Although the impact of the epidemic is still ongoing, both textile manufacturing companies and textile machinery companies have felt the pulse of industry recovery. At the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (International Textile Federation) Textile Machinery Conference held online on November 16, 2022, many representatives of the participating companies said that in the face of high raw material prices, weak terminal consumption, and poor logistics Despite challenges such as smoothness, they are still optimistic about the future development of the industry.
The "International Textile Federation's 11th New Crown Epidemic Impact Survey Results" released at the meeting showed that although the recovery has not fully met expectations, the overall situation of the global textile industry has improved. And textile machinery companies maintain cautiously optimistic expectations for future development, and it is expected that orders in 2022 will achieve overall growth.
continued recovery
As the EU's second-largest textile supplier, Turkey's recent currency depreciation has further boosted product exports, such as its exports to Spain increasing by 30 percent . According to Mustafa Denizer, head of the Turkish company Diktas Textile, the increase in orders has driven Turkish companies to invest in textile machinery, and this trend will be more obvious in the future.
Since the beginning of this year, the Moroccan textile industry has also accelerated its recovery. Fatima Zohra Allawi from the Moroccan Textile and Apparel Association said that with its geographical advantages with Europe, America and Africa, a relatively stable political situation, the development advantages of renewable energy such as wind energy, and its active participation in free trade agreements and other measures, Morocco has The competitiveness of the textile industry chain will continue to improve, and it will be able to meet the needs of more customers around the world.
Bedi, head of Africa Bedi Investment, said that thanks to the gradual control of the epidemic, orders for the East African textile industry have been placed until October next year. He believes that the "African Continental Free Trade Agreement" will benefit the development of East Africa's textile industry. At the same time, in view of the risk of supply chain interruption brought by the epidemic to the industry, the East African textile industry expects to build a new textile industrial park to ensure the stability of the supply chain with local fabric supply.
China's textile machinery industry chain is complete, with many varieties and wide categories. In 2020, the export volume of textile machinery enterprises above designated size in China will reach 4.5 billion US dollars. Gu Ping, president of China Textile Machinery Association, said that at present, the production of China's textile industry chain is stable, and in the process of high-quality development, there are higher requirements for equipment continuity, automation, and greening. China's textile machinery industry will focus on energy conservation and emission reduction. Open up new development paths, strengthen exchanges with domestic and foreign textile machinery enterprises, and create a better future.
In addition, many participants pointed out that the green transformation has also brought new development opportunities for the industry.
Open and win-win
At present, the recovery of the world economy is difficult and tortuous, and growth lacks long-term momentum; the open consensus has weakened, and trade regionalization has become a new feature; the digital economy has penetrated deeply, profoundly changing the global industrial pattern; green transformation has been accelerated in an all-round way, reshaping industrial competitive advantages and rules. Sun Ruizhe, chairman of the International Textile Federation and chairman of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, pointed out at the meeting that the highly globalized textile and garment industry resonates at the same frequency as the difficulties and twists of the world economic recovery. In response to challenges, the International Textile Federation adheres to solidarity, focus on development, and maintains a safe and stable global textile supply chain; adheres to inclusiveness, inclusiveness, green sustainability, and continuously improves the effectiveness, fairness, balance, and coordination of industry development; adheres to innovation-driven , open and win-win, and create an industrial ecosystem of high-quality development.
In China, in the face of the current highly complex and uncertain development environment, the textile and apparel industry is actively exploring practices, promoting openness through extensive and in-depth global cooperation, continuously optimizing domestic and foreign production capacity layout, integrating and utilizing global high-quality resources, and promoting global textile production. Upgrading the industrial chain and value chain; promoting agility with data-driven flexible manufacturing, relying on a new generation of information technology to promote the digital transformation of the supply chain, and creating a flexible manufacturing system with precise matching of supply and demand, efficient linking of resources, and interconnection of elements; a collaborative and efficient platform The economy promotes ecologicalization, supported by infrastructure such as the Industrial Internet, and accelerates the formation of an industrial system that integrates large, medium and small scales, production, supply and marketing, and multi-factor aggregation; The industrial system and governance system of a green and low-carbon cycle from manufacturing to recycling; enabling industrial innovation to promote standardization with mechanism innovation, and constantly improving the mechanism of intellectual property protection measures to promote industry innovation.
From January to September 2021, the total import and export of China's textile machinery was 6.155 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 14.25 percent . Among them, the import of textile machinery was 2.647 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 29.15 percent ; the export was 3.508 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 5.25 percent . "China actively integrates into the world, serves the world, and transforms world opportunities into China's achievements, and China's achievements into world opportunities." Sun Ruizhe said that opening up has become a distinctive symbol of contemporary China, focusing on building a new dual-cycle development pattern, new opening and The development space is opening up, which is a common opportunity for the world. He called on the global textile industry to strengthen cooperation and create a better tomorrow.