National Yarn Export Profile in the First Three Quarters of 2013

According to statistics from China Customs, from January to September 2013, the yarn import and export volume was 4.82 million tons, up 17.6% year-on-year, and the import and export volume was 16.47 billion US dollars, up 14.2% year-on-year. The export volume was 2.727 million tons, up 8.5%; the export value was 9.22 billion US dollars, up 5.2%; the average export price was 3.38 USD/kg, down 3.1%. The import volume was 2.093 million tons, an increase of 32.1%; the import amount was US$7.26 billion, an increase of 28%.

In January and September, the monthly export volume and amount of yarn increased, and the unit price of exports decreased.

From a single-month export perspective, the yarn export volume in September was 289,000 tons, up 3.5% year-on-year, and down 8.7% from the previous period; the export amount was 940 million USD, which was a year-on-year increase of 1.2% and a decrease of 6.5% from the previous month; the unit price of exports decreased. $3.3/kg, a decrease of 2.1%. In September, the export value of wool and animal wool yarns decreased by 0.4%; while the export value of cotton yarns, silk yarns and chemical fiber yarns increased in different degrees, which increased by 14.6%, 4.2% and 0.8% respectively.

2. From January to September 2013, exports to ASEAN, EU, South Asia, and Latin America all increased, while exports to North America and Japan declined.

From January to September 2013, the Asian market accounted for 71% of our yarn exports, and the export value was US$6.55 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%. In the first nine months of this year, exports to ASEAN continued to grow steadily. The number of exports reached 361,000 tons, an increase of 7%, and the export value was 1.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 6%. Among them, exports to Cambodia remained the largest, with exports of US$0.9 billion, an increase of 47.2%; exports to Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam all increased to varying degrees, with exports of 200 million, 110 million, 60 million, and 540 million U.S. dollars. , increased by 10.2%, 12.1%, 4.6% and 11.4% respectively.

From January to September, Hong Kong’s yarn exports to Hong Kong totaled 1.86 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.7%. In September alone, Hong Kong exported 150 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 4.8%. Exports to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in South Asia have all increased. Exports were 470 million, 620 million and 410 million U.S. dollars, up 22.6%, 21.6%, and 8.2% year-on-year respectively.

In January-September 2013, I exported 300 million U.S. dollars to Japan, which was a 9.6% drop. In North America, exports decreased, and the export value was 370 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 5.8%. The exports to the European Union and Latin America were 990 million and 490 million U.S. dollars, up 7.5% and 14.8% respectively.

3. The export prices of silk yarns, wool and animal wool yarns have increased, and the unit prices for cotton yarns and chemical fiber yarns have declined.

From January to September 2013, the export unit prices of silk yarn, wool and animal hair yarns all increased. They were US$36.46/kg and US$33.18/kg, respectively, an increase of 14.3% and 10.1%; the export price of cotton yarns and chemical fiber yarns was At 4.92 U.S. dollars/kg and 3.1 U.S. dollars/kg, they dropped by 2.6% and 6.9% respectively.