The operation of the textile industry from January to June 2020.

From January to June, the industrial value added of enterprises above the scale of China's textile industry decreased by 6.7% YoY, narrowing by 9.8 percentage points from the first quarter, with the manufacturing industry of manufactured textile products being driven by a surge in demand for epidemic-preventing materials, and the industrial value added growing at a high rate of 57.8%, with a yoY growth rate of 80.7% yoY in June.
January-June, chemical fiber, yarn, cloth and clothing production decreased by 1.0%, 15.8%, 25.9% and 13.7% year-on-year, respectively.
January-June, retail sales of clothing shoes, hats and needle textiles above the national quota amounted to 512 billion yuan, down 19.6% YoY and 3.9 percentage points lower than in January-May.
online wearables fell 2.9 per cent year-on-year.
January-June, China's textile and clothing exports reached US$125.19 billion, up 3.2% YoY and 20.9 percentage points higher than in the first quarter.
, textile exports increased by 27.8% year-on-year to US$74.10 billion due to a sharp increase in exports of anti-epidemic textiles such as masks, but clothing exports were more affected by overseas outbreaks, with clothing exports amounting to US$51.08 billion, down 19.4% YoY.
January-June, textile enterprises above the scale achieved operating income of 192.607 billion yuan, down 16.4% YoY, and total profits of 73.1 billion yuan, down 19% YoY.
operating income margin was 3.8%, up 1.2 percentage points from the first quarter.
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