In recent years, the global textile and apparel trade trend has changed. As the largest textile and apparel exporter, China occupies an important position in the industrial chain. Due to changes in international relations and the rise of textile and apparel industry chains in Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and other countries, international textile and apparel trade has shifted. China’s textile and apparel exports share has begun to decline in some regions. We select China, the European Union, the United States, and Japan as the research targets, and analyze the changes in China’s textile and apparel exports and changes in imports from the European Union, the United States, and Japan in the past 10 years. The European Union, the United States, and Japan are China’s largest export destinations of textiles and apparel, and they are also important links in the global textile and apparel trade. Selecting them as research objects can more intuitively show the changing trend of the global textile and apparel industry chain.

 

Textile exports: The European Union, the United States and Vietnam account for the main share, and Vietnam’s share has increased significantly in 10 years.

 

In 2019, the main export destinations of Chinese textiles were the European Union, the United States, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Japan, China Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Among them, China’s textile exports to the European Union, the United States and Vietnam accounted for more than 10%, and respectively 11%, 10.4% and 10.2%, Bangladesh accounted for 5.4%, Japan accounted for 3.8%, China Hong Kong accounted for 3.6%, and Indonesia accounted for 3.5%. China’s textile exports to the United States fell 9% year-on-year in 2019, exports to Bangladesh also fell 4.6% year-on-year, while Vietnam’s exports increased by 4% year-on-year.

 

By comparing the data of 2009 and 2019, it can be found that the proportion of China’s textile exports to the EU and the United States has not changed much in the past 10 years. The proportion of textile exports to China Hong Kong has declined significantly, with a decrease of 8%. The proportion of Vietnam’s exports has increased by 6.5% in 10 years, from 3.7% in 2009 to 10.2% in 2019.

 

Apparel exports: The share of apparel exports to the EU and Japan has declined significantly in 10 years.

In 2019, the main export destinations of Chinese apparel were the European Union, the United States and Japan, accounting for 22.4%, 21.6% and 10% respectively. In 2019, China’s apparel export value fell 4% year-on-year, and China’s apparel export value to the EU, the United States and Japan all declined year-on-year, with the United States experiencing the largest decline.