The Sixth China Textile And Apparel Trade Exhibition Opens In Paris

In September 19th, Paris, France, at 9 local time, the Sixth China Textile and clothing trade exhibition (hereinafter referred to as "CTAF") held by the China Textile Industry Association, the China Textile Association of the International Trade Promotion Association, the China Apparel Association and the Frankfurt Exhibition (France) Company (Paris Exhibition) opened at the LeBourget Exhibition Center in Paris. Du Yuzhou, President of China Textile Industry Association, vice president of China Textile Industry Association, Zhang Yankai, Secretary General of China Textile Industry Association Yang Jizhao, Deputy Secretary General of China Textile Industry Association Xia Lingmin, Deputy Secretary General of China Textile Industry Association, vice chairman of Textile Industry Sub Committee of China International Trade Promotion Council, Xu Yingxin, Deputy Secretary General of China Textile Industry Association, vice chairman of China Garment Association, Chen Dapeng, Deputy Secretary General of China Textile Industry Association, director of China Knitting Industry Association Yang Shibin, and other leaders attended and visited the exhibition.

This CTAF exhibition has made a significant change. As the most important national exhibition group, the original CTAF China Legion will be embedded in the independent APPARELSOURCINGParis (hereinafter referred to as "APP") clothing procurement exhibition jointly created by three contractors. At the same time, the newly built App exhibition is held in conjunction with the already mature Texworld textile fabric exhibition, and is in agreement with the European buyers to create a one-stop shopping platform. At the current Paris exhibition, APP will continue to extend its international brand as a fashion sourcing exhibition. CTAF, the national brand of China Textile and fashion exhibition, will continue to be retained as the symbol of the most important Chinese National Pavilion in APP. Therefore, from this year, the exhibition will become a pluralistic and internationalized window with the Chinese Pavilion as the main force, as well as other countries' exhibition areas, and provide various options for buyers. This APP exhibition has attracted nearly 200 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions from China, Hongkong, India, Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium. The newly revised exhibition has attracted the attention and attention of European buyers. On the opening day, buyers from France and European countries and regions came to visit and discuss with them.

APP independently promotes China's garment industry Overall image At the same time, it also provides more opportunities for contacts and exchanges between Chinese exhibitors and new generation designers in Paris and even Europe. Through effective docking, Chinese enterprises can be promoted from OEM to ODM. In addition, the APP exhibition complies with the one-stop procurement trend of the global textile and garment industry, and it will bring more trade convenience to the buyers with the TEXWORLD exhibition.

　 T+A value-added services

Europe, as the largest consumer market of global apparel, has been widely concerned by export oriented enterprises. According to the latest data of China Textile Import and export chamber, the total export volume of textiles and clothing in China in 2011 was 137 billion 744 million US dollars, up 25.58% from the same period last year, and the total exports to the EU countries totaled 37 billion 319 million US dollars, up 29.62% from the same period last year, accounting for an important proportion in the 1-7 months. According to the latest statistics from the French Statistical Bureau, the consumption per capita of textiles and clothing and leather goods in France increased by 4.3% in June compared with that in May. It is enough to see that the European market has recovered and people's purchasing demand is rising. The superposition of these factors is conducive to the stability and recovery of textile and clothing export prices. In such a market environment, export enterprises need to use a stable trade platform to establish and stabilize customer relationship.

China's textile and clothing trade Exhibition (Paris) was first held in Germany in 2006. Since 2007, the China Textile Association has entered into a cooperation strategy with the Frankfurt Exhibition (France) company. CTAF moved to Paris and held the same address as the Texworld fabric exhibition. Five years of development history and stable trade buyers, the professional audience of the exhibition stabilized around 14000 people, and the CTAF exhibition after the cooperation grew steadily. In 2011, ApparelSourcing was launched in accordance with the current situation. ApparelSourcing's independent exhibition is also the accumulation of China's textile and clothing trade exhibition (Paris), which has been successfully held in the TEXWORLD middle garment exhibition area for five years. Through these foreshadowing, it has provided the European professional audience with rich and varied procurement options from fabric to clothing. In particular, with the continuous rise of global raw material and labor costs, how to optimize the supply chain structure has become the primary factor for European buyers to consider. Through this platform, the platform that runs through the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain can provide more value-added services to manufacturers and purchasers.

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Fashion trends

If design style is the soul of clothing, fashion vogue is the vane of industry. The history of fashion has always been closely related to France. This year's Paris exhibition, under the definition of APPARELSOURCING, has kept the trade in the past and injected more fashionable elements into a more internationalized brand exhibition. It also fits Paris's metropolis.

The brand new APPARELSOURCING shows China with the concept of fashionsourcing. Garment industry The overall image of the industry cluster and clothing enterprises will be introduced to the Paris exhibition, which will enable exhibitors to engage in more contacts and exchanges with designers in Paris and even Europe. Through effective docking, enterprises will be promoted from OEM to ODM. Share the latest information in the global industry, find ways to channel cooperation, grasp the trend of the new season in Europe, pay close attention to the evolution of European clothing market, deepen cooperation between fashion designers and fabric designers, and add the added value of Asian culture to European culture, which will also be fully displayed in the APPARELSOURCINGParis exhibition.

Just as the core value of TEXWORLD exhibition is "FASHIONFROMTHEINSIDEOUT - from the inside and outside fashion", the vivid outline outlines the core value of the APPARELSOURCING exhibition, besides the fabric's value in fashion, "FASHIONSOURCING-- fashion sourcing Exhibition" is also an extension and development of the traditional fashion sourcing exhibition concept. The exhibition category is based on clothing, guided by market demand, linking the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain with fashion trend, inclusive clothing, and all clothing and fashion matching products, fully embodies the complex value of the exhibition in Paris, which is of great value to Chinese enterprises in transformation and upgrading.

As a large-scale textile and apparel exhibition held in Europe, CTAF has grown into a mature trading platform after five years of experience. Many European buyers have succeeded in docking with Chinese enterprises through this platform, and a number of textile leading enterprises have successfully established sales channels in Europe by means of this platform, entered the European apparel market, developed stable customer groups, and obtained orders.

In September, the unforgettable memories of Paris are not only the murmuring Seine River and the glittering and radiant Eiffel Tower, but also the fashion purchase feast from China.