Textile Industry Transformation And Upgrading Speed Up ASEAN Garment Exports To Fall Sharply

As a traditional labor-intensive industry, textile and garment industry has many characteristics, such as large number of enterprises, scattered distribution and large scale gap.

In recent years, along with the adjustment of industrial structure and the acceleration of transformation and upgrading, the concentration ratio of export enterprises has been improved. According to export data, the number of large enterprises and super large enterprises with annual export volume of more than 50 million US dollars has decreased by more than 70 over the previous year, but the proportion of export accounts for 28%, unchanged from last year.

In 2016, the main mode of trade was general. Volume of trade Exports fell by 5.2% over the same period, better than average; processing trade volume decreased by 17.2% compared with the same period last year; border trade decreased by 18.2% compared with the same period last year. The other trade modes dominated by tourism trade and market purchase trade were in an opposite trend, and the trade volume increased by 30.2% compared to the same period last year, and the share of exports increased to 6%.

Exports to all major markets are all down. The growth of the "one belt and one way" country is still on the decline in exports to EU political and economic factors. In 2016, Europe entered a troubled period. The British referendum "off Europe", the refugee crisis and the frequent terrorist attacks made Europe's economy worse.

Affected by this, our country Textiles and garments Exports to the EU have declined for second consecutive years. Exports amounted to US $49 billion 500 million, down..8% from the same period last year. The export volume of knitted garments and woven garments decreased by 0.4% compared with the same period last year, and the unit price dropped by 9.4%, and the domestic textile exports decreased by 1.4% compared with the same period last year.

The United States is China's largest textile and apparel industry. export market From 1996 to 2015, the scale of exports to the United States increased year by year, increasing continuously, and the export volume expanded by 14 times in 20 years. The share of the United States in China's exports also expanded to 17%. However, in 2016, China's exports to the US fell for the first time in 20 years, and exports amounted to US $45 billion 20 million, down 5.7% from the same period last year.

Textiles and clothing decreased by 2.5% and 6.8% respectively. The total export volume of knitted garments and woven garments in the main export commodities decreased by 2.2% compared with the same period last year. The unit price dropped by 3.9%, and the export volume of household textiles decreased by 1.5% compared with the same period last year.

In 2016, exports to ASEAN continued to fall, with exports of US $33 billion 360 million, down 6.9% from the same period last year, of which textile exports grew by 1.9% over the same period last year, and garment exports fell by 23.9% over the same period last year. In the key export commodities, the export of yarn and fabric kept increasing, and the export unit price dropped.

The 10 ASEAN countries have shown mixed growth in exports to Philippines, Thailand, Kampuchea, Burma and Laos, while the other 5 countries have seen varying degrees of decline. Philippines has replaced Vietnam as China's new export growth point for ASEAN, with an increase of 35.2% in exports and 18.6% in Vietnam over the same period last year.

Japan's exports declined for 4 consecutive years, as Japan's economy continued to run low and industrial transfer factors, China's exports to Japan fell for fourth consecutive years, but the decline was slower than the previous two years. The annual total value of sunrise was 20 billion 330 million US dollars, down 6.1% from the same period last year. In the key export commodities, the total export volume of knitted apparel and woven garments decreased by 1.8% compared with the same period last year, while the export unit price dropped by 5%. The export volume of home textiles decreased by 3.7% compared with the same period last year.

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