In 2012, The Global Clothing Export Volume Did Not Decrease With The Low Export Volume

According to the statistics of TextilesIntelligence, in 2011, the global clothing export increased by 17%, reaching 412 billion US dollars, achieving the highest export growth in the past 20 years Clothing export The volume increased by only 5%. The agency's latest forecast says that the global clothing export volume will be lower in 2012, and the export volume will continue to be strong.

The growth of global clothing exports in 2011 was mainly due to the rise of commodity prices, especially the impact of sharply rising production costs. Especially in the major low-cost Asian exporters, their energy costs and labor costs increased significantly in 2011, which was remarkable from 2009 to March 2011 Cotton price The surge has greatly pushed up commodity prices.

In the year, the export volume of the 15 major exporting countries in the world achieved double-digit growth, among which Southeast Asia and South Asia were the strongest, with Cambodia growing by 33%, India by 31%, Bangladesh by 27%, Vietnam by 27%, and Sri Lanka by 21%.

However, in the first few months of 2012, almost all major export countries experienced a slowdown in export growth. The United States and the European Union, the world's two largest Clothing import The import data of the market also showed that in the first half of this year, the clothing imports of the two countries declined significantly.

TextilesIntelligence predicts that, in view of the escalating euro crisis in the future, there is little hope for the recovery of EU trade, and the GDP of the EU will continue to decline in 2012.

Optimistically, as energy and labor costs continue to rise in major Asian producing countries, and manufacturers try to ease cost pressure by raising prices, global clothing exports are expected to continue to grow. Experts said that the continuous labor strike movement for higher wages in some countries is also one of the drivers of rising commodity costs and prices.