Survey Of Import And Export Of Textiles And Garments In May 08

Although exports returned to normal growth in April, in May, the growth rate of textile and clothing exports continued to decline in the first quarter to below 10%.

Nevertheless, the steady growth of exports to Japan, Russia and other markets has brought us confidence.

According to customs statistics, in May 2008, China's textile and clothing imports and exports reached 16 billion 140 million US dollars, an increase of 9% over the same period last year.

Among them, exports amounted to 14 billion 430 million US dollars, an increase of 9.7%, and imports of US $1 billion 700 million, an increase of 3.3%.

The surplus reached $12 billion 730 million in the month, an increase of 10.6%.

In 1~5 months, the total import and export volume of textiles and clothing totaled 73 billion 670 million US dollars, an increase of 13.9%, of which 66 billion 170 million US dollars in exports, an increase of 15.4%, and 7 billion 500 million US dollars in imports, an increase of 1.8%.

The cumulative surplus reached US $58 billion 670 million, an increase of 17.4%.

Exports to Europe accelerated and exports to the United States remained stable. In May, China's textile and clothing exports to the EU reached US $2 billion 990 million, an increase of 51.4%, an increase of 5.7 percentage points over April.

In 1~5 months, China's total exports to the European Union amounted to 13 billion 630 million US dollars, an increase of 43.1%, of which 46.3% of the original 15 countries and 8.8% of the expansion of 12 countries.

In the month of May, China's exports to the 12 countries of the European Union expanded by 56.6%, which has exceeded the overall export growth of the EU for four consecutive months.

In May, China exported $1 billion 960 million to us textiles and clothing, an increase of 2%. In 1~5 months, exports to the US totaled 8 billion 650 million US dollars, maintaining a steady growth rate of 1.4%.

Exports to other major markets such as Japan, Russia and South Korea continued to grow.

Among them, the Japanese market has always maintained stable growth, monthly growth and cumulative growth rate has exceeded the increase in exports to the United States and China, the Hongkong SAR.

Exports to Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and Malaysia grew faster and increased by more than 20%.

Exports to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan remained strong, showing no signs of decline. The cumulative increase was 233% and 143% respectively, and two were tenth and eleventh of China's export market.

The growth of export in some areas has been restored from the import of main markets. 1~5 months, China's textile and garment export enterprises ranked first in Shandong's Wei Qiao textile Limited by Share Ltd, Xinjiang Xin De Technology Development Co., Ltd. maintained second place, Guangdong Dongguan city yongyongjia textile and Garment Co., Ltd. and Heilongjiang Heihe Heihe Heihe economic and Trade Co., Ltd. ranked third, fourth.

Of the 100 enterprises before the export, 6 had no export performance during the same period last year, and 9 had abnormal export growth, mainly in Xinjiang, Fujian, Shenzhen and Heilongjiang.

In these regions, the export of enterprises in Xinjiang mainly to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and the growth of enterprises in Fujian and Shenzhen was mainly abnormal to the EU.

In 1~5 months, the mainland's imports from Taiwan dropped by 3.2%, and imports from Japan increased by 5.8%. Imports from the Republic of Korea and Hongkong of China decreased by 6.7% and 10.3% respectively, and imports from the EU and the United States increased by 33.6% and 15.8% respectively.

The growth rate of clothing exports rapidly dropped, and the increase in textile exports exceeded the average value of 1~5 months. China's clothing exports totaled 40 billion 100 million US dollars, an increase of 9.3%, of which exports increased by only 1.1% in the month of May, and the growth rate dropped by 3 percentage points compared with April.

Textile exports amounted to 26 billion 80 million US dollars, an increase of 26.4%, of which 18.1% increased in May.

The cumulative export growth of textiles exceeds 17 percentage points of clothing, and the market for rapid growth of yarn and fabric exports is mainly concentrated in ASEAN, Africa and the European Union.

In 1~5 months, China's exports to the EU increased by 47% (60.5% in May) and 33.6% in textiles (29% in May).

Exports to the United States decreased by 3.6% (2.7% in May) and 14.5% in textiles (15.1% in May).

The volume of global major garment exports has risen, and the export price for Europe and the United States has narrowed.

Exports to the world (including woven and knitted) 12 billion 170 million pieces (sets), an increase of 3.6%.

The average export price was 2.91 US dollars / piece (set), an increase of 4.2%, and the unit price promotion rate slowed down compared with the previous stage.

The volume of exports to the EU increased and the number of exports increased by 54.3%. The average export price was $3.33 / piece (set), down 1.9%.

Exports to the United States, clothing prices, prices fell, the number of exports decreased by 5.4%, the average export price of 3.91 U.S. dollars / piece (set), down 0.46%.

The decline in unit prices of exports to Europe and the United States has slowed down compared with the previous stage.

The export situation of the main camp is divided. The impact of the earthquake on Sichuan exports has not yet appeared. In May, the export volume of Guangdong's exports increased to 29% in the top five export provinces and cities, while the exports of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Shandong continued to grow, and the growth rate exceeded the national level as a whole.

The export growth rate of Zhejiang, Jianghu and Shanghai rebounded compared with that of April.

In 1~5 months, the cumulative decline of Guangdong's exports reached 13.6%, of which Shenzhen's exports dropped by 45%, the decline was clearly magnified, and the remaining four provinces and cities maintained growth.

The cumulative export growth of Guangxi, Xinjiang and Heilongjiang still ranked the top three in the country, up to 260%, 198% and 80% respectively.

Sichuan's exports grew by 72%, mainly to ASEAN's Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore, and other places of clothing exports grew rapidly. Sichuan's silk products exports have not yet shown signs of earthquake disaster.

The export of raw materials kept growing, and import prices generally rose. In May, China's total exports of textile raw materials reached 1 billion 380 million US dollars, an increase of 21.6%.

Among the most important export commodities, polyester chips and chemical fibers increased by 22.3% and 41.5% respectively, and the total export of wool and wool fell by 3.8%.

The import of raw materials was 1 million 684 thousand tons, the import amount was $3 billion 390 million, the import volume decreased by 4.4%, and the import volume increased by 12%.

Among them, 1 million 33 thousand tons of commodity cotton were imported, the import amount was $1 billion 690 million, import volume and import value increased by 11.8% and 35% respectively, and the growth rate continued to enlarge.

Among them, imports from the United States accounted for 31.2% of total imports, and imports and imports increased by 8.7% and 29.8% respectively over the same period.

Since the world's import of chemical fiber raw materials has dropped by 11%.

The global average import price of raw materials has increased by 17.2%.

The unit price of chemical fiber increased by 22.7%, wool increased by 15.6%, and wool top increased by 11.1%. The import price of cotton was further raised by 20.7%, and the import price of polyester chip increased by 17.7%.

Only the unit price of cocoon imports dropped by 15.3%.