Chemical fiber equipment increased by 42.12% year-on-year

    From January to June 2023, China exported a total of 142.68 billion US dollars in textiles and clothing, a year-on-year decrease of 8.8%. The growth rate slowed by 20.5 and 1.9 percentage points compared to the same period last year and the first quarter of this year, respectively. The export volume of textiles decreased by 10.9% year-on-year, with a decrease of 1.2 percentage points compared to the first quarter. Among them, the export volume of yarns, fabrics, and manufactured goods decreased by 12.1%, 11%, and 10.5% year-on-year, respectively.
    From January to June 2023, the industrial added value of textile enterprises above designated size nationwide decreased by 3% year-on-year, with a growth rate dropping by 3.9 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The industrial added value of industries such as chemical fiber, cotton textile, and filament weaving achieved positive growth year-on-year.
    From the perspective of the textile machinery industry, in 2022, textile machinery enterprises above designated size achieved a revenue of 96.639 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.24%; The total profit was 6.072 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 21.14%; Textile machinery exports reached a new high, with textile machinery exports reaching $5.537 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.22%, and imports reaching $3.209 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 11.75%. Textile machinery enterprises have accelerated their investment in intelligent manufacturing, with a total asset value of approximately 120 billion yuan, a slight increase compared to the same period.
    The cumulative total import and export of textile machinery from January to June 2023 was 3.819 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 11.17%; Among them, the import of textile machinery reached 1.533 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 11.56%; Export reached 2.286 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 10.91%. From the perspective of imported product categories, except for chemical fiber machinery, there has been a varying degree of decline in imports of other major categories of products, with the largest decline in imports of nonwoven machinery.
    According to customs statistics, from January to June 2023, the total import amount of chemical fiber machinery was 620 million US dollars, an increase of 42.12% year-on-year, accounting for 40.44% of the total import amount, ranking first in import volume.
From January to June, the total import amount of auxiliary devices and spare parts was 319 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 22.93%, accounting for 20.8% of the total import amount, ranking second in import volume.
    During the same period, the total import amount of spinning machinery was 235 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 33.13%, accounting for 15.32% of the total import amount;
    The total import amount of weaving machinery was 156 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 24.24%, accounting for 10.19% of the total import amount during the same period;
    The total import value of nonwoven machinery was 26 million US dollars, a significant decrease of 73.62% year-on-year, accounting for 1.66% of the total import value.