EU And ASEAN Maintain Growth And Decline In Traditional Market Share

In 2014, the EU economy was in a slow recovery stage, and the foundation for recovery was steadily improving. By the end of the three quarter, the GDP of the European Union and the euro area increased by 1.3% and 0.8% respectively, and at the same time, unemployment rate Reaching a new low in 3 years. With the economic recovery, consumer demand has increased accordingly. In 2014, China's exports to the EU reached 58 billion 660 million US dollars, an increase of 13.6%, ranking the first in the traditional market growth.

China's textile products to the EU clothing Exports grew by 9.3% and 14.8% respectively. Among them, the export volume of main commodity needles and woven garments was nearly 8 billion pieces (sets), an increase of 11.1%, and the average unit price of exports was 5 dollars / piece (set), an increase of 14.4%.

In 2014, the US economy continued to recover steadily. According to the report of the economic analysis Bureau of the US Department of Commerce, the US GDP grew by 2.4% in 2014. US dollar appreciation As oil prices fell, US consumer spending grew steadily, with 4.3% growth in the four quarter. Correspondingly, in 2014, China's exports to the United States reached a record $44 billion 740 million, an increase of 7.5%, an increase of nearly 3 years.

Exports of textiles and clothing to the United States increased by 6% and 8% respectively, of which 6 billion 230 million of the total share of needles and woven garments accounted for 6 billion 230 million (4.4%), with an average export price of 4.5 US dollars / pieces (sets) and 3.5%.

After 4 consecutive years of rapid growth, the pace of China's export growth to ASEAN began to slow down in 2014, when exports to ASEAN amounted to $36 billion 100 million, which only increased by 5.5%, slower than that of the European Union and the United States.

Textile exports increased by 10.9%. In recent years, the rapid growth of clothing exports has decreased, or even 2.1% negative growth. The main reason for the decline in garment exports is the decrease in the export volume and value of knitted garments by 15.8% and 34.8% respectively. This is in sharp contrast to the fact that the relatively high price of woven garments exports still maintained high growth, and the export volume and value increased by 120% and 14.5% respectively.

The Japanese economy did not improve significantly in 2014. At the same time, the appreciation of RMB and the transfer of orders made China's exports to Japan continue to deteriorate, and Japan continued to be the only traditional market for China's exports to decline. Exports to Japan for the whole year were 24 billion 510 million US dollars, down 9.1%, a drop of 8 percentage points more than in 2013. Textiles and clothing decreased by 1% and 10.9% respectively. Especially, the export volume of main export needles and woven garments fell below 3 billion for the first time in recent years, down 9.7% compared with the same period last year, and the decline was also the highest in the past 5 years. The average export price of needle and woven garments is 5.8 US dollars / piece (set), down 1.9%.