According to China Customs statistics, my country’s yarn import and export volume in 2013 was 6.477 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%, and the import and export volume was US$21.71 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. Among them, the number of yarn exports was 3.689 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%; the export value was US$12.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6%; the average export unit price was US$3.28/kg, a year-on-year decrease of 5.2%. The number of yarn imports was 2.788 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 28%; the import value was US$9.61 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%.
From the perspective of single-month exports, the quantity and value of yarn exports increased in December 2013, while the export unit price declined. The export quantity of yarn in December was 349,000 tons, up 21.6% year-on-year and 7.1% month-on-month; the export value was US$1.03 billion, up 5.2% year-on-year and 4.3% month-on-month; the export unit price dropped to US$2.94/kg. , down 13.5%. The export value of chemical fiber yarn increased by 11.6% in December, while the export value of cotton yarn, silk yarn, wool, and animal hair yarn all declined to varying degrees, down 2.1%, 18.4%, and 15.1% respectively.
In 2013, my country’s yarn exports to ASEAN and South Asia increased, exports to North America increased slightly, and exports to Japan declined. Asia is still the most important market for my country’s yarn exports, with exports amounting to US$8.52 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%, accounting for 70% of my country’s total yarn exports. In the past year, my country’s yarn exports to ASEAN have continued to grow steadily. The export volume reached 510,000 tons, an increase of 15.6%, and the export value was US$1.79 billion, an increase of 8%. Among them, exports to Cambodia had the largest increase, with an export value of US$120 million, an increase of 66.4%; exports to Vietnam were US$800 million, an increase of 35.4%, Indonesia was US$260 million, an increase of 6.7%, and Malaysia was US$140 million. An increase of 6.8%, and Myanmar’s was US$80 million, an increase of 8.1%.
my country’s yarn exports to South Asian countries India, Bangladesh and Pakistan have increased to varying degrees, with export amounts of US$600 million, US$760 million and US$560 million, an increase of 13.4%, 17.8% and 10% respectively. In 2013, China’s yarn exports to Japan were US$420 million, a decrease of 5.8%; exports to North America increased slightly, with an export value of US$510 million, an increase of 1%. Exports to the EU and Latin America were US$1.31 billion and US$660 million, an increase of 8.9% and 14.3% respectively.
In 2013, my country’s export prices of silk threads, wool and other animal hair yarns increased, while the export unit prices of cotton yarns and chemical fiber yarns declined. The export unit price of silk thread was US$37.1/kg, an increase of 15%; the unit price of wool and other animal hair yarn was US$32.76/kg, an increase of 7.5%; the export price of cotton yarn and chemical fiber yarn was US$4.81/kg and US$3.02/kg, respectively. down 1.5% and 9.1%.
