In The First Half Of The Year, China's Textile And Garment Exports Are Now Experiencing Negative Growth And Transformation And Upgrading.

According to reports, China in the first half of the year Spin product clothing Exports fell by 2.91% year-on-year, the first negative year-on-year growth in recent years. The market forced the transformation and upgrading of enterprises as soon as possible.

In the factory workshop of Shekou, Shenzhen, the workers making clothes are busy. Zhai Xiaoping, honorary president of Shenzhen clothing association, said that although the factory is still in production, the number of processing has been greatly reduced.

Zhai Xiaoping: "in the past, our average output would be about 400 pieces a day, and maybe 200 now."

The reduction is not only in the daily production, from the number of garment factories to the number of workers, but also to the shrinkage of profits by at least 30%.

Zhai Xiaoping: "at that time, if gross profit should be calculated, there should be a profit of 20% to 30%. Now the profit is only one digit, and the digit is decimal."

According to statistics, in the first half of 2015, China's textile and clothing export prices fell by 1.45%, and the number of exports decreased by 1.48%.

Chinese clothing Designer Zhang Qinghui, vice chairman of the association: "the export market is shrinking due to the rising labor costs and the increase of the cost of production factors. We are losing competitiveness in some low-end markets."

As a representative of China's labor-intensive industries, the textile industry is in urgent need of transformation and upgrading. Yuan Lei, director of Industrial Operation Research Institute, Institute of industrial economics, Academy of Social Sciences,

Yuan Lei: "the first is the upgrading of technology, because the textile industry is a traditional industry, but in fact, in many areas, the technology content is very high. For example, some outdoor products, medical textiles and so on, can not be produced in China at present. If technological breakthroughs can be achieved, the added value of products will be greatly improved. The second aspect is brand On the textile and clothing exports, the most fundamental problem is the brand, but China's brand is relatively weak. The third is the market channel, and how to establish a network of sales channels that enter the mainstream abroad.