Fujian’s garment exports to the EU, ASEAN and the United States have grown rapidly this year. Fuzhou Customs said on the 23rd that in the first three quarters of this year, Fujian Province’s clothing exports to the EU were US$3.37 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25%, accounting for 26.1% of Fujian Province’s total clothing exports during the same period; exports to ASEAN were US$1.34 billion, an increase of 57.2%, accounting for 10.4%. %; exports to the United States were US$1.13 billion, an increase of 23.4%, accounting for 8.8%. Fujian’s apparel exports to ASEAN have seen the strongest growth.
According to Fuzhou Customs statistics, in the first three quarters of this year, Fujian Province exported a total of US$12.9 billion in clothing and clothing accessories (hereinafter referred to as “clothing”), an increase of 28.4% over the same period last year.
Fujian’s garment general trade exports occupy an absolutely dominant position. In the first three quarters, Fujian Province exported US$12.11 billion in clothing through general trade, a year-on-year increase of 31.9%, accounting for 93.9% of Fujian Province’s total clothing exports during the same period; during the same period, processing trade exports were US$510 million, a decrease of 5.6%, accounting for 4%.
Relevant data shows that in the first four months of this year, the EU RAPEX system issued 80 recall notifications for Chinese textile and clothing products, an increase of 1.27% over the same period last year, accounting for 57.97% of the total notifications of global textile and clothing products, and textiles The proportion of clothing in all products notified to China reached a new high in the past six years, reaching 27.68%.
To this end, relevant people suggest that the garment industry upgrades its traditional business formats, strengthens independent research and development and quality improvement, improves product technology content and added value, and promotes innovative development of the industry; on the other hand, it actively explores new markets and accelerates the diversification of the textile and apparel export market. change.
