China’s Imports & Exports of Textile Machinery in Jan.-Mar., 2009 (07/27/2009)

Updated: 7/27/2009 9:23:00 AM

Latest statistics provided by China Customs showed that the country’s total import and export value of textile machinery stood at 1.1 billion US dollars in the first three months of 2009, sharply down 56.34 percent over a year-ago level. Of which, the exports amounted to 231 million US dollars, down 41.83 percent; imports was 866 million US dollars, down 61.48 percent year-on-year.

1、Export witnessed continued decline
During the January-March period, knitting machinery were still the best sellers, covering the highest share of 40.29 percent of total exports, while spinning machine led the slump with export value down 71.02 percent from the previous year’s period.

Export of Textile Machinery in January to March 2009

Product	Export Value(USD)	Share in Total (%)	Year-on-year Variation by Value (±%))
Total	231423839	100.00	-41.83
Knitting machinery	93236333	40.29	-20.12
Auxiliary equipment & spare parts	49966374	21.59	-45.76
Printing,dyeing&finishing machinery	40680526	17.58	-49.60
Spinning machinery	20075594	8.67	-71.02
Chemical fiber machinery	12598582	5.44	-38.29
Weaving machinery	11136005	4.81	-3.43
Nonwoven machinery	2762289	1.19	-48.31
Weaving preparation machinery	968136	0.42	-43.18