Chinas textile and apparel exports rose 0.53% year-onyear in May 2016

According to the latest statistics from Chinas General Administration of Customs， Chinas textile and apparel exports achieved an quarter-on-quarter growth of 12.74% and an year-on-year growth of 0.53% to 23.516 billion dollars， among which， the textile （including textile yarns， fabrics and products） exports gained a slight growth by 1.59% to 10.205 billion dollars， but the apparel （including clothing and accessories） exports got a 0.27% fall to 13.311 billion dollars.

Compared to the same time， Chinas cumulative export volume of textile and apparel added up to 101.016 billion dollars， but suffered 1.97% down， of which the cumulative output value of textile dropped by 0.03% valued for 43.325 billion dollars， and the exports of clothing reached out to 57.692 billion dollars with 3.19 percentage points down from Jan. - May 2016.

Failure rate of imported clothing fiber content more than 50%

In recent years， more and more consumers favor to purchase imported goods for their good quality and high performance， but are all imported goods really safe and reliable？ According to the sampling data of General Administration of Quality Supervision， Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China （AQSIQ）， failure rate of imported goods was up to 38.9% last year.

According to the statistics， 31，300 batches of imported clothing were involved in national sampling inspection， of which 1839 batches were unqualified in quality and safety， total number of cargo was 11.329 million， total value was 103.8million dollars， and failure rate of quality and safety was 5.87%， with a 1.62% year-on-year decline. In the quality and safety projects testing， 1045 cases failed in fiber component project， accounting for 54.37% of the total substandard batches， also the largest proportion in all quality and safety projects.

Shui Guo town， central district， Zao Zhuang city： make bigger and stronger textile industry

In recent years， Shui Guo textile and apparel industry still remains rising trend in spite of the adverse situation， with growth rate in about 15% in recent three years. At present， the whole town can produce 5000 tons of various yarns， 150 million meters of plain white cloth， and process 900 million pieces of knitted underwear and apparel； especially in 2015， this town presented a prosperous scene where it achieved annual sales revenue of 1.84 billion yuan， profits and taxes of 0.13 billion yuan， export for earning foreign exchange of 410 million yuan， the arrangement of social employment more than 10 thousand people， and the annual social benefits of about 0.336 billion yuan， according to the average monthly salary of 2800 yuan for each worker.

After recent years of development， Shui Guo Town currently has cultivated 5 textile enterprises with sales revenue beyond hundred of millions and more than 20 ones over 200 million yuan， as well as multiple leading enterprises， such as Lurui， Longxiang， Baolong， Liheng， etc. Textile enterprises closed down backward production capacity of 442 million meters and outdated equipment of 69 sets only in 2015.

Sales of large retail apparel fell 7.2% year-on-year

According to the statistics of China National Commercial Information Center， the apparel retail sales of 100 national major large-scale retail enterprises fell 7.2% year-on-year， with the growth rate 12.6 percentage points lower than the same period last year， as well as 7.9 percentage points lower than the previous month in May 2016. Apparel sales of various types dropped 4.9%， which was 2.9 percentage points less than the same period last year and 8.4 percentage points less than the previous month.

Apparel enterprises are seeking new growth points through a variety of ways in the overall downturn， in which Youngors wholly-owned subsidiaries invested 500 million yuan in new energy industry； faced with rising costs of various elements， Hongdou group has transformed its operation mode from previous production-based into creation-oriented； JOEONE declared that the company would actively explore investment related to the apparel industry to build a fashion industry group of elite life. Recently， DAYANG TRANDS replaced its apparel assets with express assets of Yuantong express. SHANSHAN， a listed company starting with clothing， is planning to strip off clothing business， whose founder Zheng Yonggang has said relying on apparel to make money has gone.

Chinas yarn imports fell by 24.4% from January to April-six straight months of losses

According to the statistics by the Customs， Chinas yarn imports valued for 2.33 billion dollars， down 24.4%， from Jan. to Apr.， among which， cotton yarn took up two thirds， with the imports of 1.6 billion dollar， losing 28.9 percentage points and accounting for 22.2% of the total imports of textile and apparel.

Reporters from China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce was informed that in the first 4 months of this year， Chinas cotton yarn imports continued to decline since the end of last year ， rapidly down 21.5%. In the first 4 months， except that owing to the small base in the same period last year， the import volume of cotton yarn in February fell by 6.6%， import volume of the remaining 3 months fell by more than 23%. With the decline in imports， unit price of imported cotton yarn also continue downward. The average price of imported cotton yarn was $2.54 per kilogram， down nearly 10 percentage points.

Chinas cotton yarn consumption is expected to increase by 10 tons or so this year， which will be mainly contributed by the domestic， and imports of yarn will be dropped. From the sources of imports to see， the proportion of imported cotton yarn in Vietnam rapidly raises at present； the cotton yarn from Pakistan welcomed a substantial increase in around 2012， but declines in recent years； the import ratio of US cotton yarn， on behalf of high-end product line， is increased.

The amount of non- cotton fiber is expected to increase in the future

According to the latest statistics from the General Administration of Customs， domestic non cotton fiber has a significant effect on the substitution of cotton. According to the survey， the proportion of cotton and non cotton fiber is 64% and 36% ten years ago， but now the proportion of cotton processing only accounts for 36%， and cotton fiber ratio rises to 64%， of which the proportion of yarn， denim， bedding decreases 28%， 20% and 10% respectively.

The reason is that the purchase and storage of cotton， as well as huge differences of cotton price inside and outside， made enterprises more willing to choose non-cotton fiber with relatively stable price， especially short synthetic fiber. In the meantime， spinning enterprises continued to expand market， develop new products with customers， and upgrade technical equipment and technology， promoting the application of non-cotton fiber more and more extensive.

Hei Longjiang province： steadily develop flax textile industry and gradually optimize industrial layout

In order to establish a relatively stable textile raw materials supply base with 2 million acres of flax and 10 million acres of hemp， the construction of textile industrial cluster achieved steady and rapid development， and the industrial layout was gradually optimized at present in Hei Longjiang Province， where Lanxi flax industry， Qing Gang flax industry， Yanshou flax industry emerged unexpectedly as new forces， which promoted the formation of Hei Longjiang textile cluster. The flax and hemp worsted projects of Hei Loangjiang Jinda Flax Industry Co.， Ltd， have been settled in Qing Gang， which is expected to start trial production in May next year， with 5000 tons of annual worsted flax and hemp， to achieve output value over 3000 million yuan， profits and taxes over 300 million yuan， and to resettle employment over 600 people.