Ministry Of Industry And Credit: Operation Of Textile Economy In April 2010

According to the Ministry of industry's website's April 2010 economic performance of the consumer goods industry, in April 2010, the added value of the textile industry increased by 12.2% over the same period last year, down 0.9 percentage points from last month, and the value of export delivery increased by 17.8%, up 4.5 percentage points from last month. The main products, yarn, cloth and clothing output increased by 16.6%, 17.9% and 16.1%, respectively, and the chemical fiber increased 13.9%. In 1-4 months, the added value of the textile industry increased by 13.1%, an increase of 6.5 percentage points compared to the same period of last year, and the value of delivery increased by 14.8% over the same period last year, an increase of 5.2% over the same period in 2008. The main products of the textile industry increased by 18.7%, 17.8% and 9.5% respectively, and the growth of chemical fiber increased 18.6%.

　　
Domestic cotton prices continue to maintain an upward trend. In April, the domestic cotton price index (level 328) price was 16456 yuan / ton, up 373 yuan / ton from last month, up 29.4% compared to the same period last year. Polyester chip, polyester staple fiber and polyester filament price rebounded, up 300 yuan / ton, 220 yuan / ton and 600 yuan / ton respectively than the end of last month. The price of pure cotton yarn in Qian Qing was unchanged from the end of last month. 1-4 months, imports of cotton 1 million 170 thousand tons, an increase of 1.82 times compared with the same period, the average price of imports 1730 U.S. dollars / ton, an increase of 34% over the same period.