports, the mahogany material market fell in 2011, for example, the price of the small and medium-sized materials of the old red twigs fell by 10% to 15%, The price of small leaf red sandalwood also dropped by 10% to 20%. Although Wu Bingliang, a famous furniture research and design expert in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, believes that the "withdrawal of hot money" is nonsense, he also admits that this rumor has hit the market confidence to some extent.
Big red acid branch rose slightly
In any case, the prices of Hainan Huanghua Li and Vietnam Huanghua Pear have been rising steadily. After the Spring Festival in 2012, the prices of big red twigs have also risen slightly. "This is closely related to the supply and demand of materials, The supply of red acid twigs can not completely meet the market demand. The small supply of Haihuang and Yuehuang also determines that their material prices rise instead of falling.
It is understood that the annual supply of Hainan Huanghua Pear is thousands of kilograms. Vietnam Huanghua Pear imported 200 tons in 2008, but it was almost not imported from 2009 to 2011. Now what is available in the market is the transfer of inventory of enterprises and collectors, and the total amount of transactions is expected to not exceed 100 tons.
On the other hand, the rise of production and circulation costs also makes the mahogany furniture industry only keep the price unchanged at most, let alone reduce the price. A Guangzhou mahogany furniture merchant complained to the reporter that in addition to the largest material price, other costs should not be ignored, such as labor costs, which is a large account. It is reported that at present, the hourly salary of skilled carvers has reached 30~50 yuan, as well as various benefits such as year-end bonus. In addition, fuel prices, warehouse and mall rents, and supply costs also increased.
The market may recover in April
Although the price of finished furniture did not fall, many businesses did face the situation of unsold goods. "Last year, the market was cold, so some merchants' warehouses accumulated batches of finished products. If they did not sell them, the funds could not be withdrawn, which affected the production this year." Mr. Cai, a furniture dealer, said that this was the reason why the transaction situation in the wood market was not as good as the peak period. However, Wu Bingliang said: "It is not necessarily a bad thing that the market is light, and it is possible to buy relatively inexpensive and high-quality materials by taking this opportunity." He predicted that from April, the market for both rosewood materials and rosewood furniture will be significantly warmer, and businesses interested in purchasing goods had better invest before May.
