Export Of Textile And Garment Industry Is Getting Warmer. Export Of Cultural Products Has Become A Bright Spot.

According to the latest foreign trade data released by Hangzhou customs in the first two months of this year, the total value of imports and exports in Zhejiang was 319 billion 540 million yuan in 1-2 this year. The exchange rate factor (the same below) increased by 16.3% over the same period last year, which is 2.1 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of imports and exports in the whole country in. Among them, exports of 234 billion 950 million yuan, an increase of 26.8%, higher than the national total export growth rate of 3.2 percentage points; imports of 84 billion 590 million yuan, a decrease of 5.6%, while the total import growth in the same period of 5%.

Textile, clothing and other traditional industries export warming

In fact, the response from the reporter's interview shows that the trend of export warming is particularly evident in February.

"Since February, the number of containers coming out of our container has been significantly increased, and the containers are full up compared with the same period last year." Mr. Fu, head of Zhejiang Maolong home textiles foreign trade department, told reporters that the order volume rose sharply after the new year.

Mr. Fu said that the company specializes in exporting down products such as duck's down and goose down, which are mainly exported to Europe, America and Japan. "Orders in March continue to increase. Compared with last year's fourth quarter, orders were much less, compared with the same period last year, at least by more than 20%."

However, Mr. Fu analyzed that the price of goose down and duck down has increased a lot this year, and there is also the possibility of customers storing up goods ahead of time.

According to statistics, in February, Zhejiang achieved an import and export value of 133 billion 270 million yuan (equivalent to 21 billion 220 million US dollars), an increase of 22.5%, which is higher than the national total import and export growth rate of 21.5 percentage points. Among them, exports of 96 billion 190 million yuan (equivalent to 15 billion 310 million U.S. dollars), an increase of 61.9%, higher than the national total export growth of 40.1 percentage points. In the top 10 provinces and cities of the country's foreign trade scale, Zhejiang's export growth in February was second only to that of Sichuan Province, ranking second.

Compared with the cold export of traditional industries last year, Zhejiang exported 1-2 and 5 billion 120 million US dollars of textile yarn, fabrics and products and clothing in the same month last year, up 30.8% and 32.5%, and exported to 5 billion 120 million. shoes Category, plastic products and lamps and lanterns were 1 billion 430 million US dollars, 940 million US dollars and 530 million US dollars, increasing 48.9%, 73% and 49.4%.

Cultural products export highlights

In the export market, Zhejiang's foreign trade has steadily increased its exports to Europe and the United States. In 1-2 months, Zhejiang exported 8 billion 840 million and 6 billion 70 million US dollars to the European Union and the United States, an increase of 21.2% and 23%.

"It is worth mentioning that in 1-2 months, Zhejiang's exports of cultural products increased by 92.5%, 470 million US dollars. Become the highlight of various industries. " Hangzhou customs officials revealed that Zhejiang has made rapid progress in the export of traditional embroidery, decorations, printed matter and musical instruments.

"We specializes in embroidery. Fabric In recent years, export growth is indeed relatively fast, with a growth rate of 50%-60% compared with the same period last year. Flower city of Hangzhou Spin Zhao Yali, the head of the limited company, told reporters that such products with cultural content like embroidered fabrics are very popular among the Middle East and the Europeans and Americans. "The largest number of orders exported to Dubai this year." But Zhao Yali also said that although the volume of exports increased, profit growth was relatively slow. "Workers' wages have risen by about 15%, which means a lot of profits have been reduced."

　 Rapid growth of import and export at Ningbo Zhoushan port

In 1-2 months, the import and export of Zhejiang enterprises through Ningbo Zhoushan port reached 29 billion 10 million US dollars, an increase of 26.3%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the total import and export growth of the whole province, accounting for 57% of the total import and export value of the whole province, which is 4.5 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year.

Yiwu's performance is still outstanding. In 1-2 months, Yiwu achieved a total import and export value of US $2 billion 980 million, an increase of 4.7 times, of which Yiwu exported 2 billion 930 million US dollars, an increase of 5.3 times.

According to the General Administration of customs, in February, China's export manager index was 38.2, up 0.7 from January, rising for third consecutive months. Among them, the new export orders index 40.6, export confidence index 44.1, export enterprise comprehensive cost index 19.1, respectively, compared with January, 0.1, 1.2, 1.2. The continuous rise of export manager index indicates that China's export trend is becoming more optimistic.

But it is worth noting that in February, the export index of small enterprises was 35.2, down 0.2 from the previous month, indicating that the development of Zhejiang's small and medium-sized enterprises is relatively severe.