Europe And The United States Continue To Improve Their Economy, Promoting The Recovery Of Demand For Clothing Consumer Goods

The reporter of Shunde City Network learned from Shunde Customs that with the continuous improvement of European and American economies clothing The demand for consumer goods in the first three quarters of Shunde's export of clothing and clothing accessories (hereinafter referred to as "clothing") rose by $610 million, a rapid growth of 17.1% over the same period last year (the same below).

Not only did the export volume grow rapidly, but the export mode also showed a positive trend. Among them, the export of general trade accounted for more than 80%, an increase of 22.8%. Over the same period, the export of clothing by processing trade decreased by 12.8%.

According to analysis, the good performance of traditional markets such as the EU, Hong Kong and the United States and the substantial growth of emerging markets jointly contributed to the overall substantial growth situation. Among them, Shunde exported US $180 million, US $100 million and US $95.78 million of clothing to the EU, Hong Kong and the United States, up 10%, 6.1% and 29% respectively. Over the same period, exports to ASEAN increased by 3.2 times to 49.67 million US dollars, while exports to other emerging markets such as the Middle East (17 countries) and Africa increased by 43.2% and 20.4% to 43.93 million US dollars and 17.36 million US dollars, respectively.

Private garment enterprises have performed well in exports this year, with total exports spin Clothing reached US $430 million, an increase of 28%, accounting for 70.8% of the total clothing export value of Shunde in the same period; Over the same period, the export of state-owned enterprises also increased significantly by 40.5%, while that of foreign-invested enterprises decreased slightly by 3.7%.

The relevant person in charge of Shunde Customs said that the recovery of traditional European and American markets, the strong development of emerging markets, the favorable foreign trade policies of the country and other factors were the important reasons for the substantial growth of Shunde's clothing exports. Among them, the positive performance of the European and American economies is as follows: the final value of the Eurozone service industry business expectation index in August was 58.5, the highest since March 2012; The report released by the American Supply Management Association on September 3 showed that the purchasing managers' index of the US manufacturing industry in August was 55.7, expanding for the third consecutive month, indicating that the US economy continued to recover.

However, according to the analysis, the export situation of the clothing industry is not optimistic, the overall overcapacity of the clothing industry, serious homogenization competition; The cost of production factors increases and the international market share decreases; Trade frictions are intensifying, and the export of products is facing new and more obstacles. Enterprises need to grasp the international situation and face it in advance. For example, there are many bad news about trade frictions: from January to June this year, the RAPEX reported 122 cases of textile and clothing products, 109 of which were from China; On April 1, the new version of "Ecological Textile Standard 100" launched by the EU was officially implemented; Mexico, Argentina, India, Brazil and other countries have put forward anti-dumping investigations on our textiles.