Loss of textile and clothing industry increased

On May 31, the China Textile Industry Federation informed the outside world of the operation of the textile industry from January to April 2012. From January to April, the industrial output value of textile enterprises above designated size was 1.67 trillion yuan, an increase of 13% year-on-year, and the increase rate was 17% lower than the same period of last year. Nearly one-fifth of the industry's operational efficiency was at a loss, and the loss amount increased by 120%. The sales profit was only 4.5%, which was a drop of 0.66 percentage points from last year. The decline in production was mainly due to the decline in domestic sales and the weak external market.

According to Sun Huaibin, spokesperson of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, the total domestic sales increased by 15.6% from January to April this year, a deceleration of 7.9 percentage points, and the actual growth rate of retail sales after deducting price factors was only 11.6%. Compared with previous years, textile and apparel retail sales The growth rate will generally be 7-8 percentage points higher than the total retail sales growth of the entire society. This year, the two curves are basically coincident, indicating that the domestic sales slowdown is very serious. Sun Huaibin said that domestic sales carry 70% to 80% of the capacity of the textile industry. The domestic demand market is the most important support for the textile industry this year. It is expected that the domestic demand will grow at around 15% during the year. He also said that if there is no domestic demand market this year, the textile industry will be miserable. .

In terms of external demand, the export situation is even more severe. January-April China's total textile and apparel exports of $ 71 billion, an increase of only 1.07%, the country's growth rate last year was 19%, it shows the rate of decline is very fast. Due to the lack of market demand, the domestic and foreign cotton price gaps have increased, and the share of some of China’s textile and apparel international markets is shifting to other countries. January to March, China's textile and apparel market share in the United States and Japan were 35.58% and 72.03% respectively, down 4.55 and 2.92 percentage points compared with 2011, of which the cotton product's market share declined significantly.

From the perspective of textile and apparel demand, due to the uncertainty of European sovereign debt, the unemployment rate in the EU is high, and consumers lack a fundamental driving force, and demand growth will be weak for a long time. Although the US and Japan consumer markets have stabilized, they are still uncertain. The overall foreign demand is difficult to form a strong pull on the industry growth. It is expected that in 2012, if the domestic and foreign cotton price gap does not shrink, China's textile and garment export situation will continue to be severe.

To ensure that the textile industry continues to operate smoothly, the China National Textile and Apparel Council recommends that the country promptly adjust and issue relevant policies to optimize the external environment for the development of the textile industry. At the same time, the industry itself should accelerate its transformation and upgrading, enhance its international competitiveness, and further adapt to changes in the market.

Sun Huaibin believes that measures should be taken in a timely manner to narrow the domestic and foreign cotton spreads and accelerate the reform of the cotton circulation system. Solve the problems related to the taxation system and taxation rate, and effectively solve the “high and low deduction” taxation system that has long plagued the development of cotton, silk, silk and other industries. ** Bank to reduce costs for SMEs, and timely attention to the difficulties of small and medium enterprises, improve the institutional mechanisms for SMEs ** to ease textile SMEs ** ** difficult your problem, reduce textile business capital chain risk. Accelerate the transformation and upgrade of the textile industry Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry in accordance with the requirements and deployment of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” and the Outline of the Textile Strengthened Countries, establish systems and mechanisms suitable for the further development of the textile industry, strive to increase the added value of the industry's products, and enhance the international competitiveness of the industry . Encourage textile companies to implement technological transformation and technological innovation, set an example for the industry, and create an external environment conducive to further promoting the transformation and upgrading of textile enterprises.