In the first eight months of this year, China's total exports of textiles and clothing increased by about 6% year on year, and the completed investment in fixed assets increased by about 14% year on year; Over the same period, the sales profit margin of textile enterprises above designated size increased by 0.2 percentage points compared with last year. At present, China's textile industry is still under great pressure to further promote transformation and upgrading.
On October 17, it was learned from the China Textile Industry Federation that the growth rate of various operating indicators of China's textile industry has slowed down since this year compared with the same period last year. Since June, the trend of monthly recovery has ended. In the second half of this year, there has been a more obvious slowdown trend. While the economic growth of the entire industry has slowed down year by year to become normal, there is still great pressure to further promote transformation and upgrading.
Wang Tiankai, president of China Textile Industry Federation, pointed out that China's textile industry is currently facing various external risks and internal contradictions in its development, mainly including the following six aspects: First, the situation of China's domestic cotton market is still complex. The price of cotton and downstream products continues to be in a downward range, which also increases the business risk, which further tests the market response and other capabilities of textile enterprises.
Secondly, the adjustment of chemical fiber production capacity structure is arduous. From last year to the beginning of this year, the chemical fiber industry experienced phased and structural overcapacity, and the prominent problem of excessive market competition is an important reason. Although backbone chemical fiber enterprises have made some progress by reducing output and regulating competition order since May this year, they still need to pay more attention to and study how to effectively and normally transmit the impact of raw material price fluctuations to downstream industries.
Third, the situation of energy conservation and environmental protection is becoming more severe. The emission standard of air pollutants for China's textile printing and dyeing industry is about to be issued, which further increases the pressure on the environmental protection task of the industry. The vast number of small and medium-sized micro textile enterprises need to strengthen their sustainable development capacity.
Fourth, the adjustment of industrial layout faces new forms and problems. First of all, the pace of undertaking industrial transfer in the central region continues to slow down, and the proportion of total industry investment in the first eight months of this year decreased by 0.2 percentage points compared with the same period last year; Secondly, Xinjiang has gradually become a new hot spot of domestic textile industry investment, but it needs to strengthen planning guidance to truly realize the organic combination of industrial development and resource and environmental conditions^ After that, the development requirements of strengthening the transnational layout of the industry are still urgent, and the influence of the regional free trade agreements participated by developed countries on the global industrial layout is also deepening.
The fifth is that the survival and development pressure of SMEs is outstanding. Limited by capital, technology, talent and other limitations, SMEs textile enterprises are facing more severe adjustment.
^Later, it is more urgent to speed up reform and innovation due to changes in domestic and foreign market demand. China's domestic market economy has entered a period of slowing growth, while the domestic and foreign markets are also changing rapidly in terms of consumption demand and consumption mode, which will put forward new requirements for the adaptability of China's textile industry in the future.
