Textile And Clothing Export Growth In The First Half Of The Year Driven By Epidemic Prevention Materials

At present, the epidemic situation of new crown pneumonia is still spreading all over the world, and the medical protection materials in some disaster areas are still in short supply. The new production capacity of masks, protective clothing and other medical materials realized in the anti epidemic stage in China is still playing an active role. Enterprises with rich production capacity also have the ability to actively export masks and other medical protection products. From March 1 to May 31, China exported 70.6 billion masks to 200 countries and regions around the world, according to the white paper "China action against new crown pneumonia".

From the perspective of key export markets, the EU, the United States and Japan have significantly increased their dependence on China's import of anti epidemic materials such as masks. According to the data of Eurostat, from January to April in 2020, 27 EU countries imported 4.76 billion euro masks from China, an increase of 11.8 times over the same period of last year; according to the data of the US Customs and the Ministry of finance of Japan, from January to may 2020, the United States and Japan imported 5.59 billion US dollars and 267.84 billion yen of masks from China, increasing by 4.7 times and 1.6 times respectively on a year-on-year basis. At the same time, China accounted for 89.2% and 93.9% of the import market share of masks in the United States and Japan, respectively, which fully met the demand of epidemic prevention materials in relevant key export markets.

Despite the rapid growth of textile exports driven by the surge in the export of masks and other related anti epidemic materials, the overall consumption confidence of the international market continued to decline, the consumption capacity declined significantly, and the market demand for traditional consumer goods such as clothing was depressed. Also makes this year, China's clothing exports continue to decline. According to customs data, two thousand and twenty year 1-6 In June, China's clothing exports reached five hundred and ten point eight Billion US dollars, down year on year 19.4% In the same period, the proportion of textile and clothing exports decreased rapidly to 40.8% 。

As the key export market of China's clothing products, the whole line has declined. two thousand and twenty year 1-5 In June, China's clothing exports to the United States decreased year on year 34.49% Exports to the EU declined 17.06% Exports to Japan declined 9.28% Exports of countries along the belt and road have also declined 20.27% 。