China'S Textile And Clothing Import And Export Growth Slowed Down In May

According to customs statistics, in May, China's textile and clothing trade increased by US $22 billion 210 million, an increase of 22.6%, of which exports were US $20 billion 340 million, an increase of 23.8%, and imports of US $1 billion 870 million, an increase of 10.8%.

Although exports continued to grow year-on-year, the growth rate slowed down compared with the previous period, an increase of 12.8 percentage points lower than in April.

The growth momentum of imports during the same period also began to slow down, with a year-on-year growth rate of 3.4 percentage points lower than that in April.

1~5 months, China

Emerging markets are eye-catching

EU market: in May, China exported $4 billion 480 million to the EU, an increase of 32.8% over the same period last year, an increase of 11 percentage points lower than that in April.

Textile exports amounted to $1 billion 100 million, an increase of 19% over the previous year, and clothing exports of $3 billion 400 million, an increase of 38%.

In 1~5 months, China exported 18 billion 360 million US dollars to the European Union, an increase of 27.9%, of which 4 billion 900 million US dollars in textile exports, an increase of 24.6%, and clothing exports 13 billion 460 million US dollars, an increase of 29.1%.

The increase in unit price of EU exports continued to expand.

The US market: in May, China exported $3 billion 100 million to us textiles and clothing, an increase of 11.2%, an increase of 17.4 percentage points lower than that in April.

Among them, textile exports amounted to $860 million and clothing exports amounted to $2 billion 240 million, representing an increase of 6.3% and 13.1% respectively.

In 1~5 months, China exported $12 billion 580 million to us textiles and clothing, an increase of 15.4%.

Among them, textile exports amounted to 3 billion 580 million US dollars, an increase of 13.7%, and clothing exports of US $8 billion 990 million, an increase of 16.1%.

The unit price of major US exports increased, yarn increased by 15.8%, exports of knitted and woven garments decreased by 3.4%, and export unit prices increased by 19.9%.

Japan's market: in May, China's exports to Japan maintained growth, but the ratio fell.

Exports amounted to $1 billion 780 million in the month, an increase of 18.2%, an increase of 5.1 percentage points lower than in April.

Textile exports increased by 35.3% and clothing increased by 14.1%.

Exports fell by more than 26.2% during the month.

In 1~5 months, exports to Japan amounted to 10 billion 20 million US dollars, an increase of 23.4%.

Among them, textile exports amounted to 1 billion 900 million US dollars, an increase of 32.2%, and clothing exports of US $8 billion 120 million, an increase of 21.5%.

The unit price of the main commodity exports increased rapidly, of which yarn increased by 47.3%, and knitted and woven garments increased by 18.6%.

ASEAN market: in May, China exported $1 billion 820 million to ASEAN, an increase of 36.5%, of which the total exports of yarn and fabric amounted to 1 billion 30 million US dollars, an increase of 44.2%, a slight decrease in the growth rate compared with the previous period.

The number of export yarn to ASEAN was 28 thousand tons, an increase of 4.8%, although it still maintained growth, but the growth momentum dropped significantly, an increase of 14 percentage points from the previous month.

Other markets: since the beginning of the year, the performance of emerging markets has been particularly prominent. ASEAN, Latin America and Oceania have become the fastest growing areas of textile and clothing exports.

In May, China's exports to Latin America and Oceania increased by 54.1% and 37.9% respectively. In 1~5 months, exports increased by 60.3% and 29% respectively, all over the main traditional markets.

General trade imports grew faster.

In May, exports of major trade patterns continued to grow, but the growth rate fell earlier than before.

The export growth of general trade, processing trade and small border trade was 27.5%, 8% and 28.8% respectively, representing an increase of 14 percentage points, 10 percentage points and 18.4 percentage points respectively compared with that in April.

The cumulative increase in 1~5 months was 29.6%, 15.6% and 30.1% respectively.

In May, 30% of the total trade imports accounted for 38.9% of the total imports, and maintained a relatively rapid growth. Imports accounted for 63% of the processing trade decreased slightly, with a decrease of 1.8%.

In 1~5 months, the general trade import increased by 44.5%, and the processing trade increased by 6.8%.

Yarn exports fell first in the year

In May, the export volume of large categories of commodities continued to grow, but the growth rate was lower than the previous period, and the growth of yarn declined more rapidly.

The exports of yarns, fabrics, knitted and woven garments increased by 18.6%, 32.9% and 24.6% respectively, representing an increase of 25.6 percentage points, 10.5 percentage points and 11.1 percentage points respectively compared with April.

From the export volume, the yarn export volume declined for the first time, and the decline reached 12.6%. At the same time, the absolute export volume of yarn also gradually shrank. In April and May, there was a negative negative growth for two consecutive months.

In the month of May, the export volume of knitted and woven garments also decreased by 0.3%, mainly in the export of woven garments.

From the perspective of export unit price, all kinds of commodities have maintained the rise of export unit price.

Yarn rose 35.6%, fabric rose 22.5%, clothing rose 24.6%, or little change.

In 1~5 months, the export volume of the three categories of commodities increased by 45.7%, 38.4% and 23.3% respectively, and the export unit prices increased by 30%, 26.7% and 19.7% respectively.

Textile imports continue to slide

Imports of yarn and fabrics continued to decline, and import prices continued to rise.

In May, the import of yarn and fabric decreased by 31.4% and 10.8% respectively, a decrease of 4.6 percentage points and 3 percentage points respectively compared with April.

The unit price of imports rose by 43.3% and 19.1% respectively.

Imports of knitted and woven garments increased by 40.4% during the same period, and the unit price of imports increased by 21.9%.

In 1~5 months, the import price of yarn, fabric and knitted and woven garments increased by 40.3%, 7% and 4.7% respectively.

Import of chemical fiber will not increase.

In May, cotton imports continued to fall and speed up.

Imports of 145 thousand tons during the month reached the lowest level in the year, down 27% from the same period last year, and the ratio fell by 31.4%.

In contrast to imports, the unit price of imports continued to rise. The monthly import price of the unit price was 3200 US dollars / ton, up 79.2%, rising 1%.

In 1~5 months, the total import volume of 1 million 207 thousand tons decreased by 12%, and the unit price of imports was 3022 US dollars / ton, up 74%.

The import and import prices of chemical fiber continued to maintain a relatively fast growth.

In May, the import of chemical fiber was 53 thousand tons, up 8.6%, and the import unit price was 3550 US dollars per ton, up 30%.

1~5 months, chemical fiber imports 280 thousand tons, an increase of 5.9%, the import unit price rose 24.3%.