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1, knitting industry production and sales growth, knitted fabric is better than knitted clothing

According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2018, 6028 regulated enterprises in the knitting industry (including knitted fabric and knitted clothing enterprises) completed their main business income of 653.622 billion billion yuan, an increase of 5.38 percent over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 3.93 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year. Among them, 2506 regulated enterprises in the knitted fabric category completed their main business income of 285.038 billion billion yuan, an increase of 6.41 percent over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 1.81 percentage points higher than that in 2017. Knitted fabric weaving regulations on the main income of enterprises increased by 7.52 percent year-on-year, knitting printing and dyeing regulations on enterprises increased by 4.84 percent, knitting products regulations on enterprises increased by 4.50 percent.

In the same period, the main business income of 3522 regulated enterprises in the knitted clothing category was 368.583 billion billion yuan, an increase of 4.60 percent over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 5.44 percentage points higher than that in 2017. Knitted apparel companies have completed a total of 11.117 billion pieces of knitted apparel, a year-on-year decrease of 3.63, and the growth rate continued to drop by 1.19 percentage points from 2017. From the monthly production data, the growth rate of knitted garment production gradually warmed up from -12.31% in January-February to -3.63% in January-December, and the annual growth rate of production narrowed significantly.

2, overseas markets rebounded, the industry's full-year exports to maintain positive growth.

According to Chinese customs statistics, China's knitting industry (including knitted fabrics and knitted garments and accessories) exported $91.49 billion billion in 2018, up 3.58 percent year-on-year, and the industry returned to positive growth after four consecutive years of negative export growth. Among them, the export of knitted fabrics was 18.156 billion US dollars, up 10% year-on-year, and the export of knitted garments and accessories was 73.335 billion US dollars, up 2.1 percent year-on-year. According to the monthly customs data, the export of knitting industry maintained growth in 2018, and the monthly export growth rate in the first three quarters was higher than that in the fourth quarter.

According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2018, the export delivery value of enterprises in the knitting industry reached 167.548 billion billion yuan, an increase of 1.83 percent over the same period last year, and the growth rate increased by 3.28 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, the export delivery value of knitted fabric enterprises was 43.848 billion billion yuan, 4.12 percent over the same period last year, and the export delivery value of knitted clothing enterprises was 123.7 billion yuan, an increase of 1.05 percent over the same period last year.

3, the domestic market moderate growth, the role of the development of the industry continues to strengthen.

According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China in 2018 was 38098.7 billion billion yuan, an increase of 9.0 percent over the same period last year, of which the total retail sales of clothing, shoes, hats and needles above the quota was 1370.7 billion billion yuan, an increase of 8.0 percent over the same period last year, an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the same period last year. In 2018, the online retail sales of clothing in physical goods increased by 22% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.7 percentage points higher than that in 2017. As an important daily consumer goods for domestic residents, new business models such as e-commerce drive the expansion of the knitted products market.

From the regulation enterprise statistics, in 2018 the knitting industry regulation enterprise domestic sales accounted for 74.37 percent, a slight increase of 0.07 percentage points compared to 2017; among them, the knitting fabric category regulation enterprise domestic sales accounted for 84.62 percent, knitting clothing category regulation enterprise domestic sales accounted for 66.44 percent.

From the customs import data, in 2018, China's imports of knitted fabrics (60 chapters of knitted fabrics and crocheted fabrics) and knitted garments and accessories (61 chapters of knitted or crocheted knitted garments and accessories) totaled US $5.019 billion billion, up 11.80 percent year-on-year. Among them, the import of knitted fabrics was 1.638 billion US dollars, down 3.1 percent from the same period last year, and the competitiveness of domestic knitted fabrics is constantly improving; the import of knitted clothing and accessories was 3.381 billion US dollars, an increase of 20.8 percent over the same period last year, and the import of knitted clothing has maintained rapid growth in recent years. The demand for high-end knitted products in the domestic terminal consumer market is very strong.

4, industry investment to improve industrial processing and production capacity, knitted fabric investment growth rate faster than knitted clothing.

In recent years, the growth rate of investment in the manufacturing industry has declined significantly, and the growth rate of investment in the textile industry and the knitting industry has gradually fallen. Investment in the knitting industry is mainly to improve processing and production equipment, production process transformation and investment in new project construction. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2018, the growth rate of fixed asset investment in the textile industry was 5.1, and the growth rate of fixed asset investment in the textile, clothing and apparel industry was -1.5. Judging from the investment data over the years, knitting investment accounts for about 10% of the total investment in the textile industry, and there is a trend of gradual improvement. The technical difficulty and processing added value of the former knitted fabric production are relatively high, and gradually become the comprehensive embodiment of the industry's technological research and development strength, and the investment growth rate is faster than that of knitted clothing. Industry investment is an important driving force to ensure the development of the industry in the next 3 to 5 years. At the same time, the proportion of industry R & D investment and new product development investment is gradually increasing, becoming an important driving force for industrial innovation and growth.

5, the industry operation quality is good, the industry efficient operation to improve the ability to cope with environmental changes.

In 2018, the economic performance of the knitting industry was generally better than that of the textile industry. According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to December 2018, the growth rate of the main income of the knitting industry remained basically stable, and was higher than the growth rate of the main income of the textile industry, with an annual growth rate of 5.38; the total profit of the industry reached 34.025 billion billion yuan, and the total profit growth rate continued to improve in the first three quarters, and the growth rate in the fourth quarter dropped, with a year-on-year growth rate of 5.99, an increase of 1 percentage point from 2017. Among them, the total profit of 2506 regulated enterprises in the knitted fabric category was 15.26 billion yuan, an increase of 9.84 percent over the same period last year, and the total profit of 3522 regulated enterprises in the knitted clothing category was 18.766 billion yuan, an increase of 3.05 percent over the same period last year. According to the data of specific financial indicators, in 2018, the profit margin of knitting industry was 5.21, 0.06 percentage points higher than that of textile industry and 0.38 percentage points lower than that of 2017. Among them, the profit margin of knitted fabric enterprises was 5.35, and that of knitted clothing enterprises was 5.09. The turnover rate of total assets and finished products in the knitting industry were 1.35 times/year and 19.09 times/year respectively, both higher than the average level of the textile industry; the knitting industry accounted for 8.10 per cent of the three fees, including 9.32 per cent for knitted garments and 6.52 per cent for knitted fabrics, while the industry lost 13.50 per cent, up 2.22 percentage points from 11.28 per cent in 2017.

　　2. industry operation characteristics

1, knitting products application areas continue to expand, product differentiation in-depth development characteristics are obvious.

Knitted products cover all aspects of taking, household and industrial use. With the continuous improvement of product development capabilities of knitting enterprises in recent years, knitted products have gradually developed from traditional cotton shirts and pants and other traditional clothing and apparel to multiple fields, multiple ranges and multiple products. The application fields of knitted products continue to expand. In addition to fully reflecting the skin, softness and comfort of knitted products, underwear products continue to develop in the direction of being more comfortable, more environmentally friendly, healthy and embodying more functions; knitted bra products continue to provide various choices for the market in the direction of reflecting the sense of design, branding and quality assurance; in the field of clothing and apparel such as knitwear, the performance is more in the continuous integration and accelerated innovation with the fields of design, fashion, cultural creativity, etc.; the knitted forming clothing more reflects its unique weaving and design advantages from yarn to ready-to-wear, seamless underwear, integrated forming upper, fashion design flat knitting machine sweaters and other unique products continue to emerge; knitted products have become an important part of home, sports and leisure fields. Lace lace, ladies' leggings, sportswear, yoga clothing and other knitted products have become people's daily consumer goods. Comfort and functional product innovation provide diversified product choices for residents' daily consumption.

2, knitting internal industrial structure adjustment layout to speed up.

In 2018, while striving to adapt to various environmental changes, the knitting industry has accelerated the pace of industrial structure adjustment within the industry, which is mainly reflected in the enhancement of cross-regional cooperation capabilities within the industry, the further improvement of the international competitiveness of knitted fabrics, and the reduction of knitted clothing output and quality The improvement of grades is parallel, and the role of the domestic market is more prominent. Specifically, the enhancement of inter-regional cooperation capabilities within the industry ultimately affects the productivity layout and orders of industries and enterprises. In the process of industrial development, inter-regional coordination and cross-regional mobility have become new forms of industrial organization, especially large industry enterprises. In the early years, in response to the increasing constraints on the development of the industry, most of them have carried out capacity layout in Southeast Asia, South Asia and other developing countries and regions, or give priority to the transfer and layout of production capacity in the central and western regions; the coordinated development at home and abroad is more reflected in the design and research and development to stay in the country, and the production links with large cost factors are transferred to lower-cost production areas. "The international competitiveness of knitted fabrics has been further improved, and the output of knitted garments has been reduced in parallel with the improvement of quality grades." The main manifestation is that in recent years, the output and export of knitted garments have both declined, but the export of knitted fabrics has grown against the trend, and the industry is in the process of responding to environmental changes. Active adjustments have been made, and the reduction of garment output and the increase of added value of processing exist simultaneously. At the same time, in the face of a huge domestic market, the industry, while responding to international trade frictions and increased uncertainty in overseas markets, pays more attention to the domestic market, adapts to the needs of the domestic market, and strengthens its investment and attention in product design, brand and channel development.

3, the industry's high-quality development is beginning to take shape.

The high-quality development of the knitting industry is mainly reflected in higher production efficiency, better cost control, higher industrial added value, better social and environmental impact, and more sustainable development. The improvement of industry production efficiency depends on more efficient production equipment, processing and production technology and lean management, the introduction and utilization of automated and intelligent advanced production lines, and technological innovation, all of which provide impetus for the development of the industry. At the same time, the gradual transformation of low-end and low-value-added products to mid-to-high-end and high-value-added products has become an important aspect for the industry to gradually get rid of the impression of low-end labor-intensive industries; many domestic companies that are OEM for clothing brands are gradually simple OEM to design R & D The product transformation, the branding effect of production-oriented enterprises appears. In terms of social and environmental impact, knitting companies have gradually increased their investment in environmental protection and energy conservation and emission reduction. In response to increasing environmental pressure, some companies have adopted the transfer of production bases and introduced the most advanced domestic and foreign energy-saving and environmental protection equipment in the new base. While meeting environmental protection requirements, high-standard construction has laid a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the industry in the future. At the same time, the major knitting industry clusters continue to strengthen the construction of public service platforms serving small and medium-sized enterprises, creating conditions for innovation and entrepreneurship, talent training and new project incubation.

4, new kinetic energy, new trends breed new driving force for industrial development.

With the continuous strengthening of the industrial development foundation of the industry, the new stage of industrial development pays more attention to design and research and development, product marketing, brand operation, and the introduction and utilization of new materials and new technologies. new business model innovation and new marketing channel construction, the Internet, intelligent manufacturing, collaborative manufacturing, cloud computing, big data and other new economic forms have bred new momentum for the development of the industry. Especially in the field of intelligent manufacturing, the level of digitization and automation of knitting equipment has been high. After the equipment is networked and remote controlled with appropriate interconnection protocols, intelligent manufacturing with modes such as collaborative manufacturing, remote cloud manufacturing, and large-scale personalized customization will become possible. At present, intelligent knitting manufacturing, especially the development and promotion of MES management system in workshop, will play an important role in scheduling, scheduling, monitoring and execution of production in workshop including flat knitting machine, circular machine and warp knitting machine, and improve equipment utilization efficiency and productivity. In 2018, the state will promote the pilot demonstration of intelligent manufacturing. Two intelligent knitting manufacturing projects, namely, the pilot demonstration of intelligent warp knitting factory (Huayu Weaving Co., Ltd., Jinjiang City, Fujian Province) and the pilot demonstration of intelligent knitted garment manufacturing (Wuhan Aidi Group Co., Ltd.), will be included in the "2018 Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Demonstration Project" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ".

　　Factors Affecting the Development of 3. Industry

1. Overlay of short-and medium-to long-term factors affecting industrial development

Knitting industry is an important part of the textile industry, in line with the world's textile and clothing to personalization, leisure and the pursuit of comfort and health requirements of the changing, China's knitting industry in the fifteenth and eleventh five-year period has experienced rapid development. After the 2013, it is basically in line with the overall development trend of the domestic manufacturing industry, and the growth rate of the industry has gradually declined. The increase in the growth rate and volume of the industry is no longer the ultimate goal of industrial development. Meeting the needs of the consumer market and maintaining the sustainable development of the industry is an important feature of the industry's adaptation to the development environment of the new era. At the same time, short-term and long-term factors that affect the development of the industry interact with each other. Short-term factors include the impact of domestic and foreign economic fluctuations on orders and markets, and the impact of unfavorable factors such as trade frictions on the export market. Innovation, labor productivity improvement, cost control, industrial layout, and corporate macro-strategic transformation will affect the development of the industry in the next ten years. However, as an important product for residents' daily consumption, the stable supply of knitted products and the stable development of the industry complement each other. Adapting to different markets and development environments, continuous innovation, and advancing with the times are the inevitable requirements of the development of the industry.

2, overseas market recovery and uncertainty coexist.

In 2018, under the environment of trade friction and increasing foreign competition, the industry's exports returned to positive growth after four consecutive years of negative export growth, with exports of 91.49 billion billion US dollars, up 3.58 percent year-on-year, showing the strong international competitiveness of China's knitting industry.

From the sub-market data, China's performance in the United States, the European Union, Japan and other traditional export markets in 2018 was mixed. In the U.S. market, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in 2018, the U.S. imported $82.881 billion of clothing from the world, an increase of 3.38 percent over the same period last year, $27.371 billion of imports from China, an increase of 1.34 percent over the same period last year, $6.526 billion of fabric imports, an increase of 7.85 percent over the same period last year, and $2.007 billion of imports from China, an increase of 9.02 percent over the same period last year, including $0.619 billion of knitted fabric imports, yoY growth -2.15%. In terms of the EU market, according to Eurostat statistics, in 2018, the 28 EU countries imported 42.223 billion euros of knitted garments and accessories, an increase of 2.13 percent over the same period last year, 12.638 billion euros from China, an increase of -1.37 percent over the same period last year, and 1.561 billion euros of imported knitted fabrics, an increase of -4.03 percent over the same period last year. Imports from China were 0.589 billion euros, an increase of 3.0 percent over the same period last year. In the Japanese market, according to statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2018, Japan imported 1521.704 billion yen in knitted garments and accessories, an increase of 5.91 percent over the same period last year, 942.605 billion yen from China, an increase of -1.44 percent over the same period last year, and imported knitted fabrics 13.256 billion yen, an increase of 8.56 percent over the same period last year. Imports of 5.408 billion yen from China, an increase of 21.18 percent over the same period last year.

The import scale of the above markets in 2018 generally maintained expansion, creating a better external market environment for China's knitting industry to expand overseas markets. But at the same time, the intensification of international competition will continue to have an impact on the development of the industry. my country's share of the above-mentioned major markets has declined to a certain extent in recent years. Compared with 2017, the proportion of my country's knitted apparel products in the above-mentioned markets has generally decreased. Among them, the U.S. market accounted for 33.02 of my country's apparel, a decrease of 0.67 percentage points; my country's knitted fabrics accounted for 43.27, a decrease of 2.58 percentage points; EU In the market, my country's knitted garments and accessories accounted for 29.93, a decrease of 1.06 percentage points, and knitted fabrics accounted for 37.77, an increase of 2.58 percentage points; in the Japanese market, my country's knitted garments and accessories accounted for 61.94, a decrease of 4.65 percentage points, and knitted fabrics accounted for 40.08, an increase of 3.53 percentage points.

In addition, the knitting products involved in the Sino-US trade friction in 2018 are mainly Chapter 60 (knitted fabrics and crocheted fabrics), which account for about 57% of the export amount of knitted fabrics to the United States according to the statistical data over the years. Although the overall proportion of knitted products exported to the United States is not high, it has a great impact on the orders of American export enterprises and the market is diversified, speeding up the industrial internationalization layout and product structure adjustment is an important strategy for the above-mentioned enterprises to deal with the changes in the trade environment.

3, the domestic market stable growth and consumption upgrade long-term favorable industry development.

In recent years, with the steady growth of China's economy and the improvement of residents' income level, the role of consumption in the national economy is becoming more and more important, and the proportion is constantly increasing. According to the 2018 National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the contribution of final consumption expenditure to GDP growth in 2018 was 76.2, an increase of 17.4 percentage points over the previous year; per capita GDP It was 64644 yuan, an increase of 6.1 percent over the previous year; the total retail sales of consumer goods for the whole year was 38098.7 billion yuan, an increase of 9.0 percent over the previous year. Among them, the retail sales of urban consumer goods was 32563.7 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8, the retail sales of rural consumer goods was 5535 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1 percent; among the retail sales of units above the quota, clothing, shoes and hats, and knitwear categories increased by 8.0 percent; and the online retail sales of physical goods for the whole year was 7019.8 billion billion yuan, an increase of 25.4 percent over the previous year. it accounted for 18.4 percent of the total retail sales of social consumer goods, an increase of 3.4 percentage points over the previous year.

From the perspective of the domestic consumer market demand for knitted products, the consumption of young people is fashionable, and their perception of product brands is strengthening, while the pursuit of product design and personalization is constantly strengthening; young and middle-aged people put forward more requirements for product quality and quality, and the demand for products tends to be more rational; at the same time, with the continuous optimization of consumption scenes and consumption environment, the range of consumers' choices is constantly expanding, objectively, the requirements for products are constantly improving, and consumption upgrading and rational consumption have gradually become the mainstream. In addition, the diversification of channels brings more consumption convenience and consumer availability, the popularity of smart phones, the continuous improvement of mobile Internet speed-up and fee reduction and coverage, the coverage of express delivery and logistics distribution systems is becoming more and more extensive, e-commerce has become an important channel for the sales of knitted products, and the continuous sinking of offline shopping malls and department stores in third-and fourth-tier cities will benefit the steady growth of the consumer market for a long time.

4, industrial chain technology innovation, integrated development, efficiency and quality improvement long-term good industry towards the high-end.

The upstream and downstream cooperation and integration development of the knitting industry chain is an important factor affecting the long-term development of the industry. Compared with the popularization of computerized flat knitting machine ten years ago, the production efficiency of horizontal knitting products has been significantly improved. At present, the digitalization and automation level of domestic knitting equipment has been relatively high. The upstream and downstream of the industrial chain have made continuous efforts to solve the common problems of industry development, and jointly ensured the mechanization and automation of knitting enterprises' production and manufacturing, especially the progress of domestic knitting equipment, It plays an important role in improving the overall competitiveness of China's knitting industry. With the improvement of equipment automation and intelligent level, the popularization of new intelligent and digital management technology will improve labor productivity, improve the overall operation efficiency and product quality of the industry, and achieve more sustainable development. At the same time, the cooperation and progress of new materials and new technologies in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain will also benefit the industry to move towards the middle and high end in the long term.

　　Development Trend of 4. Industry

1, new products, market demand continues to encourage enterprises to develop and innovate

Market demand encourages enterprises to develop and innovate, and it is also the driving force for enterprises to develop new products. There are many kinds of knitting products. Under the premise of fully understanding different consumption scenarios and different wearing uses, developing marketable products and increasing new product research and development and innovation are important aspects of maintaining the vitality and competitiveness of enterprises and industries.

2, new technology, innovation of production methods, to solve the pain points of industrial development.

The application of new technologies promotes the transformation of production methods. The focus of industry enterprises has gradually expanded from the original large and omni-directional refinement and segmentation. In the production process, practical innovations for the improvement of enterprise production efficiency and management have increased, effectively solving industrial development. Pain points in the process.

3, the new model, the integration of advanced concepts to promote the transformation of production methods.

Integrating advanced concepts and promoting the reform of production organization methods will further liberate productivity. New production organization methods such as team system and partnership operation will play an important role in mobilizing the production enthusiasm and sense of ownership of front-line workers. The core solves the problem of producers and managers. The identity recognition between enterprises is conducive to the improvement of enterprise management efficiency and production efficiency. Emerging business formats, especially the deep integration of the Internet and industry development, have played an important role in promoting mass innovation and entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurial projects involving knitted clothing have fully considered the design creativity, daily consumption and young people of knitted products. The characteristics of ethnic group fashion consumption, while actively applying the advantages of the Internet's flat circulation channels, combined with new marketing methods, introduce resources and advantages of other related industries, such as young ethnic groups gathered live, games, net red and other new ways of obtaining customers, innovative development cases continue to emerge.

4, new power, intelligent manufacturing enabling industry development.

The focus of intelligent manufacturing and other industries will be further applied in a wider range through pilot demonstration and the promotion and popularization of new technologies. The intelligence of equipment, the intelligence of production lines, the intelligence of workshops and cloud manufacturing, collaborative manufacturing and personalized customization will be gradually realized in the production process of knitted products. The networking and intelligent management of knitting equipment will effectively improve the production efficiency of enterprises, reduce the dependence on the number of front-line workers, and improve enterprises to cope with the adverse effects of rising labor costs.

5, fashion-led, science and technology-led, green-oriented, collaborative to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the industry

The knitting production process is short, the equipment automation and production efficiency are high, the product application range is wide, the product variety is wide, the cutting-edge technological innovation achievements can be well industrialized, and finally developed into the terminal consumer goods, coordinated development, and common promotion is the source of continuous progress of the industry. At the same time, the concept of green development and laws and regulations of the industry are further promoted, and the gradual application of energy conservation and emission reduction measures and advanced production technology and equipment will build a green development barrier for the industry and effectively reduce the environmental risks in the process of industrial development. In addition, knitted outerwear clothing has put forward higher requirements for design sense and fashion degree. Knitting design has gradually become an important branch of textile and garment design, and is an important direction for the emergence of new designers and design works. In short, the knitting industry is an important part of the textile industry. In the process of industrial development, technology-led, green-oriented, fashion-led, and coordinated promotion are the guarantee for the healthy and sustainable development of the industry in the future.