Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2011-10-25
The world's largest factory era, "Butterfly Effect" more and more obvious, has been going on for three months in Thailand floods also "rush" into the Yiwu electronics market. As the world's major production base of electronic products, floods cause many companies close plants in Thailand, including chips, hard drives, camera a variety of electronic products, supply increasingly tight, prices are rising under the expected tight inventory.
Hard drives adjust price several times a week
It is understood that, as the world's second largest production base of hard disk, hard disk assembly plant in Thailand accounted for 25% of the global total, including four hard drive giant Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi and Toshiba all have a factory in Thailand, especially Western and Toshiba, more than half of the disk are produced in Thailand. Thus, in the floods, the first affected electronic product is disk.
"Western Digital hard disk’s price rose nearly this half a month, this rose is a little severe.500G now sold for 450 yuan, other models have different degrees increase." In Yiwu Digital City 2 floor, Zone 3 computer accessories areas, the reporter just mentioned Thailand floods, Western Digital, Toshiba, etc. Most of the factories in Thailand have been suspended, the owner of the Liuping computer operations center Chen Liuping continue reporter’s words.
According to Chen Liuping, 450 yuan is the purchase price, and in assembling a computer, they are not making money in this part, that is, sell the hard drive in purchase price. Earlier in this year, the price of this type of hard disk is about 260 yuan, has been relatively stable, only recently begun to adjust, and this is the most volatile weeks.
"In the beginning, the frequency and amplitude of adjustment are not large, from 260 yuan to 285 yuan, 300 yuan, 320 yuan, and this month has been more and more large, the frequency is also faster and faster, 360, 390, quickly jump on the 400, then a few days of work, went to $ 450 now." Chen said, it is hard to say whether will rise or not, depending on inventory and production resumed situation. But he also said the out of stock state is not obvious, they can get goods, and industry expert estimate, the supply of breakpoints is in mid-November to mid-December.
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