The Price Has Gone Up Again! In 2018, How Much Did You Contribute To Clothing Sales In 3 Trillion And 80 Billion?

Since last year, the price of clothing has gone up again. Do you feel it?

In March 13th, the China Apparel Association released the "2018-2019 China clothing industry development report", which showed that in 2018, the total garment output of the whole society was about 45 billion 600 million, unchanged from the previous year, but the total sales volume was about 3 trillion and 80 billion yuan, an increase of 7.32% over the same period last year.

According to the report, in 2018, the apparel industry faced a lot of risks and uncertainties under the background of the development environment, and maintained a relatively stable development trend. The domestic and foreign market was stable, and the operation quality and efficiency were steadily improved. The pformation and upgrading effect was gradually emerging, and the high quality development pattern was taking shape.

Data show that in 2018, garment enterprises above Designated Size completed 22 billion 274 million garment production, down 3.37% from the same period last year, down 0.75 percentage points from the same period last year, and the decline was narrowed by 4.13 percentage points over 1-7 months.

Among them, 11 billion 157 million pieces of woven garments decreased by 3.10% compared with the same period last year, and 11 billion 117 million knitted garments decreased by 3.62% compared with the same period last year.

Judging from the output of all kinds of woven garments, the output of down garments, suit suits and shirts decreased by a range of 5.40%, 2.39% and 8.20% respectively over the same period last year.

According to the China Clothing Association estimates, the total garment output of our whole society is expected to be about 45 billion 600 million in 2018, unchanged from the previous year.

In addition, according to the National Bureau of statistics, the industrial added value of garment enterprises above Designated Size in 2018 increased by 4.4% over the same period last year, and the growth rate slowed down by 1.4 percentage points over the same period last year.

Since 2018, the growth trend of the industrial added value of the garment industry has basically converged with the textile industry, which is 3.4 percentage points higher than that of the textile industry, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the industrial growth rate.

According to China Customs data, in 2018, the total export of clothing and accessories was 157 billion 633 million US dollars, an increase of 0.3% over the same period last year, an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the same period last year.

Among them, the export of knitted apparel was better than that of woven garments, and the export of knitted apparel and accessories was 73 billion 335 million US dollars, an increase of 2.1% over the same period, and the export of woven garments and accessories was US $71 billion 302 million, down 2.9% compared to the same period last year.

From the export area, China's clothing exports to the United States and Japan have resumed growth, narrowing exports to the EU, and increasing exports to some countries along the belt and road.

In terms of domestic sales, according to the China Apparel Association estimates, the total sales volume of clothing in 2018 is about 3 trillion and 80 billion yuan, up 7.32% over the same period last year.

Among them, the growth rate of online clothing sales has been significantly improved, and it has become the first driving force for the rapid growth of the domestic apparel market.

Data show that in 1-12 months of 2018, the online retail sales of apparel products nationwide increased by 22% over the same period last year, and the growth rate increased by 1.7 percentage points over the same period last year.

According to the statistics of the China National Business Information Center, in 2018 1-12, the retail sales of clothing commodities in major large-scale retail enterprises increased by 0.99% over the same period last year, and the growth rate slowed down 4.43 percentage points over the same period last year. The retail sales of various types of clothing decreased by 4.22% compared with the same period last year. The growth rate slowed down 8.43 percentage points over the same period last year, and the price increase was the main reason for the decline of the retail sales of major retail enterprises.

Since 2018, the clothing price index and the clothing consumption price index have continued to increase slightly in the previous year, and the growth rate has been synchronized. The producer price index of clothing producers has dropped somewhat over the same period last year.

According to the statistics of National Bureau of statistics, in 2018 1-12, the retail prices of clothing commodities increased by 1.3% over the same period last year, 0.2 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year, and the clothing consumer prices rose 1.2% over the same period last year, down 0.1 percentage points from the same period last year.

Benefit from rising prices, the quality and efficiency of enterprises are stable and steady.

According to the statistics of National Bureau of statistics, in 2018 1-12, 14827 enterprises in the garment industry (above 20 million yuan and above) accounted for 1 trillion and 710 billion 657 million yuan, an increase of 4.07% compared with the same period last year. The total profit was 100 billion 675 million yuan, up 10.84% over the same period last year.

Industry profitability and capital turnover efficiency increased over the same period last year.

However, in recent years, the depth adjustment of clothing industry has kept the investment of enterprises still cautious.

The National Apparel Industry Association said that, on the one hand, China was influenced by factors such as rising cost and increasing profit pressure. Enterprises were cautious about the production capacity and replenishment of stocks. More and more excellent enterprises increased investment in overseas industries. On the other hand, in the new stage of industry development, the direction of investment in enterprises changed, and more emphasis was placed on improving the soft power of supply chain optimization, brand culture and creativity, technological innovation and so on.