China is the world’s largest producer of clothing, shoes and hats, and the world’s largest sewing machine manufacturing base. At present, most of the huge domestic demand for sewing equipment is absorbed by local sewing machine companies in China. Only a few high-end models still rely on imports to satisfy. According to an analysis report released by the China Sewing Machinery Association, in 2010, thanks to the recovery of the domestic garment industry and the acceleration of industrial transformation, the import of sewing machinery products in China showed a steady growth trend. As of November 2010, the import amount was more Times increase.

Overview The off-season is not waning for the whole year. In 2010, the global economy gradually recovered. Domestic garments, shoes and hats and other industries have been warmed up, and the demand for the sewing machine market has been buoyant for nearly two years. The import of sewing machine products in China has reached its peak since 2005. The year-on-year increase was positive, with all indicators achieving higher growth on the lower base in 2009. According to the statistics of the State General Administration of Customs, the total import of sewing machinery in China showed a continuous growth trend in 2010, and by November, the monthly import amount was more than 40 million US dollars. As of November 2010, China's imported sewing machine products reached US$330 million, an increase of 100.03% over the same period of 2009.

In the first 11 months of 2010, China imported a total of 68,600 industrial sewing machines, an increase of 46.57% year-on-year, with an import volume of US$169 million, an increase of 79.37% year-on-year; and 767 imported embroidery machines, a year-on-year increase of 53.40. %, Imports 23.83 million US dollars, an increase of 118.07%; 4,117 tons of imported parts, an increase of 107.89%, an import value of 141 million US dollars, an increase of 132.96%; imported household sewing machine 3527 Taiwan, a year-on-year decrease of 91.60%, import value of 470,000 US dollars , a year-on-year decrease of 23.17%. In addition to the year-on-year decrease in year-on-year data due to the import processing of a batch of more than 30,000 home-use machines for domestic machines in the same period of 2009, all types of sewing machines have achieved volume and price increases, and imports have increased at 45. Above the %, the increase in imports is as high as 75% or more. The growth rate of imports is much faster than the import volume, and the average import price has been raised.

In the import of various products, the increase in imports of parts and components is particularly evident. According to statistics from the State General Administration of Customs, in the first 11 months of 2010, the proportion of imported sewing machine components in China has increased from 34% in the same period of 2009 to 42%, which has increased by 8 percentage points.

Slight increase in the proportion of Japan's market Import patterns no significant changes In the first 11 months of 2010, China's imports from the major sewing machine market showed a different range of high growth. According to customs statistics, from January to November 2010, China’s overall import growth from Japan, Germany, China Taiwan and other traditional regions accelerated, with an increase of over 40% year-on-year. Among them, imports from Japan, Switzerland and other countries all doubled year-on-year.

Japan is the most important importing region in China. Most of the critical intermediate and high-grade sewing machine products that are in short supply in Japan and some of the key components required for Japanese-funded enterprises' production are taken from the Japanese market. In 2010, China’s imports from Japan accounted for more than 63% of the total imports of domestic sewing machinery products, which represented an increase of 3.4 percentage points over the same period of 2009.

The import rate of automatic industrial machine products increased. The average price of imported industrial machines fell from the average price of German imports in 2010. Accompanied with the accelerated transformation of the textile and clothing industries, the demand for automated sewing equipment in the domestic market has also increased correspondingly. This has led to the mid-to-high-end automation represented by Japan. Industrial machine products accelerate imports to the domestic market.

On the other hand, with the improvement of the production technology of domestic sewing machinery and the promotion of market promotion, in 2010 the domestic industrial automatic sewing machine quickly occupied the domestic market with its comprehensive cost-effectiveness advantage, resulting in the import quantity of such products. A certain degree of decline.

According to the statistics of the State General Administration of Customs, in the first 11 months of 2010, China imported 5,760 industrial automatic sewing machines, a decrease of 17.73%, an import value of $19.27 million, an increase of 38.80%, and an import of other industrial automatic sewing machines of 51,000 units, an increase of 78.43%. The import value was 130 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 87.25%; the number of other industrial sewing machines imported was 11,000, an increase of 4.00%, and the import value was 18.48 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 55.92%. China's imports of industrial machines are mainly automatic industrial machines, and their import volume accounts for more than 3/4 of industrial machines.

From the perspective of importing regions, Japan, Germany, and Taiwan in the first 11 months of 2010 are still China's major industrial machine import regions. Among them, China’s imports and values ​​from Japan and China’s Taiwan region both showed a significant growth trend, and the increase in imports was significantly faster than the increase in imports; while China’s import value from the German region also showed more than 35%. Growth, but the increase in imports is significantly faster than the increase in imports, and the average price of imported products has fallen.

The average price of imported embroidery machines increased the presence of high-end Swiss models in the domestic market. With the warming up of the clothing industry, the domestic embroidery machine market picked up quickly in 2010, and some high-end embroidery machines that rely on imports showed a substantial increase. In the first 11 months of 2010, China imported a total of 767 embroidery machines, an increase of 53.40%, with an import value of US$23.92 million, an increase of 118.07%. The average import price increased from US$20.77 million per unit in the same period of 2009 to US$31.18 million per unit. The price increase is as high as 50%.

From the point of view of imports, Japan is still the main source of China's embroidery machines. The number of machines imported from Japan accounts for about 70% of the total imports. In addition, it is worth noting that Switzerland has become another source of imports for China's embroidery machines. In 2010, China purchased 30 embroidery machines with an average price of US$320,000 per unit from Switzerland, although the proportion is less than that of embroidery. The total amount of machine imports is 4%, but the total amount has been roughly equal to that of Japan.

The demand for high-end component parts import speed doubled in foreign companies In 2010, with the acceleration of the structural adjustment of the downstream textile and garment industry, the demand for medium-to-high-end parts mainly based on imports increased, and at the same time, it was hampered by the shortage of domestic components and high-end products. In the case of domestic production gaps, the demand for parts and components imports is stronger than other products. In the first 11 months of 2010, the import value of China's sewing machinery parts and components has doubled. On the other hand, as far as business sources are concerned, China's parts import units are mostly foreign-funded enterprises. In 2010, the increase in production volume of foreign-funded enterprises headed by Japan Heavy Machinery also led to a substantial increase in the import of parts and components. According to the statistics of the State General Administration of Customs, the top three imports by the end of November were all foreign-funded enterprises, and the import volume of the three foreign-funded enterprises increased by more than 200% year-on-year.

From the point of view of imported products, China's imports of sewing machine parts and components mainly focus on industrial sewing machine parts. Among them, more than 70% of the imported parts come from industrial sewing machine parts, while industrial sewing machines use industrial sewing machines and The increase in the import value of other parts (except rotary hooks) exceeds 100%, and has doubled.

From the perspective of importing regions, China’s main source of imports of parts and components is still Japan, and the proportion of imports has also increased significantly with the increase in the production and sales of sewing machines of Japanese-owned enterprises such as heavy machinery and brothers, which is nearly 60%. In the first 11 months of 2010, the proportion of China’s imports from Japan increased by nearly 15 percentage points over the same period in 2009. The proportion of imports in Germany, Taiwan, and other countries and regions has correspondingly contracted.

From the above analysis, we clearly see that China currently has about US$330 million, and the huge market share, which is about 1/4 of its export value, is occupied by imported products, and these imported products are precisely the blank areas of current domestic production. How to strengthen product quality, improve product stability, produce truly high-end products that are accepted by the market, truly seize opportunities, and achieve self-sufficiency in the domestic market, this is a topic that is currently being put in front of domestic sewing companies.