From January to June, the national yarn import and export increased by 13%

According to statistics from China Customs, the yarn import and export volume in the first half of the year was 3.132 million tons, up 18.1% year-on-year, and the import and export volume was 10.83 billion US dollars, up 13.6% year-on-year. The export volume was 1.812 million tons, up 9.5%; the export amount was 6.25 billion US dollars, up 5.2%; the average export unit price was 3.45 USD/kg, down by 4%. The import volume was 1.32 million tons, an increase of 32.5%; the import amount was 4.58 billion US dollars, an increase of 27.6%.

In January and June, the monthly export volume of yarn increased, the export amount decreased slightly, and the unit price decreased.

From a single-month export perspective, the number of yarn exports in June was 302,000 tons, which was a year-on-year increase of 2.5% and a decrease of 7.7% from the previous period; the export amount was 1.02 billion US dollars, which was a year-on-year decrease of 0.4% and a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%; the unit price of exports also decreased. 3.39 U.S. dollars per kilogram, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%.

In June, the export value of cotton yarns, silk yarns, and wool animal yarns all decreased by 1.7%, 1.4%, and 5.8%, respectively, while the export value of chemical fiber yarns increased by 2%.

2. From January to June 2013, exports to ASEAN and South Asia all increased, while exports to North America and Japan decreased.

From January to June 2013, Asia was still the most important market for yarn exports. The value of exports was US$4.48 billion, which represented an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, accounting for 71.7% of our yarn exports. In the first half of this year, exports to ASEAN continued to grow steadily. The number of exports reached 228 thousand tons, an increase of 0.8% over the same period of last year, and the export value was US$840 million, an increase of 2.2%. Among them, exports to Singapore increased the most, reaching 117.8% year-on-year, and exports amounted to US$0.5 billion. Exports to Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia were also relatively large, reaching 140 million, 120 million, 70 million and 0.67 million U.S. dollars, respectively. 13.1%, 12.5%, 18.4%, and 51.2%. The amount of exports to Vietnam was 300 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 21.2%.

From January to June, the yarns of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan in South Asian countries all had different degrees of growth. The export value was 460 million, 320 million and 270 million US dollars, with an increase of 24.3%, 36.3% and 7.6% respectively. Exports to Hong Kong yarns rose by 2.5% to US$1.35 billion. In June, Hong Kong exported US$200 million to Hong Kong, a decrease of 15.9%.

From January to June 2013, I exported 200 million U.S. dollars to Japanese yarns, a decrease of 14.1%; while U.S. exports to North America decreased, the export value was 240 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 8.3%. Exports to the European Union and Latin America were 660 million and 310 million U.S. dollars, respectively, up 4.3% and 14.5%.

3. The export prices of silk yarns, wool and animal wool yarns have increased, and the unit prices for cotton yarns and chemical fiber yarns have declined.

From January to June 2013, the unit price for export of silk thread was US$36.03/kg, an increase of 13.1%; the unit price of wool and animal wool yarn was US$33.45/kg, an increase of 9.8%; the export price of cotton yarn and chemical fiber yarn was US$4.93/kg. 3.14 U.S. dollars/kg, down 2.1% and 7.3% respectively.

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1. Production data of 1-6 textile industry in 2013 According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to June 2013, the national yarn production was 16.707 million tons, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, of which cotton yarn production accounted for 73.6% of the yarn, cotton blended yarn and chemical fiber The yarns accounted for 12.3% and 14.1% respectively, the cotton blended yarns increased by 17.5% year-on-year, the synthetic fiber yarns increased by 6%, and the cloth production volume reached 31.99 billion meters, up 8.9%, of which cotton fabrics accounted for 57.4%.

2. Cotton Price The price of China's cotton on January 1, 2013 China's cotton price index (CNCOTTON 328) was RMB 19,200 per ton, after which the price of cotton continued to rise. In early April, it reached a maximum of RMB 1.9387 million per ton, and the total price of cotton was later. The downward trend until July 26 dropped to 19,232,200 yuan / ton.

3. Domestic price index of textile products The Keqiao Textile Index shows that on July 22, 2013, the domestic textile price index closed at 105.52, down 0.1% from the previous period. The current price index fell by 0.56% compared with the beginning of the year, an increase of 0.62% over the previous year.

4. From January to June in 2013, my cotton yarn imports from ASEAN, North America, and Africa all increased significantly. From January to June 2013, Asia was the most important source region for cotton yarn imports, with an import value of US$3.02 billion. It increased by 41.3% year-on-year. Pakistan and India are still the first and second largest sources of cotton yarn imports. The import value is 880 million and 860 million U.S. dollars, which is an increase of 17.4% and 111.3% respectively. In the first six months of this year, I imported cotton yarns from ASEAN steadily, amounting to 158,000 tons, an increase of 61.1%, and the import amount was 550 million US dollars, an increase of 56%. Imports from Indonesia and Thailand increased by a large margin. Imports were 0.9 billion and 0.6 billion US dollars, respectively, an increase of 113.1% and 91.8%.

From January to June 2013, my imports from North America and Africa grew rapidly, with import amounts of 100 million and 0.08 billion U.S. dollars, up 166.6% and 148.1% respectively. I imported 67.7% from the EU, and Latin America dropped 63.7%.