Sales Of Textiles And Clothing Increased By 7.3% In April.

Released in June 17th

The summary of the industry research report is as follows:

Brand clothing: clothing sales in April improved, but overall still flat.

In April, the sales of textiles and clothing increased by 7.3%, and the growth rate increased by 2.9PCTs compared to the same period. The retail sales of textile clothing above the same limit increased by 7.3%, and the growth rate increased by 3.1PCTs compared to the same month. The same month increased by 7%, basically unchanged from the first quarter.

Despite the downward trend of downward trend, the overall sales are still relatively weak. In April, the sales of clothing of 50/100/200 retail enterprises increased by 1.7%/0.7%/0.5% compared with the increase of 5.3/4.5/5.4PCTs, and the sales of 50 retail businesses decreased by 4.9% in May.

1-4 month clothing online shopping increased 15.7%, slower than Q1 0.3PCTs.

Sub industry: baby children's clothing /

Home textile sales rebounded as business continued to stay high.

The sales volume and sales growth rate of each subcategory in April has been improved. Specifically, 1.: Children's wear: sales volume (+10.6%), sales volume is increased by 9%, of which the first tier market price is rising, and the two or three line is boosted by volume.

2. sports shoes and clothing: sales have maintained steady growth (+12%), and the market has been rising.

3. men's wear: price pressure was significantly released, sales increased by 22%, sales increased by 2%, mainly driven by the two or three line Market (+3.7%/+3.5%).

4. women's wear: sales are basically flat (+7%/ price -7%), the sales volume of all lines is reduced, but the price performance is divided, the price pressure in the first tier market is larger (+13%), and the price in the second tier market is decreasing, which promotes the sales growth significantly (+13.4%).

5. shoe sales: sales decreased by 4.4% (+7%/ -11%), and sales growth was mainly driven by the second tier market (+14.5%).

6. home textiles: bedding sales remained flat year-on-year, a sharp slowdown compared with the March decline of 9.8PCTs, of which the first tier market grew by 11%.

Processing and manufacturing: export reduction slowed down, cotton prices stabilized and picked up.

The total export volume of textiles and clothing decreased by 2.7% in 1-4 months, with a decrease of 2.6PCTs compared with the same period, which is lower than the 7.6% of the total export volume.

According to the latest statistics bureau, the export volume of textiles and clothing decreased by 2.3% in 1-5, and the decline was narrowing.

In the first month of the reserve of cotton, the demand was strong and the paction was better (the turnover rate was basically 98%), especially the demand for imported cotton.

In terms of price, the price of domestic cotton is rising steadily, driven by the demand of textile enterprises. Meanwhile, the United States Department of agriculture lowered the global cotton inventory to 87% in May. The reduction in supply was expected to drive up the price of foreign cotton. The continued depreciation of RMB (up to 6.56 in June 8th) increased the price differentials (the price difference between cotton and cotton prices increased to 1150 yuan / ton).