From January to April, the textile industry actively responded to changes in the domestic and international markets. The growth rate of production, efficiency, investment and other indicators was in a reasonable range, and the overall situation remained stable.

First, the production is stable and there is progress

From January to April, the industrial added value of the textile industry increased by 4.1% year-on-year. From the perspective of sub-sectors, the industrial added value of chemical fiber industry increased by 14.3% year-on-year, the industrial added value of textile industry increased by 2.2%, and the industrial added value of clothing, home textiles and industrial textiles increased by 3.3%, 1.7% and 7.7% respectively.

Second, domestic sales have increased

From January to April, the retail sales of clothing, shoes, hats and needles above designated size in the country was 441.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%. In the same period, the national retail sales of online wearing goods increased by 23.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 4.6 percentage points compared with the first quarter, and continued to maintain rapid growth.

Third, exports have declined slightly

From January to April, China's textile and apparel exports totaled US$75.76 billion, down 3.7% year-on-year. Among them, the competitiveness of textiles is stable, and the export value has increased by 0.8% year-on-year.

Fourth, the benefits are growing well

From January to April, the country's 34,000 textile enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 1,602.76 billion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year; total profit was 64.95 billion yuan, up 0.7% year-on-year; operating profit margin was 4.1%.

Dongguan Donggang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. is a medium-sized enterprise specializing in the production of various types of PP yarns. It has more than 800 employees and currently has 16 PP yarn production lines, forming a production scale of 20,000 tons of PP yarn per year. “Donghong Brand” PP yarn is exported to the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and other places.