From January to June this year, Zhejiang's textile exports decreased by 1.57% year-on-year, and clothing exports increased by 2.22% year-on-year, a total decrease of 0.18%, and a total decrease of 1.83% nationwide. Although Zhejiang's textile and garment exports are better than the whole country, the pressure brought by the overall export decline of the industry can be seen.
The textile and garment industry is a traditional advantageous industry and an important livelihood industry in Zhejiang, with an output value exceeding one trillion yuan. The hot and cold of Zhejiang's textile and garment industry affects people's hearts.
As the leading industry in Zhejiang's economy, the textile and garment industry chain in our province is very complete. The current difficulties are reflected in the difficulties of the entire industry chain.
The upstream chemical fiber industry is also showing a downward trend due to weak downstream demand. The reporter learned that in the first five months of this year, the growth rate of the output value of the chemical fiber industry in a major chemical fiber city in the province fell by 9.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate of electricity consumption was 0.0%.
The upstream textile machinery industry is also under a lot of pressure. According to the relevant person in charge of a leading enterprise in the province, exports, which account for 30 to 40 percent of the company's total sales, have not been as good as last year since the beginning of this year.
The printing and dyeing further down is the same as this cool and hot. In Shaoxing, where printing and dyeing enterprises gather the most, in the first five months of this year, the production capacity of the printing and dyeing industry was basically around 70%, and the operating rate of equipment was not ideal.