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In recent years, China's polyester production capacity has entered a new round of production capacity outbreak period, and the number of foreign exports is growing, but at the same time as exports increase, anti-dumping policies and trade barriers are also increasing.   China's polyester industry is under anti-dumping investigation again   According to the news of China Trade Relief Network, on January 7, 2025, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia issued a notice to make a preliminary anti-dumping ruling on PET resin [PET Terephthalate(PET)] originating in or imported from China and Indonesia. The decision is to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on the products in question from the above countries for a period of 120 days, with rates ranging from 6.33% to 37.44%, which will take effect from January 7, 2025. The Malaysian Harmonized Tariff Code and ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Code (AHTN) of the products in question are 3907.61.00 00. The final ruling is expected to be made no later than May 6, 2025.   On August 9, 2024, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia issued a notice to the domestic production company Recron(Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. The application, filed on July 10, 2024, initiates an anti-dumping investigation into PET resin originating in or imported from China and Indonesia.   Coincidentally, recently, Brazil once again launched an anti-dumping investigation on China's polyester fiber yarns, which is since August 18, 2023, Brazil decided to continue to suspend the polyester fiber yarns originating in China and India after the imposition of final anti-dumping duties, re-launched an anti-dumping investigation, and then Brazil launched an anti-dumping investigation on polyester fiber fabrics in China.   The polyester industry is not alone in anti-dumping investigations   In recent years, China's polyester filament industry has faced some anti-dumping policies and trade barriers in the global market. Here are some of the key events:   1. Mexico made a final anti-dumping ruling on polyester filaments from China and India in September 2021, deciding to impose an anti-dumping duty of US $0.532 / kg. But then in July 2024, Mexico decided to terminate the anti-dumping review investigation of polyester filaments originating in China and India and cancel the anti-dumping duties. Mexico currently accounts for about 8% of total filament exports.   2. Pakistan initiated anti-dumping investigation on imports of polyester filaments from China on 26 May 2024.   3. India began to implement BIS certification for the export of polyester filament in October 2023. The polyester varieties exported from China to India mainly include POY and FDY, followed by industrial silk, and these three varieties are within the product range of BIS certification. India is the largest exporter of polyester filament to China, accounting for about 13% of the current export volume, which has a greater impact on POY and FDY exports. Even if it is successfully certified, the factory also needs to bear the application fee, annual fee, sample inspection fee and other costs, which increases the export cost.   In addition to polyester filament, the United States, the European Union, Pakistan, India, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia and other countries and regions have launched anti-dumping investigations on China's polyester staple fiber. The European Union, Argentina, the United States, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, India, South Korea and other countries and regions have launched anti-dumping investigations on Chinese polyester bottle flakes.   It can be seen that the polyester industry is the hardest hit area of China's anti-dumping policy and trade barriers.   What is the impact on chemical fiber exports?   China is the largest producer of polyester in the world, and its export volume is relatively high, occupying an important position in the global market. At the same time, China's polyester industry upstream and downstream integration development process is faster, products have strong cost and price advantages, China's polyester products often enter the international market at a lower price, causing price pressure on similar products in other countries. Anti-dumping measures are often used as a means of trade protection. In order to protect domestic industries, some countries may use anti-dumping measures to increase the market cost of Chinese products and reduce their price competitiveness. Therefore, under various factors such as China's market position, trade protectionism, international trade environment, industrial policies and environmental protection regulations, anti-dumping policies against Chinese polyester products are relatively frequent.   From the perspective of polyester filament exports, filament exports have maintained positive growth in recent years. In 2020, the export growth rate was slightly lower due to the impact of the epidemic. China's filament exports increased from 1.98 million tons in 2016 to 3.99 million tons in 2023, with an average growth rate of 10.8%. From January to June 2024, filament exports totaled 1.9 million tons, a decrease of 7.4% year-on-year. The proportion of filament exports to domestic production is also steadily rising, and by 2023, filament exports will account for 10% of domestic production.   From the perspective of filament exporting countries, in 2023, India is the largest exporter of China's filament, accounting for 13%, followed by Egypt and Turkey, accounting for 11% and 10% respectively.   According to the data, in the whole of Brazil's polyester civil silk imports, the product involved is the import of DTY products occupy the mainstream level, according to the data of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade, from January to October 2024, Brazil imported a total of 408 million US dollars of polyester civil silk, of which the product involved was imported about 330 million US dollars. It accounts for 80.78% of total imports. The main import source countries of the products involved in the case are China and India, in the past five years, the average proportion of Brazil's imports from China and India involved in the tax of the case can reach more than 97% of the level, so there is a previous round of anti-dumping investigations against Chinese and Indian products.   In the last round of anti-dumping investigations, the share of imports from India fell sharply, from an average of 33% between the beginning of 2020 and the first half of 2022 to 10% between the second half of 2022 and the first half of 2024. The share from China rose from 64% to 87%. From January to November 2024, the exports of the varieties involved to Brazil accounted for 12% of the total domestic exports, and the number of more than 200,000 tons, so if a new round of anti-dumping investigations only for Chinese products and anti-dumping tariffs are imposed, it is bound to affect China's export situation to Brazil.   (Source: China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce)

With the gradual advancement of Trump's tariff plan, the global textile industry pattern is undergoing unprecedented changes.   Southeast Asia, as an important destination of manufacturing transfer in recent years, is facing new challenges and tests. Vietnam, in particular, is in the spotlight for its textile industry due to changes in the US tariff policy. In the case of Trump's tariff war, what challenges and tests are the textile industry facing in Southeast Asia?   The threat of tariffs directly affects business costs and competitiveness   The Trump administration has imposed high tariffs on solar cells and some textile products, directly affecting Southeast Asian countries' export trade. As an important production base for the global textile industry, Vietnam exports a large amount of its products to the United States. High tariffs undoubtedly increase the production cost of enterprises and weaken the competitiveness of their products in the international market. According to relevant data, in 2024, Vietnam's textile industry exports to the United States have declined significantly, and enterprises are facing huge operating pressure. In addition, Zhao Hong, former justice of the World Trade Organization (WTO) appellate body, pointed out that the US government may further raise tariffs in the future and even take more trade remedy measures, which brings great uncertainty to the medium and long-term planning of enterprises.   The fuzzy judgment of rules of origin increases the difficulty of compliance   An important advantage of Southeast Asian countries to attract foreign investment is its relatively low production cost and geographical location, but the determination of rules of origin has brought new challenges to enterprises. In international trade, the country of origin is usually defined as the last country to undergo a "substantial change", which directly affects the tariff treatment and market access eligibility of products. However, the WTO does not make detailed provisions on "substantial change", and the relevant determination mainly relies on bilateral or multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). However, many Southeast Asian countries have not signed FTAs with the United States, resulting in differences in the understanding of origin between the two sides, which increases the difficulty of enterprise compliance.   Small and medium-sized enterprises lack of risk awareness and planning   Compared with large enterprises, smes often lack risk awareness and complete plans when they go to Southeast Asia. Jiang Weiqian, chairman of Jiangsu Yuetong Accounting Firm Co LTD, pointed out that many small and medium-sized enterprises lack comprehensive investigation and long-term planning when "going out", and even some business owners make investment decisions only on the spur of the moment. This lack of strategic behavior often leads to frequent "stepping holes" in the actual operation of enterprises. For example, locating a production base in a non-industrial zone and missing out on tax breaks, or going through a lengthy tax refund process when exporting.   Operational challenges arising from cultural differences and talent shortages   Going to Southeast Asia is not only the transfer of production locations, but also the adaptation of cultural differences and management models. Common operational challenges include a lack of long-term planning in corporate structures, and under-utilisation of tax incentives and government support programmes, said Patrick Mok, senior consultant at Cambridge Consultants in Singapore. In addition, there is a relative lack of management talents with an international perspective, and many enterprises find it difficult to find talents who are familiar with the culture of Chinese enterprises and have an international vision and experience in going to sea. This not only increases the management cost of enterprises, but also may bring financial, operational and reputational risks.   Medium - and long-term planning and compliance awareness   In the face of various challenges, enterprises need to make medium - and long-term plans and strengthen risk awareness. At the beginning of the sea, enterprises should pay special attention to the policies and requirements of the producing countries and target market countries in terms of trade compliance. In addition, enterprises should actively make use of professional services, such as seeking help from local customs or professional consulting agencies, to ensure compliance. In terms of talents, enterprises should pay attention to training and introducing management talents with international vision to cope with the challenges brought by cultural differences.   Trump's tariff war has brought many challenges to the textile industry in Southeast Asia, from high tariffs to vague rules of origin, to the lack of risk awareness and planning of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the operational challenges brought by cultural differences and talent shortages.   However, there are challenges as well as opportunities. Only by strengthening risk awareness, making medium - and long-term plans, actively utilizing professional services and cultivating international talents can enterprises remain invincible in the complex international political and economic environment.   (Information source: Global Textile Network)

China's National Bureau of Statistics announced on the 25th that the country's cotton production has increased, driven by an increase in sown area and an increase in yield per unit area. In 2024, China's cotton output was 6.164 million tons, an increase of 546,000 tons or 9.7 percent over the previous year.   Among them, Xinjiang's cotton output was 5.686 million tons, an increase of 574,000 tons or 11.2 percent over the previous year. Cotton output in the Yangtze River Basin was 221,000 tons, an increase of 0.2 million tons or 0.8 percent over the previous year. Cotton output in the Yellow River basin was 206,000 tons, down 33,000 tons or 13.7 percent from the previous year.   Wei Fenghua, deputy director of the rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in 2024, the country's cotton sowing area was 42.574 million mu, an increase of 752,000 mu over the previous year, an increase of 1.8%. By region, Xinjiang's cotton sown area was 36.719 million mu, an increase of 1.179 million mu, or 3.3 percent, over the previous year.   According to reports, this year, the target price of cotton in Xinjiang has remained at a high level, the expected income of cotton planting is stable, the enthusiasm of cotton farmers is high, and the area has increased more. Affected by low comparative benefit and adjustment of planting structure, cotton area in other cotton areas showed a decreasing trend.   In terms of output per unit area, in 2024, the country's cotton yield per mu was 144.8 kg, an increase of 10.4 kg over the previous year, an increase of 7.8%.   From the perspective of different regions, Wei Fenghua said that since the sowing of cotton in Xinjiang, there has been sufficient light and warm water, and the overall meteorological conditions are conducive to the growth and development of cotton, which is significantly better than that of the previous year, especially in the picking period, Xinjiang has more fine weather, which is conducive to improving the yield and quality of cotton. In 2024, Xinjiang's cotton yield per mu was 154.9 kg, an increase of 11.0 kg or 7.6 percent over the previous year.   In other cotton regions, the cotton yield per mu in the Yangtze River basin was 73.2 kg, an increase of 1.8 kg or 2.5% over the previous year; The cotton yield per mu in the Yellow River basin was 83.7 kg, down 0.1 kg or 0.2 percent from the previous year.   (Information source: China Textile Economic Information Network)

On December 10, the fifth Member Congress of the China Cotton Association was held in Beijing, during which the "Product carbon footprint product category Rules leather cotton" group standard (T/COTCHN 004-2024) was officially released, which is the first product carbon footprint standard in the cotton industry.   The standard is an important part of the China Sustainable Cotton Standard system promoted by the China Cotton Association, which aims to encourage producers to adopt more scientific and environmentally friendly planting techniques and management measures, optimize production processes, and reduce resource consumption and emissions. At the same time, through the carbon footprint evaluation, the low carbon and environmental protection characteristics of natural fibers are displayed, and the added value of products and market competitiveness are improved.   Wang Jianhong, president of the China Cotton Association, said that in recent years, China's cotton industry has adhered to the innovation-driven development strategy, constantly optimized the industrial structure, improved the scientific and technological support capacity, and began to shift from focusing on quantity growth to improving quality and efficiency. With the adjustment and change of the international division of labor system, the textile and its upstream and downstream industries are facing environmental compliance and green transformation pressure, as an important raw material of textile, the cotton industry urgently needs to speed up the transformation, while conveying products, but also the downstream required value.   Wang Jianhong introduced that in 2021, the China Cotton Association jointly launched the "China Cotton Sustainable Development Project" (CCSD) with the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, the China Cotton Textile Industry Association, the China Home Textile Industry Association, and the China Clothing Association, advocating the sustainable concept of "environmental friendliness, good quality, respect for labor, and traceability". Since the project was launched, it has received the attention of government departments and the support of many parties inside and outside the industry, and has made good progress: the initial construction of sustainable cotton standards and certification system, the establishment of traceability information platform, the absorption of more than 30 well-known enterprises as members, the strengthening of media cooperation and exhibition publicity, and the continuous expansion of the influence of Chinese cotton brands. In May 2024, the association jointly established a cotton "double carbon" working group with relevant units and enterprises, hoping to build a cotton "double carbon" standard system, build a high-quality cotton carbon footprint background database, relevant standards and product identifications are recognized by domestic and foreign enterprises and consumers, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry.   Wang Jianhong said that the next step is to unite more forces, take the project as the starting point, guide the relevant parties in addition to the economic value, pay more attention to and affirm the ecological value and social value of cotton, and promote the production and consumption of cotton by advocating a natural, comfortable and environmentally friendly lifestyle and concept. At the same time, we also hope to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with international peers in terms of standards and brands, learn advanced experience, and let the world see the practice and achievements of sustainable development of China's cotton industry.   (Information source: China Cotton Association)

November 28, a number of polyester factories polyester filament promotion, domestic polyester filament sample enterprise production and sales rate came to 207%. In the past week, the price of polyester filament has been continuously falling, and there has been a significant off-season trend, affected by this, polyester factories have to offer big promotions again. The polyester market is in a cyclical spell At this stage, the polyester market is in a cyclical spell. Because weaving enterprises wait and see, polyester production and sales are depressed; Due to the downturn in polyester production and sales, polyester inventory increased; Because polyester inventory increased, so some manufacturers cut prices; Because the inventory continues to accumulate, so the polyester factory promotion; Polyester factory promotion, weaving enterprises replenishment. This cycle ends and the next cycle begins. The most direct reason for the continued decline in the price of polyester filament is the obvious lack of upstream and downstream support and the lack of market confidence. PTA continues to weaken Recently, the upstream PTA of polyester continues to weaken, and it is difficult to produce effective support for polyester. On the supply side, the PTA device changed little, Yisheng new material 7.2 million tons of device reduced to 80%, on Thursday, Fuhaichuang 4.5 million tons of device is currently carrying a negative, PTA load of 81.4%. The load of a set of 3 million tons PTA plant in East China is steadily increasing, and the device maintains 50% load in the early stage. A set of 2.5 million tons of PTA plant in Shandong is currently being restarted, and the device is stopped for maintenance near 11.13. On the demand side, the polyester load decreased to 92.4%, down 0.3% from the previous quarter. The production and sales of Jiangsu and Zhejiang polyester are generally maintained, and the average production and sales are estimated to be about 5%. Jiangsu and Zhejiang terminal opening probability decline, terminal factory raw material inventory is still cautious. On the cost side, PTA processing fee is around 280 yuan/ton, PXN is adjusted to about 178 dollars/ton, crude oil is declining, PX shock is weak adjustment, and there is insufficient support. Factory shutdowns have increased. Downstream, the probability of a certain degree of decline. Recently, from the market visits can be found, from clothing factories to weaving enterprises, the opening rate has been more obvious decline, stoppages are also increasing. In today's market, weaving capacity has greatly exceeded the number of orders, and enterprises are often difficult to receive high-quality orders with short payment cycles and suitable profits. And the increase in the account period and the increase in risk, so that some enterprises only focus on serving old customers, but the number of orders that old customers can provide is limited, and this year the enterprise is in a large number of expansion. When production capacity is idle, in order to maintain profit margins, many weaving enterprises choose to start high, excess production capacity to produce conventional products, and fast production and fast sales into the spot pool. However, due to the longer and longer time for payment, the high start-up is very challenging the cash flow of weaving enterprises. When the equilibrium is broken, the probability decreases and the probability increases. The imposition of tariffs creates lasting pressure In the long run, the possible future tax increase will put a lot of pressure on textile enterprises, thus affecting market confidence. In 2019, the United States imported about $500 billion of products from China in List 3 and List 4, involving about $40 billion of textile and apparel, although List 4B has not been implemented, but still has a greater impact on China's textile and apparel products exported to the United States, resulting in a significant decline in apparel products imported from China in 2019. In the later stage, with the intensification of trade disputes, it will be further favorable to emerging textile and apparel destinations such as Southeast Asia and South Asia, and the textile and apparel exports of the above regions to the United States will further increase. However, the demand for textile raw materials in the region is bound to increase with the improvement of local finished product orders, which also brings new opportunities for the export of domestic textile raw materials. And with the shift of the main export areas of clothing, clothing exports to Russia, Central Asia, Africa and other places will also gradually increase, to a certain extent, replacing the share of exports to the United States. (Information source: China Textile News)

The latest data analysis from the National Bureau of Statistics pointed out that in October, with the concerted effort of the stock policy and a package of incremental policies, the production of industrial enterprises above designated size increased steadily, and the decline in corporate profits decreased significantly in the month. From the industry point of view, in October, 9 of the 13 industries in the consumer goods manufacturing industry saw year-on-year profit growth pick up compared with September, or the decline narrowed, from a decline to an increase. Among them, the profits of textile and garment, chemical fiber and other industries grew faster, up 44.3% and 21.1%, respectively, up 53.3 and 65.2 percentage points compared with September. On November 27, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that from January to October, industrial enterprises above designated size across the country achieved operating income of 110.96 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year. Among them, the operating income of the textile industry reached 1,944.59 billion yuan, an increase of 4%; The operating income of the textile and garment industry reached 1,016.19 billion yuan, up 2.1% year-on-year; The business income of leather, fur, feathers and their products and footwear industry reached 695.19 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%. The chemical fiber manufacturing industry achieved 953.63 billion yuan in operating income, an increase of 7.1%. From January to October, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide was 5.86804 trillion yuan, down 4.3 percent year on year. Among them, the textile industry achieved a total profit of 58.06 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3%; The total profit of the textile and garment industry reached 46.08 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%. Leather, fur, feathers and their products and footwear industry achieved a total profit of 36.23 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5%; The total profit of the chemical fiber manufacturing industry was 21.64 billion yuan, an increase of 38.3%. (Information source: Global Textile Network)

In the first three quarters of 2024, the global economy is growing strongly, but problems such as inflationary pressures, trade tensions and a tightening investment environment remain. On the whole, China's economy has made steady progress, high-quality development has made solid progress, and the accumulation of positive factors has increased. The economic operation of China's industrial textile industry shows a recovery growth trend, market demand continues to recover, and the industry's exports are overall in the warming range. According to the survey of the Association, the prosperity index of China's industrial textile industry in the first three quarters of 2024 was 68.7, an increase of 1.6 percentage points over the first half of the year.   Since 2024, the production of nonwovens in China has recovered well. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to September 2024, the output of nonwovens of enterprises above scale increased by 10.1% year-on-year, and the average monthly output continued to increase compared with the first half of the year. With the gradual recovery of the passenger car market, the production of curtain fabric returned to double-digit growth after experiencing fluctuations in the first half of the year, and the output of curtain fabric of enterprises above designated size increased by 11.8% year-on-year from January to September.   According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first three quarters of 2024, the total operating income and profit of enterprises above designated size in China's industrial textile industry increased by 6.1% and 16.4%, respectively. According to the China Industrial Textile Industry Association estimates, the operating profit margin of enterprises above the industry scale is 3.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points; The loss of the industry was 23.6%, narrowing by 1.6 percentage points from the first half of the year. Since 2024, under the combined influence of factors such as the low base effect and the recovery of domestic and foreign market demand, the main economic benefit indicators of the industry have continued to rise and improve, but it still faces challenges such as fluctuations in raw material prices, insufficient demand support, and fierce market competition.   From January to September, the total operating income and profit of non-woven enterprises above the scale increased by 3.5% and 28.5%, respectively, and the operating profit margin was 2.7%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points. The operating income and total profit of enterprises above the scale of rope, rope and cable increased by 14.8% and 46.5%, respectively, ranking first in the industry, and the operating profit margin was 3%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points. The total operating income and profit of enterprises above the scale of textile belt and cord fabric increased by 9.9% and 4.2% respectively, and the operating profit margin was 2.9%, which was 0.2 percentage points lower than the same period last year. The operating income of enterprises above the scale of tent and canvas increased slightly by 0.5% year-on-year, the total profit decreased by 10.8% year-on-year, and the operating profit margin was 4.7%, down 0.6 percentage points year-on-year. The total operating income and profit of other industrial textile enterprises above the scale of filtration and geotextile increased by 10.6% and 20.9%, respectively, and the operating profit margin of 6.1% was the highest level in the industry.   In the first three quarters of 2024, the operating income of 30 listed companies in China's industrial textile industry increased by 7.4% year-on-year, and the total profit fell by 21.8% year-on-year. While sales revenue maintained growth, the profitability of listed companies in the industry faced challenges. Among them, 14 listed companies achieved double growth in operating income and total profit, and 4 listed companies were in a state of loss; The listed companies of transportation textiles and synthetic leather textiles have a good momentum of development, and the profits of listed companies of health textiles have declined greatly.   According to China Customs data (customs 8-digit HS code statistics), in the first three quarters of 2024, China's industrial textile industry exports reached 30.47 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the second quarter (Table 2); Industry imports were $3.74 billion, down 4.8% year on year, and the decline continued to narrow compared with the second quarter. In the first three quarters of 2024, the exports of key products of China's industrial textile industry (chapters 56 and 59) to major markets maintained a high growth rate, such as the exports to Vietnam and the United States increased by 19.9% and 11.4%, respectively, and the exports to Cambodia increased by 27.7%; But exports to India and Russia fell 7.8 per cent and 10.1 per cent respectively. From the perspective of main export products, the export value of key export products such as industrial coated fabrics, felt fabrics/tents, nonwovens, diapers, sanitary napkins, ropes, canvas, industrial glass fiber products maintained a certain growth in the first three quarters of 2024; The export value of wiping products (dry and wet wipes), structural strengthening textiles, and other industrial textiles maintained a high growth rate; Overseas demand for disposable hygiene products such as diapers and sanitary napkins contracted, and although exports continued to grow, the growth rate was 10 percentage points lower than the same period in 2023.   (Information source: Global Textile Network)

According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on November 7, according to the US dollar, in the global inflation easing, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, the US and European markets pick up, last year's lower base factors, in October China's textile and garment exports increased by 11.9%, of which textile exports increased by 16.1%, clothing exports increased by 8.1%.   Textile and garment exports in RMB:   From January to October 2024, the cumulative export of textile and apparel was 1,762.27 billion yuan, an increase of 3% over the same period last year (the same below), of which textile exports were 829.52 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%, and clothing exports were 932.75 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7%.   In October, textile and garment exports 180.65 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year on year, an increase of 2.3% month on month, of which textile exports 87.83 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6% year on year, an increase of 9.5% month on month, clothing exports 92.82 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9% year on year, a decrease of 3.8% month on month.   Textile and garment exports in US dollars:   From January to October 2024, the cumulative export of textile and apparel was 247.89 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.5%, of which textile exports were 116.69 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.1%, and apparel exports were 131.2 billion US dollars, a decrease of 0.7%.   In October, textile and garment exports of 25.48 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.9%, an increase of 2.8%, of which textile exports of 12.39 billion US dollars, an increase of 16.1%, an increase of 10.1%, clothing exports of 13.09 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.1%, a decrease of 3.2%.   (Information source: China Textile Import and Export Association)

With the accelerating pace of innovation in the textile industry, a feast bringing together the latest achievements and cutting-edge technologies in the textile new material industry is about to open. The 6th China Textile New Materials Exhibition will be held in Shaoxing International Convention and Exhibition Center from October 24 to 26. As an annual event in the industry, with an unprecedented momentum of "preparing for war", the exhibition is not only set up three distinct theme blocks, but also attract many leading enterprises with the latest products and technologies to help, worth looking forward to.   Three theme plate planning   Comprehensively grasp the new trends of the industry   This year's China Textile New Materials Exhibition has carefully planned three theme plates - "Exploring the foundation of the textile industry", "Exploring the big explosion of textile product innovation", and "textile development research of sea and all rivers", a comprehensive display of the latest achievements and future trends in the field of textile new materials. The exhibition area is about 20,000 square meters, the layout of the exhibition area is scientific, and it is divided into four exhibition areas: new material area, new weaving area, new equipment area and new fabric area.   The theme of "Exploring the Textile Industry Foundation" focuses on the foundation of the textile industry chain - raw materials and basic processes, displaying the latest fiber technology, green materials and intelligent textile equipment, allowing visitors to feel every fine link of the textile industry "from the source to the finished product", and deeply understand the importance of the textile industry foundation for innovation and development. At the same time, through the expert forum and technical exchanges, in-depth discussion on how to consolidate the industrial base and enhance the added value of products. This plate has gathered many leading enterprises, such as Lanjing, Seidley, Tongkunstock, Titan Textile machinery, Anhui Fengyuan biological fiber, China Textile Green fiber, Tianzhu Alliance, Qingdao Bonte, Xingfa Chemical fiber, Qingdao Xinwei, Kaitate fiber, Qingdao Baicao, Zhejiang Jinmembrane Environment, Huzhou Weida, Kangli Automatic Control technology and many other excellent fiber, yarn, machinery leading enterprises.   The theme plate of "Exploring the Innovation explosion of textile products" brings together the innovation achievements of various cutting-edge textile products, including but not limited to smart wear, functional textiles, high-performance fiber products, etc. These products are not only unique in design, but also achieve major breakthroughs in material application and technology integration, showing the infinite possibilities of the textile industry driven by new materials and new technologies. Here, the audience will experience how textile products can cross borders and become the darling of fashion, technology, health and other fields. Hengli Group, Jiangsuilke, China Textile Institute, Fujian Xiangxing, China Textile Standard, Shanghai Haikai Biomaterials, Taihua High-tech, Qingdao Jifa and many other outstanding industry innovative enterprises will make a wonderful appearance here.   As an open and inclusive platform for the collision of ideas, the "Textile Development Seminar" area will host a number of high-end forums and roundtable dialogues, inviting industry leaders, scholars and experts and business elites to conduct in-depth discussions on the global trend of the textile industry, sustainable development strategies, brand building and market expansion. By sharing successful experience, analyzing market trends and predicting future trends, we will contribute wisdom and strength to the prosperity and development of the textile industry.   It is worth mentioning that this year will still organize buyers and exhibitors to conduct one-on-one in-depth docking exchange activities. Through the one-to-one matching mode, it is conducive to significantly reducing the additional costs caused by information asymmetry and demand mismatch between exhibitors and suppliers, helping the two sides to jointly explore and implement more efficient, more energy saving and more environmentally friendly production or service methods, further reducing operating costs, improving the quality and competitiveness of products or services, and achieving cost reduction and efficiency in the true sense.   New national style clothing plate   Leading textile innovation and national tide culture collision   On the broad stage of the textile industry, the exhibition activity is not only a grand event of product display and technical exchange, but also a spark of cultural inheritance and innovation collision. The China Textile New Materials Exhibition adds a new section of national style clothing, which is a vivid portrayal of this trend.   In the context of globalization, Chinese style is gradually becoming a force that cannot be ignored in the international fashion industry. By displaying fashion creativity and innovative design based on Chinese excellent culture, Guofeng Fashion Exhibition not only establishes cultural confidence, but also promotes commercial transformation and promotes the development and brand building of China's fashion industry. The application of new materials and new technologies has injected new vitality into traditional clothing, while the profound heritage of traditional culture has provided a steady stream of inspiration for modern fashion. The two promote each other and jointly promote the innovative development of the textile industry.   China Textile New Materials Exhibition has come to the sixth, exhibits from high-performance fibers, intelligent textile materials to environmentally friendly recycled fibers, all kinds of new materials, new technologies, new processes will appear in turn. These innovative achievements not only show the outstanding achievements of China's textile new materials industry in technological innovation and product upgrading, but also provide strong support for the green and intelligent transformation of the entire industrial chain. Looking forward to your visit!

Overview of situation   Since the beginning of this year, China's economy has been stable on the whole and has continued to show a good trend. Benefiting from the deepening of the steady foreign trade policy, the recovery of external demand and the low base effect of the same period last year, China's foreign trade export growth accelerated in August, maintaining growth in traditional markets such as the United States and the European Union, which played a good supporting role in exports. Textile and garment exports also stabilized in August, with monthly exports of nearly $28 billion, setting a monthly high for the year. Among them, exports to the European Union rose 14 percent year on year, a six-month high, and exports to the United States increased for the second month in a row.   In the next stage, with the weakening of the "base effect", China's textile and garment exports are still facing greater challenges. Challenges such as the sustainability of the recovery in external demand, trade protectionism and geopolitics will persist for a long time. Germany, Europe's economic bellwether, recently revised its growth forecast for this year from 0.3 per cent to 0.2 per cent, meaning the economy could shrink for the second year in a row. The EU has imposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and China has taken countermeasures, and China-Eu trade relations are facing uncertainties. The situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate and the scope of conflict continues to expand. It is worth paying attention to what impact it will have on regional security and global shipping. At present, it is common for export enterprises to obtain a single profit, with the US dollar interest rate cut, the appreciation of the renminbi, the already thin profits of export enterprises will continue to be squeezed, at the same time, the appreciation of the renminbi will also affect the competitiveness of export products, bringing pressure on enterprises to receive orders.   In order to promote the sustained recovery of China's economy, recently, the Chinese government has introduced a package of incremental policies, while emphasizing that "policies conducive to the production and operation of enterprises and healthy development will not stop and will not be less"; The Ministry of Justice and the National Development and Reform Commission publicly solicited comments on the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Promoting the Private Economy (Draft for Comment)" to continuously improve the business environment for enterprises. On October 10, leaders of China and 10 ASEAN countries announced the substantive conclusion of negotiations on version 3.0 of the China-Asean Free Trade Area and issued the Joint Statement of China and ASEAN on the substantive conclusion of Negotiations on Upgrading version 3.0 of the China-Asean Free Trade Area. The two sides will upgrade cooperation in supply chain connectivity, standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, customs procedures and trade facilitation, which will create more space for Chinese enterprises to expand cooperation with ASEAN.   With the landing of the Fed's interest rate cut boots, China responded quickly, and introduced measures to reduce the reserve ratio, cut interest rates, and reduce the stock housing loan interest rates at the end of September to provide liquidity for the market and further support economic growth from the perspective of monetary policy.   Trade data   From January to August 2024, the total import and export value of China's trade in goods was 4,023.72 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year (the same below), of which exports were 2,317.82 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.8%, imports were 1,1705.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.4%, and the cumulative trade surplus was 611.92 billion US dollars.   In August, the total value of China's trade in goods was US $526.27 billion, up by 5.2% year on year, of which exports were US $308.65 billion, up 8.7%, imports were US $217.63 billion, up 0.5%, and the trade surplus was US $91.02 billion.   From January to August, the trade volume of textiles and clothing was 212.03 billion US dollars, up 1.2% year-on-year, of which exports were 1979.99 billion US dollars, up 1.2%, imports were 14.04 billion US dollars, up 0.5%, and the cumulative trade surplus was 183.95 billion US dollars, up 1.3%.   In August, the trade volume of textiles and clothing was 29.77 billion US dollars, down 0.1% year-on-year, of which exports were 27.95 billion US dollars, up 1%, imports were 1.82 billion US dollars, down 14.2%, and the trade surplus was 26.13 billion US dollars, up 2.2%.   Market analysis   From January to August 2024, the textile and apparel trade presents the following characteristics:   1. Exports resumed year-on-year growth in August, and monthly exports hit a new high in the year; Cumulative export growth from January to August was 1.2%.   In August, textile and garment exports were 27.95 billion US dollars, up 1% year-on-year, slightly better than the previous month, but the growth rate is still lower than the national trade in goods. From January to August, textile and garment exports were 1979.99 billion US dollars, up 1.2%, down 0.1 percentage points from January to July.   Second, exports to the United States and the European Union maintained growth, while exports to ASEAN fell for the first time   In August, among the four traditional markets of ASEAN, the United States, the European Union and Japan, China's exports to the United States and the European Union increased by 6% and 14%, respectively, while exports to ASEAN and Japan fell by 2.7% and 6.2%, respectively. Exports to the four traditional markets totaled $14.85 billion, accounting for 53.1 percent of the month's total exports. Affected by the high base of the same period last year and the difficult settlement of exports to Russia and other factors, this month's exports to Russia and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries showed a significant correction.   In terms of cumulative exports from January to August, China's exports to ASEAN, the United States and the European Union maintained year-on-year growth, of which exports to ASEAN increased by 7.5%, exports to the United States increased by 5.4%, and exports to the EU increased by 2.2%. Exports to Japan continued to fall, down 8.4 per cent from a year earlier. In the first eight months of this year, exports to the above four traditional markets totaled US $105.56 billion, accounting for 53.3% of China's total exports. Exports to 152 countries jointly participating in the Belt and Road Initiative reached $105.87 billion, up 0.2% year on year, accounting for 53.5% of the total exports.   (1) Exports to the US reached 5.38 billion US dollars in August, a new high in a single month.   Us retail sales rose 0.1% month-on-month in August, beating expectations of -0.2%. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% month-on-month and 2.5% year-over-year, the smallest year-on-year increase since March 2021. Overall, inflation in the US economy has been moderate and consumption has picked up. In August, China exported 5.38 billion US dollars of textile and apparel to the United States, up 6% year on year; Month-on-month growth continued for the sixth consecutive month, and exports in a single month reached a new high this year. The main export product to the United States was needle-woven clothing exports of 3.4 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.5%. Among them, the export volume increased by 16.5%, and the export price fell by 11.2%.   From January to August, exports to the US reached 33.21 billion US dollars, up 5.4% year on year. Among them, the main product of needle woven clothing exports was 20.44 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.7%, the export volume increased by 14.7%, and the export price fell by 9.5%.   From the import data of the United States, in July, the United States imported 11.79 billion US dollars of textile and apparel from the world, an increase of 5%. Among them, imports from China increased by 11.1%, imports from Vietnam increased by 4.9%, imports from India increased by 2.9%, imports from Bangladesh decreased by 6%, China, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh accounted for 29.2%, 14.3%, 7.6% and 6.1%, respectively. From the volume price index, the number of imports in the United States increased by 13% this month, the unit price of imports fell by 7%, and the overall decline in the unit price of imports was significantly less than the decline in the unit price of imports from China.   (2) In August, the growth rate of yarn and fabric exports to ASEAN slowed down, and textile and apparel exports fell 2.7%.   The economic situation of ASEAN has shown a steady recovery trend, and the recovery of garment exports from Vietnam, Cambodia and other countries has led to the export of Chinese textiles to ASEAN countries. From January to August, China exported 34.93 billion US dollars of textile and apparel to ASEAN, up 7.5% year on year; Among them, the export of textile and apparel to Vietnam was 12.04 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.1%; Exports to Cambodia reached $3.94 billion, up 33.7% year on year. By product, from January to August, China exported 18.13 billion US dollars of yarn and fabric to ASEAN, an increase of 11.7%; The export of clothing was $9.97 billion, up 0.4% year-on-year. In August, China exported 3.83 billion US dollars of textiles and clothing to ASEAN, down 2.7% year-on-year, including 2.15 billion US dollars of yarn and fabric exports, an increase of 7.4%, the growth rate slowed down 10 percentage points from the previous month, and exports of yarn and fabric to Vietnam and Cambodia increased 7.5% and 28.1% respectively.   (3) Exports to the EU increased by 14% in August, and the cumulative export growth from January to August was 2.2%.   According to preliminary estimates, the annual inflation rate in the euro area is expected to be 2.2% in August 2024, down from 2.6% in July. Inflation in the euro area has fallen, demand for goods has recovered, and China's exports to the EU have resumed growth from a low base last year. In August, China exported 4.11 billion US dollars of textile and apparel to the EU, an increase of 14% year-on-year. From the country, the growth of exports to the EU mainly comes from exports to Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Italy, in August, my exports to the above five countries were 18.2, 13.7, 13.2, 11.4 and 1.01 billion US dollars, an increase of 24%, 11%, 21%, 16% and 9%, respectively. From the product point of view, in August to the EU exports of needle woven clothing 2.53 billion US dollars, an increase of 12%, of which, the number of exports increased by 20.3%, the export price fell by 6.9%, the increase in exports mainly from the rise in exports. From the cumulative data, from January to August, China's textile and apparel exports to the EU were 27.2 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.2%. Among them, the main product of needle woven clothing exports was 16.21 billion US dollars, down 0.6%, of which the export volume increased by 7.6%, and the export unit price decreased by 7.6%.   From the EU import data, in July, the EU imported 11.26 billion US dollars of textile and clothing, an increase of 0.5%. The top three sources of imports were China, Bangladesh and Turkey, with imports of 36.3, 17.3 and 1.37 billion US dollars, accounting for 32%, 15% and 12% respectively. On a year-on-year basis, imports from China and Bangladesh fell by 1% and 4.2%, respectively, while imports from Turkey rose by 9%.   (4) Exports to Japan declined for the 16th consecutive month, with both export quantity and price falling.   Real wages fell 0.6% in August from a year earlier, the first decline in three months, the health ministry said in a preliminary estimate, as wage growth failed to keep pace with rising prices. In August, China exported 1.53 billion US dollars of textile and apparel to Japan, down 6.2% year-on-year, and has declined for 16 consecutive months since May 2023. The export value of the main export product needle woven clothing was 1.03 billion US dollars, down 8.2%, of which the export quantity was down 6.3%, and the export unit price was down 2.1%. Different from the European and American markets, the export volume to Europe and the United States rose and fell in price, and the decline in the amount was mainly caused by the decline in price, while the export volume to Japan fell in volume and price, and the decline in export volume was greater than the decline in the average export price. From January to August, China's cumulative export of textile and apparel to Japan was 10.22 billion US dollars, down 8.4% year-on-year. Among them, the export of needle woven clothing was 6.58 billion US dollars, down 9.2%; The export price of woven garments to Japan fell, the export quantity fell by 4.9%, and the average export price fell by 4.5%.    

According to the report of the Cotton Gimping Association of Pakistan (PCGA), cotton arrivals at gin mills in Sindh have dropped by 62.63 per cent, while cotton arrivals in Punjab have plummeted by 65.13 per cent. The flow of seed cotton at the ginning stage has shrunk to nearly a third of last year's total. Total cotton arrivals in the first half of this month have fallen by 64 per cent to 1.434m bales, compared with 3.933m bales in the same period last year. Six districts in Punjab reported zero cotton arrivals, an unprecedented drop in production. According to the PCGA report, no region saw an increase in cotton arrivals. The 64% drop in cotton arrivals at the glint stage has shocked the export-oriented textile industry, which now faces the prospect of importing $5 billion worth of cotton and yarn in FY2025 to maintain current export levels. Due to domestic cotton shortages and high electricity costs, textile exports are unlikely to exceed the $16.65 billion in FY2024. The textile sector accounted for 54.29% of the country's total exports, which amounted to $30.676 billion in FY2024. (Source: Zhejiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade)

According to the General Administration of Customs statistics, from January to August this year, the national textile and apparel exports were $197.77 billion, an increase of 1.1%(in renminbi terms, an increase of 3.2%), the growth rate was the same as last month, and slowed down from the first half of this year. Among them, textile exports were 93.07 billion US dollars, up 3.5% year-on-year (5.8% year-on-year in RMB terms); Garment exports were US $104.71 billion, down 1.0% year-on-year (up 1% year-on-year in RMB terms). In August, China exported 27.95 billion US dollars of textile and apparel to the world, an increase of 1.0%(0.6% year-on-year increase in RMB). Among them, textile exports were 12.22 billion US dollars, up 5.0% year-on-year (4.7% year-on-year growth in RMB), an increase of 1 percentage point over the previous month; Garment exports were 15.73 billion US dollars, down 2.0% year-on-year (down 2.3% year-on-year in RMB terms), the decline narrowed from the previous month. At present, the export of China's textile industry is still facing risks and challenges such as insufficient effective demand, intensified market competition, and increased geopolitical instability and uncertainty. However, foreign trade enterprises actively explore diversified international markets, and the export trade growth of Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and other emerging countries is more impressive. According to the General Administration of Customs statistics, from January to July this year, China's exports of textiles and clothing to ASEAN were 31.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.9%. At the same time, China's textile enterprises based on technological innovation actively promote product upgrading, respond to market demand, expand cross-border e-commerce and other new channel models, and strive to stabilize the international competitiveness of China's textile and garment products. (Information source: Zhejiang Trade Promotion comprehensive collated from China Textile International Production Capacity Cooperation Enterprise Alliance, textile network)

According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on September 10, affected by slowing demand in major markets, increasing trade barriers, falling export prices and other factors, textile and garment exports in August only increased by 1% year-on-year, although slightly better than the previous month, but the growth rate is still lower than the national trade in goods. In dollar terms, textile and garment exports in August were 27.95 billion US dollars, up 1% year on year. Among them, textile exports increased by 5.1%, driving the overall export growth. Apparel exports fell 2 percent year-on-year from a low base last year, narrowing 1.6 percentage points from the previous month.   Textile and garment exports in RMB:   From January to August 2024, the cumulative export of textile and apparel was 1,455.99 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2% over the same period last year (the same below), of which textile exports were 661.6 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%, and clothing exports were 744.39 billion yuan, an increase of 1%.   In August, textile and garment exports were 199.28 billion yuan, down 0.7% year-on-year, up 4.5% month-on-month, of which textile exports were 87.12 billion yuan, up 3.3% year-on-year, up 6.1% month-on-month, and clothing exports were 112.16 billion yuan, down 3.6% year-on-year, up 3.3% month-on-month.   Textile and garment exports in US dollars:   From January to August 2024, the cumulative export of textile and apparel was US $197.77 billion, up 1.1%, of which textile exports were US $93.07 billion, up 3.5%, and garment exports were US $104.71 billion, down 1%.   In August, textile and garment exports were 27.95 billion US dollars, up 1% year-on-year, up 4.3% month-on-month, of which textile exports were 12.22 billion US dollars, up 5.1% year-on-year, up 5.8% month-on-month, and clothing exports were 15.73 billion US dollars, down 2% year-on-year, up 3.1% month-on-month.   (Source: China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce)  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the industrial architecture and underlying infrastructure, reshaping productivity and production relations. The development of intelligent economy has become an important opportunity for industrial transformation and upgrading and the realization of lane overtaking. To grasp the opportunity of artificial intelligence, China's textile industry needs to return to the essence, strengthen research in vertical fields, achieve breakthroughs in key scenarios, and build a rich application ecology; To grasp the air of artificial intelligence, it is necessary to have a moderate forward-looking layout, integrate fragmented scenes, precipitate high-quality data, do a good job of "AI+ textile", and structure design, manufacturing, marketing, and brand building on "big data + large computing power + strong algorithm". In order to deeply analyze how AI will participate in the development of the textile industry at present and in the future, and empower the whole industry, we will launch the "AI+ Textile" column to introduce the development and trend of AI in the industry, and promote the development of new quality productivity in the industry.   The application of AI in the field of brand channels and end consumption in the textile and garment industry   AI in brand channels and end-consumption applications can be analyzed from three aspects: application of innovative scenarios, challenges faced and development trends.   The application of AI in innovative scenarios in the field of brand channels and end consumption   Enabling content marketing based on generative AI   Compared with the traditional AI-generated content enabling marketing, it has significantly improved in efficiency and speed, personalization and accuracy, and cost effectiveness, including AI text, AI picture generation, and AI video editor.   The meta-universe of virtual marketing based on meta-universe technology has moved from concept to the foreground, from technology-driven to capital intervention to policy support. August 2023, work   The Ministry of Information and other five departments issued the Three-year Action Plan for the Innovation and Development of the Meta-Universe Industry (2023-2025), promoting the meta-universe technology to become an important growth pole of the digital economy. The virtual marketing methods in the meta-universe era mainly include digital people virtual anchors, AI intelligent customer service, and virtual broadcast scenes.   Personalized consumption experience through self-customization AI personalized self-customization mode through the accurate measurement of size, recommend style preferences, provide creative inspiration three aspects   Function, so that consumers in the independent and convenient shopping at the same time, feel the fun of creation, in order to embrace the AI era of "design equality".   Create a convenient consumer experience through virtual testing Virtual fitting combines technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality (AR), image processing and 3D modeling to provide a hands-on experience   Try on, buy on site, you can see the textile clothing wearing, home effect of a convenient way.   Accurately forecast consumer demand with the help of user portraits   AI technology can build multi-dimensional user portraits through data mining analysis, and realize a variety of complex tasks and functions through self-learning and transfer learning with the help of artificial intelligence large model, that is, deep learning model with ultra-large scale parameters and data, which is different from the traditional "sales data analysis + market research + customer feedback" consumer demand forecasting model. It greatly improves the timeliness and accuracy of consumer demand forecasting. The main application scenarios include building user profiles through data mining analysis and increasing purchase conversion rates through personalized recommendations.   Support efficient supply chain management with data model   Through big data analysis and forecasting models, AI can accurately predict raw material demand, optimize inventory levels, reduce excess and shortage risks, reduce costs and improve operational efficiency, breaking through the limitations of traditional supply chain management, such as insufficient prediction accuracy, slow response speed, inventory imbalance, difficult cost control, poor information transmission, and cumbersome decision-making process. The main applications include: accurate supply through data analysis, intelligent replenishment through real-time monitoring of inventory, and optimization of inventory structure through analysis of out-of-stock and sluggish sales.   The challenges facing the application of AI in the field of brand channels and end consumption   Although AI has broad application prospects in the field of brand channels and terminal consumption, it still faces many difficulties and challenges in the actual application process. In the field of brand channels and end consumption, the application of AI technology needs to ensure that users feel a seamless, convenient and personalized experience throughout the shopping process. However, the current AI system may be due to insufficient algorithm optimization or design defects, resulting in inaccurate recommended content, complex interactive interfaces or slow response, which will affect user satisfaction and loyalty.   The application of AI in brand channels and end consumption is highly dependent on data, including user behavior data, transaction data, market trends, and so on. However, the integrity and accuracy of the data directly affect the accuracy and effectiveness of AI decisions. Missing, incorrect, or inconsistent data can lead to biases in AI recommendation systems and even mislead users.   Talent limitation   In the in-depth application of AI in brand marketing and channels, the demand for talents is highly complex and specialized. At present, compound talents who are proficient in AI technology and have a deep understanding of business logic such as marketing and consumer behavior are extremely scarce. The incomplete grasp of AI technology will directly affect the algorithm optimization and model establishment process of AI in brand marketing and channel application. Restrict the potential release of AI in improving brand market response speed, deepening consumer interactive experience, and optimizing marketing strategies.   Data privacy security   The issue of data privacy and security is particularly important in the field of textile and apparel brands, as there is a large amount of sensitive information about consumer preferences, body size, purchase history and so on. The operation of AI technology depends on the collection and processing of a large amount of data, and how to ensure the security of these data and prevent data leakage has become a problem that brands must face. The development trend of AI application in brand channels and end consumption   The omnichannel supply chain of clothing brands will achieve digital intelligence collaboration, greatly improving operational efficiency and response speed. Through deep learning and data analysis, AI technology can more accurately predict market demand and guide all links of the supply chain to make flexible adjustments; Big data technology can collect and integrate massive data from online and offline channels to provide comprehensive support for brand decision-making; Cloud computing provides powerful data processing and storage capabilities to ensure efficient flow and sharing of data. The Internet of Things technology enables all links in the supply chain to be closely connected, enabling real-time monitoring and intelligent scheduling. The integration and application of these technologies will accelerate the digital intelligent collaboration of the omnichannel supply chain and achieve transparency, intelligence and high efficiency.   The integrated development of online and offline channels continues to strengthen the AI-enabled clothing brands, which will pay more attention to the integrated development of online and offline, providing consumers with more convenient and convenient products   Sexualized shopping experience. The online platform uses big data and AI technology to accurately push personalized product information and preferential activities, attracting consumers' attention and facilitating transactions. Offline stores enhance consumers' immersive shopping experience through the introduction of AR, VR and other technologies. At the same time, online and offline will achieve seamless connection, consumers can browse products online, place an order to buy, and then try on offline stores, pick up or return goods. This integrated development model can not only improve the shopping experience of consumers, but also promote the growth of brand sales.   New formats of fashion retail are constantly taking shape   With the continuous development of AI, more new formats will emerge in the clothing industry. For example, personalized customization services based on big data analysis will become more and more popular, and consumers can customize unique clothing products according to their needs and preferences; Smart retail and unmanned stores and other emerging formats will gradually rise, through automation and intelligent means to reduce labor costs, improve operational efficiency; Intelligent warehousing and logistics systems based on the Internet of Things technology will also be widely used to achieve accurate inventory management and rapid distribution. The formation of these new formats will further promote the upgrading and transformation of clothing brand channels.   (Source: Textile and Garment Weekly)

According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs today, in the first seven months of this year, the national textile and apparel exports of 169.84 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.1% (in renminbi terms, an increase of 3.7%), the growth rate has slowed down compared with the first half of this year. Among them, textile exports were 80.86 billion US dollars, up 3.3% year-on-year (up 6.0% in RMB terms); Garment exports were 88.98 billion US dollars, slightly down 0.8% year-on-year (up 1.6% year-on-year in RMB terms).   In July, China's textile and apparel exports to the world were 26.08 billion US dollars, a decrease of 0.5% (in renminbi terms, a decrease of 1%). Among them, textile exports were US $11.54 billion, up 4.0% year-on-year (3.5% year-on-year growth in RMB); Garment exports were 15.26 billion US dollars, down 3.6% year-on-year (down 4.2% year-on-year in RMB terms), and the decline was 3 percentage points higher than the previous month.   Since the beginning of this year, the market demand in developed countries has remained stable, providing better conditions for the release of export competitiveness of China's textile industry, and the overall export of textile and apparel has achieved more than expected growth. Affected by the US dollar delayed interest rate cuts, inflation slowed down and other factors, there is downward pressure on the international market in the second half of the year, in July, China's textile and apparel exports have declined year-on-year, before the end of the year, industry exports are still facing challenges.   (Source: China Textile International Production Capacity Cooperation Enterprise Alliance)

In recent years, Shawan City, relying on the local advantages of resources, vigorously develop the textile industry, while increasing investment, actively cultivate and support textile enterprises to become bigger and stronger, and strive to build a modern industrial system to promote high-quality economic development.   Recently, in the workshop of Xinjiang Yuxinyuan Textile Co., LTD., the sound of the machine is rumbling, and under the operation of textile workers, one intelligent spinning equipment is running at high speed to rush to make orders.   Xinjiang Yuxinyuan Textile Co., Ltd. production director Li Bing said: "At present, the company's main products to compact spinning 40, ring spinning 32, R65 based, the use of contract order system, signed at the beginning of each month the contract of the next month, now is three shifts two operation full load production, output of about 30 tons per day, our products are mainly sold to Zhejiang, Guangdong Foshan and other places, relatively popular."   Established in 2015, Xinjiang Yuxinyuan Textile Co., Ltd. is a textile enterprise specializing in cotton yarn, chemical fiber yarn and blended yarn. Over the years, with the care and strong support of Shawan Municipal Party Committee, municipal government and industrial Park, the enterprise has grown step by step. At present, the production scale of the enterprise has reached 100,000 ingots, including 66,000 ring ingots and 3,520 air spinning heads. As of January to May this year, the company has completed 4,500 tons of cotton yarn production tasks, laying a solid foundation for the completion of the established production targets throughout the year.   Li Bing, director of production factory of Xinjiang Yuxinyuan Textile Co., LTD., said: "The next step, our company will increase the recruitment and staff training efforts, improve production capacity, and strive to increase the output of 3,000 tons on the basis of 9,000 tons in 2023, to complete the goal of 12,000 tons, and contribute to the high-quality development of Shawan economy."   Xinjiang Tianmuhu Carpet Weaving Co., Ltd. is a professional design, new material research and development, production and sales of terminal carpet products enterprises. Since settling in Jinou River Textile Park in Shawan City in 2016, it has built a number of carpet yarn and all kinds of carpet industry chain production lines, which is the largest carpet manufacturer in Xinjiang, with 5,000 tons of differential BCF fiber spinning capacity and 3 million square meters of Wilton, tufted and printed carpet production capacity. Since the beginning of this year, the enterprise orders continue, textile workers in their own posts in an orderly busy production, catch up with orders, a busy scene in the workshop.   Deng Dazhi, director of Wilton workshop of Xinjiang Tianmuhu Carpet Weaving Co., LTD., said: "The order is now how much to how much, very hot, there are three pieces of equipment in production, in March this year and bought a piece of equipment from the headquarters to increase production capacity, to meet the increasing market demand, capacity to calculate, a month can do 80,000 square meters, plus new equipment, production capacity can increase by more than 20%."   Xinjiang Tianmuhu Carpet Weaving Co., Ltd. has been actively adapting to market demand, grasping technical reform and expanding production capacity since it was built and put into operation. This year, the company continued to invest 170 million yuan to start a new high-performance polyester BCF fiber production project, and will introduce 8 sets of polyester BCF spinning machines, 10 sets of twisting machines and 5 sets of setting machines, so as to further improve production capacity.   Wang Wenwei, manager of BCF Spinning Division of Xinjiang Tianmuhu Carpet Weaving Co., LTD., said: "Our production capacity to expand, polypropylene to reach 12,000 tons, polyester to reach about 6,000 tons, because now the internal volume is also more intense, we only by expanding the scale, to reduce all management costs, procurement costs, the next year is likely to develop to 30,000 tons, the use of scale to reduce costs, increase our competitiveness."   It is understood that at present, Shawan Industrial Park has been settled in the textile and garment enterprises up to 8, of which 3 enterprises above scale. From January to May, the industrial park completed a total industrial output value of 1.72 billion yuan, an increase of 7 percent in the same period, and completed an industrial added value of 313 million yuan. Among them, the textile industry enterprises completed the output value of 778 million yuan, and realized the added value of 94 million yuan.   (Information source: China News Network Xinjiang)

In April, with the rapid implementation of macroeconomic policies, the economic operation of China's garment industry continued to pick up and improve, although the domestic market was affected by the wrong month of the holiday, the high base of the same period last year and other factors, there were small fluctuations, but the export demand in the international market picked up, overseas importers gradually entered the replenishment cycle and other favorable factors led by the decline narrowed significantly from the previous month. Production continued to improve, investment growth accelerated, and corporate profitability improved. At the same time, we should also see that the current development environment of the industry is still complicated, geopolitical tensions are pushing up trade risks, and domestic and foreign market demand is still insufficient. Enterprises in the garment industry should adhere to innovation-driven and digital transformation, stimulate the growth vitality of new drivers with new formats and new models, and ensure the stable and healthy operation of the industry economy. Give birth to According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to April 2024, the industrial added value of enterprises above designated size in China's garment industry decreased by 0.4% year-on-year, which was 0.1 percentage points narrower than that in January to March. Enterprises above designated size completed 6.4 billion pieces of clothing production, an increase of 1.82%, the growth rate slowed down 0.07 percentage points from January to March. Domestic sales According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to April 2024, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 15,602.58 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, and a growth rate of 0.6 percentage points slower than that of January to March. Among them, the retail sales of apparel commodities of units above designated size totaled 346.87 billion yuan, an increase of 1.0%, and the growth rate slowed down by 1.2 percentage points compared with that of January-March. Among them, the retail sales of clothing goods above the quota in April fell by 3.0% year-on-year. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first four months of 2024, online retail sales of physical goods were 3735.57 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year. Among them, the online retail sales of clothing products increased by 10.5% year-on-year, the growth rate slowed down by 1.6 percentage points from January to March. exit According to China Customs data, from January to April 2024, China's cumulative export of clothing and clothing accessories was 45.56 billion US dollars, the export amount was the same as the same period in 2023, and the growth rate was 1.4 percentage points lower than that in January to March. In April, garment exports amounted to 11.74 billion US dollars, down 3.9% year-on-year and 13.7 percentage points narrower than in March. invest According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to April 2024, the actual completed investment in China's garment industry increased by 17.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.4 percentage points faster than that of January to March. benefit According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to April 2024, there were 13,626 enterprises above designated size (annual main business income of 20 million yuan or more) in China's garment industry, and their operating income was 365.015 billion yuan, an increase of 0.37%, and the growth rate was 1 percentage point slower than that of January to March. The total profit was 13.836 billion yuan, an increase of 7.33% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.64 percentage points higher than that in January-March; The operating income margin was 3.79%, 0.19 percentage points higher than the same period in 2023 and 0.26 percentage points higher than the January-March period. Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China Customs (Information source: China National Garment Association)

On June 19, the three-day 2024 Textile New Materials Exhibition (Hangzhou Station) was officially opened. This is the first time that our city's self-organized exhibition "out of Shaoxing" in the form of touring exhibition, in order to expand the popularity and influence of local exhibitions. More than 40 enterprises in the city participated in the exhibition, with an exhibition area of more than 1,000 square meters and more than 10,000 high-quality exhibits. Multi-party joint, exhibitors gathered 2024 Textile New Materials Exhibition (Hangzhou Station) to our city's self-organized exhibition - 2024 China (Shaoxing) Textile New Materials exhibition as the mother exhibition, actively expand the depth of cooperation with advanced exhibition areas mature exhibition. As a professional exhibition in the field of textile upstream new materials, China Textile New Materials Exhibition has been certified by UFI International Exhibition Association. This tour exhibition and the 32nd Hangzhou International Textile and Garment Supply Chain Expo to cooperate with the model of jointly organizing exhibitions and sharing resources to further integrate the cohesion of Shaoxing textile enterprises and obtain more exhibitors and buyers resources. The Hangzhou Station tour exhibition focuses on inviting buyer resources such as Hangzhou style women's clothing brands, e-commerce clothing brands, and domestic excellent clothing designers, and strives to create a textile docking platform of "new materials & fashion". Shaoxing Hongji Textile Co., LTD., Panama (Shaoxing) Clothing Co., LTD., Shaoxing Dachuan Textile Co., Ltd. and other more than 40 Shaoxing enterprises with a number of the latest functional fabric new products, amazing appearance, for the industry to bring a wonderful fashion feast. It is worth mentioning that with the help of this exhibition, the textile new Materials exhibition scheduled to be held in Shaoxing from October 24 to 26 will further introduce new brands, designers, industry associations and other high-quality resources, and plan to organize 150 professional exhibitors, and the number of standard booths exceeds 300. First day of success, exhibitors have something to say Shaoxing Keqiao Hechang Textile Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in all kinds of knitting, woven dyeing, digital printing and other fashion fabrics, its general manager said that on the first day of the exhibition, the harvest was full, met more than 50 intended customers, has identified 12 customers to contact proofing, reached a clear intention to cooperate. Shaoxing Dachuan Textile Co., Ltd. booth on display all kinds of sweatcloth, wool cloth, its general manager said that the company has more than 480 advanced imported large circle machine, most of the fabrics on display are the company's new products. The effect of this exhibition is very good, we have seen more than 5 old customers, and added more than 60 new customers on wechat on the first day, of which more than 10 have a clear purchase intention and make an appointment to visit the factory. In addition, the international procurement team from many countries around the world came to docking negotiations, which by the Vietnam Textile Association Deputy Secretary General Ruan Xumei personally led the Vietnam procurement team, said that one purchased their own satisfactory products, and the on-site matchmaking meeting is efficient and professional, it can be described as "worth the trip".

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in the first quarter of this year, the operating income of enterprises above designated size in the filament weaving industry increased by 14% year-on-year, and the total profit increased by 49.6% year-on-year. China customs data show that in the first quarter, the cumulative export of chemical fiber filament fabrics reached 5.41 billion meters, an increase of 8.1%; The export value was 4.73 billion US dollars, an increase of 6.2%, higher than the overall textile export growth rate of 4.2 percentage points. "Since the beginning of this year, the filament weaving industry has been moving forward in the recovery, the operation quality and efficiency have increased steadily, and foreign trade exports have been stable and improved, achieving a good start." In the recently held China Filament Weaving Association three four council and six executive director expansion meeting, Wang Jiayi, president of China Filament Weaving Association, pointed out that the "good results" achieved by the industry are not easy, which is inseparable from the enterprise actively in the "establishment" and "break" in the exploration of new momentum. Lixin In Wang Jiayi's view, the core of the filament weaving industry is innovation, strengthening product innovation and expanding application boundaries is crucial. "With the deep application of new raw materials, new technologies, new equipment and new processes in the field of filament weaving, the functionality and differentiation of filament fabrics continue to break through." Enterprises should deeply study the downstream market segments, unlock more application scenarios, and lead and create new demands." Taking Zhejiang Taihua New Materials Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Taihua New Materials") as an example, in recent years, the company has continued to promote the construction of green multi-functional nylon new material integration projects, and gradually put into production according to the production plan. With the gradual release of production capacity of the project, the competitive advantage of the company's differentiated products such as nylon 66 and recycled nylon has been further strengthened. With continuous product innovation and market reputation, Taihua New Materials products have been widely used in clothing, home textiles, industrial applications, special applications and other fields, accumulated rich customer resources. At present, the company's customers cover Pathfinder, Decathlon, Anta, Jordan and other sports brands, as well as UniQlo, Heilan Home, Sema, Elai and other leisure brands. To BYD, Tesla tooling, Nantai Hanlong Junlin Enterprise Group intends to rely on tooling products from the "behind the scenes" to the "front." Yang Yang, the relevant person in charge of the group, admitted that in the past, the group focused on the production of home textiles and curtain fabrics, with the goal of selling products. In recent years, the company has realized the transformation from production and processing to manufacturing services, extending the industrial chain upward to R & D and design, extending down to brand services, constantly expanding service paths, and improving the added value of products. "We develop products that cater to the diverse needs of our customers." Zhang Yang, for example, said, "Different types of work need work clothes designed with corresponding functions to cope with different operation scenarios. For example, in the automotive industry, the work clothes of employees are easy to smell after sweating, and antibacterial fabrics are needed to solve this problem; In some workshops, the action range of the employee's operation is large, and if the fabric is not elastic enough, it will lead to the individual position of the uniform is easy to crack, these are factors that we need to consider in product development." Whether it is Taihua New Materials or Nantai Hanlong Junlin Enterprise Group, they are the epitome of innovation and upgrading of the filament weaving industry. From fashion women's clothing, cold outdoor clothing to original gauze sunscreen clothing, sports quick-drying clothes, casual shirts, leather jackets, uniforms; From bedding to jacquard wall cloth, functional curtains, tablecloth napkins, sofa pillows, indoor soft furnishings; From luggage cloth, geotextile, canopy cloth to airbags, electronic base cloth, medical and health products, aerospace parachutes, and then to special protective clothing, today's filament fabrics can be described as "sky to earth", and the application field continues to expand. cocoon-breaking In recent years, China's filament weaving industry has unswervingly taken the road of ecological priority and green development, and constantly improved the "green content" of industrial development, highlighting the determination of filament weaving enterprises to "break the cocoon". Wang Jiayi introduced: "The association through the recent industry-wide 'water jet loom wastewater treatment and water reuse' special research found that the filament weaving industry clusters and enterprises are very important to sewage treatment work, the use of centralized unified treatment and self-treatment two ways to achieve 100% sewage treatment, most areas to achieve 100% water reuse, zero sewage discharge." In recent years, in addition to continuous optimization of water saving and emission reduction measures, filament weaving enterprises have also accelerated the construction of green low-carbon recycling systems, actively researched and developed green textiles, and improved the recycling rate of waste textiles. Fujian Baichuan Resource Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the best. The regeneration combined with anhydrous coloring process technology developed by the enterprise not only breaks the traditional energy consumption mode, reduces the dependence on oil, but also fundamentally solves the environmental pollution industry problems caused by water dyeing, fully solves the problem of small batch, fast response and diversified market needs of customers, and has been widely recognized by the industry and the market. The company has polyester silk, Oxford cloth, knitted fabric and other products, has become a well-known domestic and foreign manufacturers of recycled raw materials suppliers, products sold all over the country, but also exported to Europe, the United States, South Africa and other markets. "To achieve the reuse of yarn, bobbin, packaging materials and other spinning equipment. It is best if companies do not use packaging materials, and if they do, they should recycle them." Wang Jiayi also reminded that enterprises should do everything possible to eliminate the "one-time" waste problem; Enterprises should form joint forces for development, strengthen cooperation between enterprises and enterprises, as well as between enterprises and the government, scientific research institutions, industry associations and other parties, and jointly study and solve the problems and challenges in green development. In addition, it is also crucial to improve the construction of green production standards system. At the meeting, the China Filament Weaving Association launched the "Initiative on Promoting the Green Development of the Industry" to the whole industry, providing a full standard basis for enhancing the sustainable development capacity of the industry, and helping the industry to achieve a more robust, green, healthy and high-quality development. Butterfly transformation Between "standing" and "breaking", the filament weaving industry resists the risk pressure and changes and upgrades in the complex external environment. "At present, filament weaving enterprises in southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other eastern 'senior' industrial clusters rely on advantages such as proximity to the market, trade facilitation, and talent gathering, focusing on promoting high-end, intelligent, green, and brand development." In the early stage of developing the filament weaving industry, the emerging industrial cluster enterprises in the central and western regions have fully absorbed the experience of traditional cluster enterprises, stood at a higher starting point, and are focusing on transforming location advantages, resource advantages, and policy advantages into industrial advantages to achieve high-quality development." Wang Jiayi concluded. According to the statistics of the China Filament Weaving Association, by the end of 2023, the scale of China's filament weaving industry loom reached 927,000 units (of which 855,000 water jet looms), and the total annual output of filament fabrics reached 63.1 billion meters, continuing to maintain a leading trend. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2023, the annual growth rate of business income of enterprises above designated size in the filament weaving industry is 4.9 percentage points higher than that of the textile industry. "The filament weaving industry is the basic support to ensure the scale advantage and system advantage of the textile industry, an important engine to drive material innovation and equipment innovation, a key force to maintain the smooth operation of the global textile industry chain and supply chain, and a special position and important value in the development of textile new quality productivity." Sun Ruizhe, president of the China Textile Industry Federation, affirmed the stable operation of the filament weaving industry in recent years. Sun Ruizhe pointed out that in order to maintain the steady growth of the industry, the filament weaving industry should further broaden its new vision and new realm in the future. "The industry should find a foothold and consolidate the cornerstone of manufacturing. We will strengthen research, development and application of equipment and technology to build a high-starting point and high-efficiency production system. In particular, we will seize the opportunity to replace old growth drivers with new ones, make proper use of large-scale equipment renewal policies, and replace production capacity. To find a balance point, optimize the spatial layout. Strike a balance between in-place upgrading and industrial relocation, and develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions. To find the intersection, use the value lever. Grasp the correlation and coupling degree between capital and market, deepen the cooperation between industry and finance, and enhance the social, especially the capital market's awareness of the industry; To find a breakthrough point, speed up the transformation of digital intelligence. We will improve the application of digital and intelligent equipment, improve new infrastructure such as the industrial Internet and big data centers, and promote the construction of smart production lines, smart workshops and smart factories." (Information source: China Textile News)

From aerospace to the automotive industry, from wind power to civil construction, from Marine engineering to sports and leisure, are high-performance fiber and composite materials "use." High-performance fiber and composite materials are an important part of the new material industry, and are the key materials for the development of China's chemical fiber industry, and their development level is related to the development of the national economy and national strategic security. What is the development status of China's high performance fiber and composite material industry? What are the achievements of technological innovation? What are the key points for the next breakthrough and improvement? As a typical representative, what are the new technology research and development achievements of China's carbon fiber and composite materials industry? What are the potential applications of the product in multiple fields? The first Zhongfu Shenying ·2024 International High Performance Fiber and Composite Materials (Lianyungang) High-end Forum was held in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, and the above issues were discussed in depth. Major breakthroughs have been made in technology After years of rapid development, China's high-performance fiber and composite material industry technology has achieved major breakthroughs, has entered the ranks of advanced countries. At present, China has become a high-performance fiber producer with the widest variety coverage and the largest scale. Sun Yize, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that China's high-performance fiber and composite material industry has made obvious achievements in industrial scale, technological progress, system construction and other aspects by paying close attention to key technology research, especially breaking through the design and precision molding of high-performance special woven fabrics, automatic weaving, and three-dimensional weaving molding methods of large-size structural parts. A series of equipment and products have been successfully applied in the field of national strategic needs, injecting new impetus into the core competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry. Lv Jiabin, vice president of China Chemical Fiber Industry Association, introduced that China's high-performance fiber technology has made obvious progress. Among them, carbon fiber in the T1000 level, T1100 level, M55J level, M60J level, M40X level carbon fiber key technologies to achieve breakthroughs, the establishment of independent technology system. Para-aramid and para-aramid have made new technological breakthroughs, promoting the continuous expansion of scale and the continuous expansion of application fields. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber industry ranks among the world's advanced ranks. Continuous basalt fiber industry technology has steadily improved to reach the international advanced level. The development of other high-performance fibers has also achieved positive results. The carbon fiber industry in particular has made remarkable technological progress. Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhongfu Shenying") is one of the leading enterprises, which has mastered the large-scale production technology of carbon fiber from T700 to T1100 and M series, and the product performance has reached the international advanced level. The company has Lianyungang, Xining production base, as well as Shanghai R & D base. By the end of 2023, its total carbon fiber production capacity will reach 28,500 tons. Zhang Guoliang, chairman of Zhongfu Shenying, said in an interview with a reporter from China Textile News: "We mainly produce high-end products such as T700 and T800, and our technology has always maintained a leading edge in China. Moreover, our technology is still improving, constantly developing new varieties, new processes, costs continue to reduce, and competitiveness continues to increase. Taking Xining project as an example, our line speed of carbonization has reached more than 700 meters/hour, and the carbonization speed will be further accelerated through technology; The single line production capacity of raw silk production reaches 4000 tons/year; In terms of steam utilization, we have improved the solvent recovery process and other initiatives to make production more energy efficient and emission reduction, which alone can save more than 50 million yuan a year." The technical development level and industrialization of high-strength carbon fiber is an important sign to measure the strength of an enterprise. Zhang Guoliang introduced: "The T1000 grade, T1100 grade carbon fiber of Zhongfu Shenying has achieved stable and mass production, the annual output accounts for about 10%, and the product is in short supply, which is used in high-end sports and leisure products such as fishing rods, rackets and other fields." It is worth noting that China's carbon fiber is also exported to the Japanese market. Zhang Guoliang introduced: "Japan is the world's best country to do carbon fiber, and Zhongfu Shenying's carbon fiber has been exported to the Japanese market for five or six years, mainly for hydrogen storage cylinders." Customers in Japan have reported that our products are not only of good quality, but also cost-effective and competitive." "China's high-performance fiber products are complete, can cover a number of series, product brands are constantly enriched, most of the products have achieved industrial production, with strong domestic and foreign market competitiveness, to meet the downstream market application needs." Lu Jiabin said. Application demand drives industrial upgrading "The product is not just produced, the key is to sell it and use it." In the development process of China's high-performance fiber industry, demand traction is very critical, especially in recent years. Meng Yijie, secretary-general of China Composite Materials Industry Association, introduced that high-performance fiber and composite materials have the characteristics of light weight and high strength, high damage tolerance, fatigue resistance, chemical corrosion resistance and good weather resistance, convenient processing and forming, and have a broad application market. From components, vertical tail and tail to fuselage and wing, from sub-bearing structure to main structure, high-performance fiber and composite materials have gradually become one of the main structural materials of aviation equipment, which is an important symbol of the advanced nature of a new generation of civil aircraft. Liao Zilong, a researcher at AVIC Composite Materials Co., LTD., introduced that China has completed the evaluation of domestic carbon fiber for aviation, the application research and assessment of composite materials; The batch application of domestic T300 and T700 carbon fibers in the aviation field has been realized. Completed the evaluation and verification of T800 grade carbon fiber, as well as the application research of composite materials and related assessment and verification, and entered the small-batch application stage. Guo Pengzong, executive deputy general manager of Zhongfu Shenying (Shanghai) Technology Co., LTD., introduced that the company's T800-grade carbon fiber prepreg is gradually adapting to the requirements and design concepts of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's T800-grade carbon fiber prepreg products. Aramid paper has high temperature resistance, high strength and high modulus, good insulation performance, flame retardant self-extinguishing, good dimensional stability, chemical corrosion resistance and other excellent properties. Zhang Junhua, director of Technology Research and Development Department and Quality Management Department of Yantai Minshida Special Paper Co., LTD., introduced that honeycomb structural parts made of domestic arylon paper have been successfully applied to UAV, helicopter, commercial aircraft and other fields with good results. New energy has also become an important application field. Hydrogen storage bottle, wind turbine blade, bridge cable... More and more application space is being opened up. Carbon fiber is widely used in wind power blades, especially in offshore large fan blades. At present, the blade profile above 120 meters at sea basically uses carbon fiber pultrusion sheet as the main beam. Zhou Peirui, deputy director and R&D director of the technology Research and development center of Xinchuang Carbon Valley Group Co., LTD., said: "The company began to develop carbon fiber pultruded sheet in 2019, and began to supply batch production in 2020, and has stable supply of more than 12 million meters." Carbon fiber composites also shine in the field of civil engineering, which not only brings maintenance-free convenience to related structures, but also greatly improves the cost efficiency of the project and extends its service life. For example, the Shuikut Bridge in Danjiang Estuary, Hubei Province, opened to traffic in January 2023. The bridge shared 28 bundles of carbon fiber anchors, which not only saved the amount of development of the bridge, but also saved more than 8,000 cubic meters of concrete. "China's high-performance fibers have been widely used in aerospace, wind power generation, civil construction, automotive industry, rail transit, ocean engineering, optical cable communication, security protection, environmental protection, sports and leisure, and have formed stable applications in specific fields," said Lv Jiabin. Make up for the "short board" to embrace the broad market In the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Guidance on the high-quality development of chemical fiber Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") "Textile industry quality upgrading Implementation plan (2023-2025)", "improve the level of high-performance fiber production and application" are included in the key special projects. With the continuous progress of technology, and green and low-carbon development has become a global consensus, more and more advanced lightweight structural materials and components are used in aerospace, construction and infrastructure, satellite parts, automobiles, rail transit and other fields, which will bring new market opportunities and broad prospects for the high-performance fiber and composite materials industry. Zhongfu Shenying technical expert Zhang deposit introduced that if the fuselage structure of the aircraft is 50% carbon fiber and composite materials, the fuselage weight will be reduced by 20%, fuel efficiency will be increased by about 7%, and after 10 years of use, the emissions of each aircraft can be reduced by 27,000 tons. According to relevant forecasts, in 2025, the global aviation market demand for carbon fiber is expected to be 30,000 tons, of which 15,500 tons will be used for commercial aircraft (prepreg products). The use of carbon fiber and composite materials in automobiles, especially electric vehicles, also has a significant emission reduction effect. Zhang Yinhe introduced that compared with the body mainly made of high-strength steel and aluminum, if the use of 16% carbon fiber and composite materials in the body of a medium-sized electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) can reduce the body weight by 16%, and reduce the battery by 13%, the car's fuel consumption will be improved According to relevant agencies, the global demand for carbon fiber will grow to 500,000 tons in 2050. "High-performance fiber-reinforced composites will have a broad application market in advanced and efficient aviation equipment, humanoid robots, deep resource exploration and development equipment, high-end cultural and travel equipment, and 6G network equipment," Meng said. However, we cannot ignore that the industry is still facing some challenges. Lv Jiabin pointed out that the overall technical maturity of the industry needs to be further improved, the independent support ability of key auxiliary materials and equipment still needs to be enhanced, and the downstream application field needs to be expanded. Zhang Guoliang said: "The key to the path of independent, controllable and high-quality development of the industry is to persist in technology iteration and collaborative innovation. Domestic carbon fiber to further improve the performance, such as the development of high-strength carbon fiber is an important development direction, to continue to reduce production costs. At the same time, we should be committed to solving common problems in the industry, constantly breaking through key technologies, exploring closer cooperation between upstream and downstream enterprises, constantly expanding application scenarios, and improving the overall competitiveness of the industrial chain." "By 2025, the development goal of high-performance fiber R&D and manufacturing capacity meets the national strategic needs." This is the goal of the "Opinions", and it is also the driving force of the industry's struggle. (Information source: China Textile News)