Textile Exports Increased Slightly In The First Half Of This Year, But The Growth Rate Dropped Sharply.

At present, the global economic growth has slowed down overall, the unemployment rate of the major developed economies is relatively high, consumer confidence is low, the debt problem is serious, and the recovery is weak. In June, the purchasing managers' indices in Europe, the US and Japan fell to below 50. In June, China's export manager index was 36.2, of which the new export orders index was 40.1, the export confidence index was 41, and the comprehensive cost index of export enterprises was 14.9, all located below the line of credit (50). In the first half of this year, China textile industry Although exports have increased by a small margin, the export situation is still not optimistic.

According to customs information network data, in the first half of this year, China's exports of textile raw materials and products amounted to US $110 billion 70 million, an increase of 0.9% over the same period last year, down 25.8 percentage points from the 26.7% growth rate of the same period last year, which is also 6.8 percentage points lower than the average export growth rate of China's seven major labor-intensive products in the same period of the same period last year. In the export of textile raw materials and products, the export of natural fiber products was 10 billion 80 million US dollars, down 8.6% from the same period last year, down 45.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The export of chemical fiber and industrial textile products was 18 billion 510 million US dollars, down 1% from the same period last year, a decrease of 43.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year. Clothing and accessories products exported 81 billion 490 million US dollars, up 2.6% over the same period last year, down by 19.7 percentage points over the same period last year. In addition, the export volume of China's textile machinery products was $1 billion 90 million in the first half of this year, an increase of 3.3% over the same period last year, down 33.3 percentage points from the same period last year.

In the first half of this year, China's textile industry exports increased slightly, but the growth rate dropped sharply. There are many reasons for this: first, the European debt crisis has weakened the demand of China's largest trading partner, and the emerging market is also hard to be independent. Two, trade protectionism is heating up in some countries, and the export threshold of textile industry is rising, which restricts the export growth space of China's textile industry. Three, China's textile enterprises have a low degree of centralization, the cost of comprehensive production and operation is rising, the traditional competitive advantage of China is weakened, and orders are transferred to neighboring countries.

Faced with the severe market situation, textile enterprises should actively respond to and optimize the export industrial structure, improve the industrial chain with reference to international standards, cultivate their own brands, increase the added value of products, develop new markets, reduce the concentration of export markets, and transform from quantity scale growth to quality benefit growth.

　 Natural fiber products

The main export markets are in a doldrums, and the export trend of Vietnam, Togo and Philippines is increasing.

In the first half of this year, the top four export markets of natural fiber products in China were Hongkong, Vietnam, the European Union and Bangladesh. The total export volume was 4 billion 500 million US dollars, accounting for 44.6% of the total exports of natural fiber products in the same period. Exports to China, Hongkong and the EU and Bangladesh showed a two digit decline, but exports to Vietnam increased by 15.9% over the same period last year. In addition, there were 54% and 118% growth respectively for Togo and Philippines. The negative growth of the main export markets, such as the European Union and China's Hongkong, is related to the overall slowdown in current economic growth and insufficient external demand. The export growth trend of Vietnam and Philippines emerging markets should be taken seriously, which may be related to the competitiveness of neighboring countries and the shift of export orders in China.

Judging from the main exports of natural fiber products, the export volume of all kinds of cotton fabrics ranks the top. Among them, in the first half of the year, there were 12 varieties of exports exceeding 200 million US dollars, accounting for 50.1% of the total exports of natural fiber products.

From the perspective of export enterprises, the export concentration of natural fiber products in China is relatively low, and the total export volume of the top 10 enterprises in the export volume accounts for only 10% of the total export volume of the same period. Textile shares The export volume of natural fiber products decreased by 59.5% compared with the same period last year.

Chemical fibre and industrial textiles

The overall export volume declined slightly and maintained a relatively rapid growth in US exports.

In the first half of this year, the export volume of China's chemical fiber and industrial textiles was 18 billion 510 million US dollars, down 1% from the same period last year. In the main export markets, apart from the rapid growth in exports to the United States, the EU, Vietnam and Hongkong in China have seen varying degrees of decline. Exports to the US amounted to US $1 billion 260 million, an increase of 16.8% over the same period last year. Exports to the EU, Vietnam and China Hongkong markets were US $2 billion 30 million, US $1 billion 50 million and US $1 billion respectively, down 0.4%, 1.6% and 5.9% respectively. The total export volume of the above four markets account for 28.9% of the total export volume of China's chemical fiber and industrial textiles in the same period.

Judging from the main exports of chemical fiber and industrial textiles, there are 11 varieties of polyester varieties with the export volume of more than US $350 million, and the total export volume accounts for 40.9% of the total export volume of chemical fiber and industrial textiles in the same period (see Table 4 for details).

From the perspective of export enterprises, the export concentration of chemical fiber and industrial textiles in China is relatively low, and the total export volume of the top 10 enterprises of export accounts for only 4.4% of the total export volume of the same period.

　　 Clothing and accessories products

The low export volume stabilized, fell to Europe, and slightly increased in the US and Japan.

In the first half of this year, China's clothing and accessories exports amounted to US $81 billion 490 million, a slight increase of 2.6% over the same period last year, showing a low level of stabilization. Among them, due to the European debt crisis, the European market has always been sluggish, leading to the EU's exports of clothing and accessories products dropped significantly. In the first half of this year, China's exports to the EU amounted to US $17 billion 590 million, down 13.1% compared to the same period last year, and exports to EU member countries Germany and France decreased by 22.2% and 14.9% respectively. Exports to the US and Japan markets were 14 billion 560 million US dollars and 10 billion 900 million US dollars respectively, up 5.2% and 3.4% respectively over the same period last year. Exports to the three largest markets of the European Union, the United States and Japan account for 52.8% of the total exports of clothing and accessories in China over the same period.

From the perspective of export varieties, mainly cotton based clothing. In the first half of this year, there were 9 varieties of export volume exceeding US $1 billion 500 million, accounting for 27.5% of the total export volume of clothing and accessories in China in the same period.

From the perspective of export enterprises, the export concentration of clothing and accessories in China is more dispersed than that of textile raw materials, and the total export volume of the top 10 enterprises in the export volume accounts for only 3.3% of the total export volume of the same period.

Textile machinery products

Exports grew slightly, and exports to Indonesia increased sharply.

In the first half of this year, China's textile machinery products exported 1 billion 90 million US dollars, an increase of 3.3% over the same period last year. Among them, exports to India and the EU market were 200 million US dollars and 90 million US dollars respectively, down 19.5% and 10.9% respectively compared with the same period last year. Exports to Indonesia increased significantly, exports amounted to US $110 million, up 74.8% over the same period last year, and exports to Bangladesh were us $80 million, up 9.3% over the same period last year.

The total exports to the above four markets account for 44.3% of the total export volume of textile machinery products in the same period.

From the perspective of export enterprises, China textile machinery The export concentration of such products was relatively high, and the total export volume of the top 10 enterprises accounted for 23.7% of the total export volume of China's textile machinery products in the same period.