According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, from January to July this year, the cumulative export of domestic textiles and apparel was stable, achieving growth compared with the same period in 2020 and 2019. Due to the obvious recovery in the external demand market, some apparel factories’ orders are even scheduled to next year.

Affected by the pandemic, many textile and apparel companies in India, Pakistan and other countries have been unable to guarantee normal delivery, and European and American retailers have transferred a large number of orders to China to ensure continued supply.

 

It is reported that in the context of the recurrence of the global pandemic, domestic manufacturers have shown a good anti-risk capacity, textile and apparel exports maintain good growth. From January to July of 2021, China’s cumulative export of textiles and apparel was USD 168.351 billion, up 10.95 percent compared with the same period of 2019, among which textile export was USD 80.252 billion, up 15.67 percent compared with the same period of 2019, and apparel export was USD 88.098 billion, up 6.97 percent compared with the same period of 2019. Meanwhile, the inland ports in China have opened China-Europe Railway Express and rail-sea combined transport, connecting imports and exports ports with more than 50 countries and regions.

 

The relevant person in charge of the textile and apparel industry in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province said that Ganzhou’s total export in the first half of this year was 1.6 billion yuan, up 65.4 percent year-on-year. It signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hungary-China Railway Express Cargo Distribution Demonstration Zone and opened the China-Europe Railway Express. At present, 19 China-Europe Railway Express have been opened, as well as 5 rail-sea combined transports.

 

While the export market is recovering, the domestic demand market of the apparel industry is also gradually improving. Now the apparel and textile industry is entering the traditional sales season, and many apparel enterprises are stocking up in advance for the upcoming Double 11 E-commerce Festival.

 

According to industry insiders, although the domestic apparel market has clearly recovered and apparel exports have improved, the price of raw materials has risen significantly, exceeding the recovery of the terminal market, causing certain production and operation pressures on enterprises in the middle and downstream industry chain. In addition, normalized risk pressures such as structural labor shortages and rising overall costs still need to be resolved.