The Distribution Of EU's Import Market Sources

According to country statistics, the top five import sources were China, India, Pakistan, the United States and South Korea; the import amount was 8 billion 120 million euros, 2 billion 290 million euros, 2 billion 20 million euros, 980 million euros and 780 million euros respectively; the growth rate was 12%, 5.1%, 18.6%, 3.6% and 6.1% respectively, accounting for 6.1%, 6.1%, 3.6%, 18.6% and 3.6% respectively.

Compared with the average price of imported products, the origin of the EU import market can be divided into two categories, one is the source of traditional textile products, and the two is the source of high value-added textile products.

Obviously, China, India and Pakistan have become the main source of supply for traditional products, while the United States and South Korea have become the main source of supply of high value-added products.

Import in EU

On the market, Chinese textiles in 2014.

Ahead of India's 20 percentage point, the year-on-year growth rate is slightly higher than the EU's overall import textile.

The United States is high in the EU import market.

An important source of the product, from the average price, can be clearly found that the average price of American textiles is higher than the average price of the EU import market 2.6 euros / kg.

Recently, the agreement on cross the Atlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) has attracted widespread attention from the textile industry in the US and Europe.

The industry pointed out that clothing brands, retailers and importers are emphasizing the strong ties between New York and European fashion capital, but the problem now is that the tariffs between the United States and Europe on textile and clothing are not balanced.

Trade and cooperation between the United States and Europe in high value-added textiles will give China a higher threshold for the development of high value-added products.

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The major textile producing countries in Asia are developed economies in the region, including China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India and so on.

Japan's research on carbon fiber, aramid fiber and other high-tech fibers has always been in the forefront of the world and is at the top of the "Pyramid" of the fiber industry.

In recent years, Japan has put forward the slogan of "rejuvenation of chemical fiber industry". Its chemical fiber industry has changed to higher value-added products, striving to make breakthroughs in technical textiles, high performance / high functional fibers, and around global warming, pollution and resource shortage.

However, due to many factors such as economic weakness, the development of Japanese chemical fiber industry has also encountered certain challenges.

Toshio ASANO, vice president of the Japan Chemical Fiber Association and President of Asahi Asahi company, said that after Japan's consumption tax increased in April 2014, consumers' spending on clothing was not high and demand was low.

In 2014, there was also a downturn in the demand for non apparel applications.

In 2014, the Japanese textile production index fell by 1% over the same period in 2013.

According to the analysis of upstream and downstream industries, the output of chemical fiber remains unchanged, weaving output is stable, and apparel and spinning output are low.

Among them, the output of chemical fiber was 976 thousand metric tons, which was 0.4% lower than that of the same period last year. The output of cellulose fiber, polyamine fiber and polyester staple fiber increased, but the output of polyester filament decreased by two digits.

Toshio ASANO pointed out that Japan will strengthen technology development and expand application fields of new fiber materials in the future, and promote standardized operation (JIS/ISO).

The development of the fiber industry in Korea has slowed down in recent years, and the supply of labor has been decreasing year by year, but this does not mean the inaction of the Korean fiber industry.

On the contrary, South Korea has been committed to the development of functional fibers in recent years. At the same time, it has constantly strengthened the basis of cooperation among textile entities, increased investment in vulnerable areas, and ensured competitive advantage.

It uses the global value chain to develop export products, promote e-commerce, remove non-tariff barriers, and use export processing zones to maximize the interests of free trade organizations.

India market has great potential at present.

India is a big cotton country. Its spinning advantages have been obvious, but the development of the fiber industry has lagged behind the spinning industry.

But with the continuous weakening of China's labor cost advantage, India, with its strong economic growth rate and huge consumer base, as well as the competitive cheap labor force and sufficient raw material base, has made the most potential country in the future development of the fiber industry through preferential textile industry policies.

Rajen Udeshi, President of the India synthetic fiber Association, vice chairman of the New Asia chemical fiber industry alliance, pointed out that the growth rate of polyester production in India in 2014 ~2020 is expected to be 6%, the amount of raw materials needed increased by PX to 15 million tons, PTA to 22 million tons, and MEG to 900 million tons.

But he also acknowledged that large-scale capacity growth has affected the start-up rate and profit of enterprises, for example, the current PTA utilization rate is only around 77%.

In addition, the fiber industry in Thailand is not measured in terms of quantity. However, in recent years, Thailand has vigorously promoted the development of the fiber industry, and it has planned a road of "cultural expansion and industrial development".

For example, let local brands gain higher popularity and diverse styles, share management knowledge in ASEAN economic community, cooperate with the tourism industry, entertainment and sports industry, and improve the supply chain system.