Apparel / Textiles & Accessories

Recently, the reporter learned from the Jinjiang Municipal Bureau of Commerce that from January to August, Jinjiang is expected to achieve foreign trade exports of about 55.6 billion yuan, an increase of 81% over the same period in 2019 and an increase of 44.2% over the same period in 2019.

Among them, from January to June this year, Jinjiang's actual export volume reached 46.459 billion yuan, an increase of 126.21%.

It is worth noting that, affected by the return of orders and other factors, the growth momentum of textiles, apparel and footwear has been strong, and the market procurement trade pilot has performed well, further consolidating the steady and quality improvement of Jinjiang's foreign trade.

A foreign trader's orders from the textile and apparel industry surged. "In the first 8 months, our company's overall performance has increased by more than 40%." The company's business manager Xu Yongzhu told reporters that thanks to the expansion of new channels such as product innovation and cross-border e-commerce, as well as various valid qualification certifications, since the beginning of the year , Orders continued to rise, and many new products were snapped up by buyers in the US market, and orders continued to increase.

Xu Yongzhu said that yoga clothes, as a new product launched in recent years, have performed particularly prominently. Up to now, the shipment volume has reached 3 million pieces. "New products can receive positive feedback from the market. On the one hand, it benefits from old customers recommending new customers. On the other hand, the rise of a number of emerging cross-border e-commerce companies has brought many orders for enterprises."

The export of the footwear industry also performed well. "Compared with the same period last year, our order volume has increased by 40%, and orders have been scheduled to April and May next year." A person in charge of the shoe industry analyzed that since the outbreak, it has been affected by many factors such as production capacity and supply chain. , Many foreign shoe and apparel brands and supermarkets have returned orders to Jinjiang. At present, the company, together with other large-scale peer companies in its surroundings, are in full order.

From the perspective of export regions, among the 6 core export regions of Asia, Africa, the European Union, Latin America, and North America, the export value of the Asian region is the highest in Jinjiang, which is about 26.667 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 138.73% year-on-year. In addition, North America and Latin America increased by 124.91% and 109.81% respectively.

"General trade occupies the leading position in Jinjiang's foreign trade, and market procurement trade is booming." The relevant person in charge of the Jinjiang Municipal Bureau of Commerce pointed out that the difference from previous years is that this year's export data includes the data of the Jinjiang International Shoes Textile City market procurement trade pilot. Among them, Asia is the main area for the Jinjiang market to purchase and trade pilot exports, so the overall export data of the Asian region has a strong performance.

It is reported that in the first half of this year, the export value of the Jinjiang International Shoes Textile City market procurement trade pilot reached 11.95 billion yuan, which has become a new bright spot in Jinjiang's foreign trade growth.

It is understood that since the beginning of this year, Jinjiang has conscientiously implemented various measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, actively and steadily promoted the procurement trade pilot business, and promoted the accelerated development of emerging businesses. "In response to the outstanding difficulties and problems faced by enterprises, Jinjiang has implemented precise policies, guided import and export enterprises to make good use of policies, fully stimulated the vitality of various market entities, especially small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises, and fully promoted the stability and quality of the foreign trade economy." The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce said.