Garment Exports Reproduce Weak &Nbsp; Imports Of Major Categories Of Commodities Continue To Heat Up.

According to customs statistics, in March this year, the export of textiles and garments in China failed to continue to grow significantly in February, and total exports amounted to 11 billion US dollars, down 9.5% from the same period last year.

Imports also reversed the downward trend in February, resumed two digit growth and imports totaled $1 billion 710 million, an increase of 27.8% over the same period last year.

Total imports and exports totaled 12 billion 710 million US dollars, an increase of 5.5%, achieving a surplus of US $9 billion 290 million, down 14.2% from the same period last year.

In 2010 1~3, textile and garment imports and exports all achieved two digit growth, of which exports grew by 15.1% and imports increased by 19.7%.

Realized a cumulative surplus of 35 billion 120 million US dollars, an increase of 14.6%.

In the first quarter of this year, the textile and clothing trade started well, and the import and export achieved double growth.

As the first quarter of last year was the most serious period affected by the global financial crisis, the year-on-year base of textile and clothing exports was small. In addition, the main market briefly recovered after inventory digestion. Therefore, textile and clothing imports and exports reached a two digit year-on-year growth in the first quarter.

Imports grew faster in the first quarter of this year, except for a single month decline in February, while imports in January and March increased rapidly.

Imports in the first quarter have returned to the same level in 2008, with imports reaching 4 billion 90 million US dollars, up 19.7% over the same period last year.

Growth in emerging markets plunged

EU: in March, China's exports to the EU dropped by 15%, of which textile exports were basically flat compared with the same period last year, while garment exports dropped by 21.5%.

The export volume of knitted and woven garments decreased by 16.9% and the unit price by 7.2%.

Exports to the EU increased by 16.8% in the first quarter, of which textiles and clothing increased by 22.51% and 14.96% respectively. The average unit price of knitted and woven garments increased by 1.79%.

The United States: in March, China's textile and clothing exports to the United States remained stable throughout the year, an increase of 1% over the same period last year.

Among them, textiles grew by 11.2% and clothing by 6.17%.

Among them, the number of knitted apparel exports increased by 11.19%, the unit price decreased by 15.73%, the number of woven garments exported decreased by 8.08%, and the unit price dropped by 3.68%.

In the first quarter, the total exports of textiles and clothing to the United States increased by 22%, of which textiles and clothing grew by 27.85% and 19.85% respectively, and the average unit price of knitted and woven garments decreased by 11.7%.

Japan: in the month of March, exports to Japan declined significantly, with a decrease of 16.78%, of which 3.67% increased in textiles and 20.37% in clothing.

The export volume of knitted and woven garments has dropped significantly, falling by 75.4%, and the average unit price has dropped by 3.21%.

In the first quarter, exports to Japan fell by 6.07%, of which 8.53% of textiles and 8.73% of clothing and 8.73% of the average export price of knitted and woven garments decreased by 3.15%.

Emerging and peripheral markets: in March, China's export growth in emerging markets generally dropped substantially compared with February, for example, the growth in exports to Australia dropped from 128% to 18.9%, Russia rose from 55.75% to 11.41%, Brazil increased from nearly three times to 62.7%, and India increased from 121.8% to 17.7%.

In March, the export growth to ASEAN was basically the same as that of the same period last year, of which textile exports increased by 17.97%, down more than 50 percentage points from the previous month.

From the unit price situation, the average unit price of yarn exports increased by 8.5%, the fabric grew by 1.46%, and the growth rate also dropped considerably compared with the previous two months.

In addition, clothing exports fell by 33.09%.

Exports to ASEAN increased by 40.75% in the first quarter, of which yarn and finished products increased by more than 50%, the average export price of yarn increased by 10.38%, and the fabric increased by 6%.

Garment exports reappear weak

In March, textile exports increased by 6.68%. In addition to a slight decrease of 2.93%, the yarn and finished goods increased by 43.54% and 6.31% respectively.

Garment exports dropped by 19.87%, and the export volume and amount of knitted and woven garments decreased by about 20%.

From the export unit price, the average unit price of knitted and woven garments showed a slight decline, down 0.42% and 4.17% respectively.

The decline in unit price of knitted and woven garments to major markets has not changed, and the decline has widened again.

Among them, knitted apparel decreased by 1.02% to the European Union, 2.7% to Japan, 15.7% to the US, 10.3% to the European Union, 3.28% to Japan, and 3.7% to the US.

In the first quarter, textile exports increased by 26.45%, clothing exports increased by 8.9%, and the export growth of all kinds of products rose.

Because of the signs of warming in Europe and the United States, exports rebounded sharply in the first quarter, but at the same time, we should also notice that exports fluctuated more sharply in each month. The current export rebound is due to the low export base in the same period last year. Two, the European and American countries have digested their stocks due to holidays such as Christmas and new year, and have increased imports in a short time. Whether the actual consumption ability of the market has really improved is still to be verified.

Imports of major commodities continue to heat up

In March, imports of textiles and clothing rose sharply, and textiles increased by 27.29%, of which yarn rose the largest, reaching 40.35%, manufactured goods increased by 37.79%, and fabric imports increased by 14.81%.

Clothing imports increased by 31.43%, of which knitted and woven garments increased by 26.24% and 28.80% respectively.

Imports of textiles and clothing increased by 20.19% and 16.65% respectively in the first quarter, and textile imports rebounded faster than clothing.

From the point of view of the unit price of imports, the unit price of yarn imports increased by 8.2% in the first quarter, the fabric grew by 5.1%, the finished products increased by 7.7%, and the import prices of knitted and woven garments increased by 36.84% and 26.1% respectively.

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In March, with the further recovery of exports, the import and import value of textile materials continued to grow, and the growth rate was more than doubled, 116% and 156% respectively.

The import and import value of the most important imported cotton increased by 227.9% and 342.2% respectively, and the growth of silk was 5 times and 9 times respectively, which was slightly lower than that in February. India still reside in the largest importing country of the product.

In addition to the slight decrease in the export of wool and wool, the import volume and price of wool, chemical fiber and hemp showed different ranges of increase.

In the first quarter, imports of all kinds of commodities increased. Cotton imports increased by 2 times and imports increased by 3 times.

The price of imported raw materials has been raised in an all-round way. In March, the average unit price of textile raw materials increased by 18.85%, and cotton and chemical fiber increased by 34.86% and 50.58% respectively.

In the first quarter, the average import price of raw materials increased by 17.7%, of which cotton and chemical fiber increased by 30% and 7.6% respectively.

In March, imports of textile machinery maintained rapid growth, and imports increased by 89.71% in the same month, a slight decrease from last month.

Among them, the EU and Japan grew by 86.84% and 116.52% respectively from the most important import markets.

Global imports increased by 86% in the first quarter, of which 78% and 105% respectively increased from the EU and Japan.

Although the total import base of ASEAN is relatively small, and imports are less than 1%, it has increased rapidly, and the increase in the first quarter has reached 17.9 times. Among them, imports from Thailand increased the fastest. Thailand's position in China's textile machinery originated from thirty-fifth in 2009 to nineteenth.