In the first half of 2020, the production, sales, investment, import and export of my country’s industrial textiles industry have maintained a high growth rate, reflecting the strong resilience of the industry. In the first half of this year, faced with the severe test brought by the COVID-19 epidemic and the complex and ever-changing domestic and international environment, my country’s industrial textile industry made every effort to ensure the production of masks, medical protective clothing, disinfectant wipes and related raw and auxiliary materials. It has made important contributions to achieving a staged victory in the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic and driven the overall operation of the industry to be positive.
Anti-epidemic materials have become the main market demand Growth points
According to a survey by the China Industrial Textiles Industry Association, the domestic market demand index of the industry in the first half of the year was 63.5, and the overseas market demand index was 43.8. Among the companies surveyed, for domestic market demand, 59.4% said it was growing, 15.2% said it would remain stable, and 35.1% thought there would be varying degrees of decline; for overseas market demand, 30.2% said it was growing, and 19.0% said it was growing. of enterprises said that the change was not obvious, and more than half of the enterprises believed that there had been varying degrees of shrinkage.
In the first half of the year, anti-epidemic supplies and related raw and auxiliary materials became the main growth point of industry market demand. The China Industrial Coordination Research shows that the industry’s production index in the first half of the year was 62.7, which is at a relatively high level. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of nonwovens by enterprises above designated size from January to May was 2.029 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.46%. While the domestic epidemic situation has stabilized, the output of nonwovens has gradually returned to natural growth. From January to May, my country exported 412,000 tons of nonwoven fabrics, a year-on-year increase of 0.78%, and imported 66,000 tons of non-woven fabrics, a year-on-year increase of 30.38%. In terms of fixed asset investment, according to the China Industry Coordination Research, 66.52% of the surveyed companies stated that they have new project investment plans in 2020.
Company revenue and profits have increased significantly
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the operating income and total profit of enterprises above designated size in the industrial textile industry from January to May 2020 were 103.92 billion yuan and 12.69 billion yuan respectively, a year-on-year increase of 13.25% and 12.69 billion yuan respectively. 189.08%, the industry’s profit margin was 12.21%, an increase of 7.43 percentage points year-on-year, and the industry’s gross profit margin was 21.47%, an increase of 7.64 percentage points over the same period last year.
The industry’s loss rate in the first half of the year was 18.06%, and the losses of loss-making enterprises increased by 7.31% compared with the same period last year. Although the production of anti-epidemic materials has led to an improvement in the overall efficiency of the industry , but companies outside the anti-epidemic material industry chain are still greatly affected in their operations. Judging from the prosperity of various fields in the industry, the prosperity index of the medical and health, safety protection, filtration and separation, non-woven membranes, equipment and accessories fields is relatively high. The prosperity index of the medical and health field engaged in the production of anti-epidemic materials reached 85.9; Rope Net , thread belts, interlinings and other fields have relatively low prosperity indexes.
Looking at different fields, nonwovens are an important raw material for anti-epidemic materials. From January to May, nonwovens companies above designated size achieved operating income of 56.25 billion yuan, and total profits reached 9.39 billion. yuan, with a profit margin of 12.21%; the operating income and total profit of other industrial textiles including medical and health, safety protection, and filtration textiles increased by 11.72% and 93.13% year-on-year respectively, with a profit margin of 10.76%. Production and operations in areas that are not closely related to the production of anti-epidemic materials have declined to varying degrees. The operating income of ropes and cables decreased by 1.41% year-on-year, and the total profit increased by 2.67% year-on-year; the operating income of textile belts, cord fabrics, and sails respectively increased year-on-year. Declines of 20.45% and 13.69%, total profits decreased by 47.47% and 13.86% respectively year-on-year.
The industry is expected to maintain a steady development trend throughout the year
According to China Customs According to data, from January to May 2020, my country’s industrial textile industry exported a total of US$34.29 billion in various commodities, a year-on-year increase of 202.62%. Among the main export products, the export value of masks reached 22.56 billion US dollars, and the export value of non-woven protective clothing was 2.06 billion US dollars, accounting for 65.78% and 6% of the total export value of the industry respectively; while industrial coated fabrics, sails, urine The export volume of trouser sanitary napkins and cords (cables) tapes decreased by 18.67%, 18.62%, 5.11%, and 3.05% respectively.
In terms of major export markets, my country’s exports to the EU reached US$10.45 billion from January to May, becoming my country’s largest In the export market, among all types of export products, masks and medical protective clothing accounted for 87.32%. my country’s exports to the United States reached US$6.83 billion, of which masks and medical protective clothing accounted for 80.74%; due to Germany’s strong efforts to prevent and control the epidemic, exports to the United States reached US$3.13 billion, of which masks and medical protective clothing accounted for 80.74%. More than 90%. my country’s exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” reached US$8.65 billion, a year-on-year increase of 100.56%.
Overall, the domestic market demand for non-anti-epidemic materials industrial textiles will recover in the second half of the year; the global epidemic The prevention and control situation is still severe, and the demand for non-epidemic prevention materials in overseas markets will continue to decline, but the decline will slow down. According to China Industrial Coordination Research, the domestic market demand index of the industry in the second half of the year was 62.8, and the overseas market demand index was 48.9. It is expected that the main economic indicators of my country’s industrial textile industry will continue to maintain a high growth rate in the second half of the year. Industry production, sales and exports will tend to be balanced during adjustments. The economic benefits of anti-epidemic materials and non-anti-epidemic materials will be differentiated. narrowing, the industry as a whole will be in a relatively stable development state.state. </p