The Overall Growth Of The Wool Textile Industry Slowed Down In The First Half Of 2019.

In the first two quarters of 2019, the wool textile industry was affected by the domestic and foreign economic and macro situation. The overall operation is still in the adjustment range, and the overall efficiency of the industry is slowing down, and the business pressure is relatively large.

[production conditions]

In the first half of this year, the output of wool yarn decreased by 10.4% compared with the same period last year, the fall rate increased by 9 percentage points over the previous year, and the rate of decline further accelerated. Meanwhile, the output of wool fabrics increased by 11.82% over the same period last year, and the growth rate picked up 29.2 percentage points over the previous year, showing the first growth and rapid growth since the decline in recent years.

[export situation]

In the first half of 2019, the total export volume of raw materials and products of wool spinning decreased by 5.3% compared with the same period last year.

The main export markets of wool raw materials and products are still highly concentrated, and the proportion of the top five of the export volume to the total export volume is still 71%.

However, the export situation of the top five countries and regions is different. The export volume of the EU's exports of wool textile products continued to decline rapidly, down 9.43%, and the ASEAN region has become the second largest export area for wool products, and exports continued to expand rapidly, with a growth of 11.8%.

The export of wool textile products to the US has not shown the impact of trade war. The export volume in the first half of the year showed a 4% growth rate. The export growth mainly came from the export growth of clothing and indoor product contribution.

These products are the main categories of wool products in the United States, and they have not been included in the list of tariffs before. The export of other wool intermediates affected by tariff increases declined rapidly, but the smaller the quantity, the less total exports.

The two export markets of Japan and Hongkong both showed a decline, and the export volume in the first half of the year fell by 3.2% and 12.7% respectively.

Import of wool raw materials]

In the first half of this year, the total import value of wool raw materials and products dropped by 12.2% over the same period last year. Among them, the total import volume of wool raw materials was 166 thousand tons, down 18% compared to the same period last year; the total import amount was 1 billion 530 million US dollars, down 15.3% compared with the same period last year; the average import price was 9.3 US dollars / kg, up 3.2% over the same period last year.

In the first half of the year, the number of wool imported from several major importing countries declined. In addition to the fact that New Zealand wool imports were basically flat, the imports of wool from Australia, Uruguay and England fell by 13.3%, 2.2% and 13% respectively. South Africa was affected by the epidemic and imports fell by 54.6%.