1 - August 2022, the global major developed economies frequent outbreak of high inflation, domestic distribution, extreme high temperature weather, such as multiple than expected factors, China's industrial textiles industry downward pressure is not abating, but with the steady economic package of policies and policy measures in place of releasing, industry production and the demand for recovery since the second quarter, Industrial added value continued to grow.

In terms of production, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of nonwovens and cord fabrics of enterprises above designated size decreased by 0.5% and 3.2% year-on-year respectively from January to August, with the decline continuing to narrow.

In terms of economic benefits, the operating revenue of enterprises above designated size in the industrial textile industry in January-August has recovered to the level of the same period in 2021, with the total profit falling 13.7 percent year-on-year and the profit margin at 4.5 percent, down 0.7 percentage points year-on-year. From January to August, the total operating revenue and profit of nonwovens enterprises above designated size decreased by 3.1% and 35.9% year-on-year, respectively, and the profit margin was 3.3%, down 1.7 percentage points year-on-year. The total operating revenue and profit of enterprises above the scale of rope, cable and cable increased by 0.5% and 2.0%, respectively, and the profit rate was 4.9%, an increase of 0.1 percentage point. The total operating revenue and profit of enterprises above the scale of textile belt and cord cloth decreased by 3.0% and 9.0%, respectively, and the profit rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 5.4%. The total operating revenue and profit of enterprises above the scale of canopy and canvas increased by 9.5% and 33.9% respectively, and the profit margin of 6.2% was the highest level in the industry. The operating revenue and total profit of other industrial textile enterprises above the scale where filtration and geotextile are located increased by 4.3% and 5.4% respectively, and the profit rate was 5.7%, up by 0.1 percentage points year-on-year.

In terms of international trade, according to China Customs data, the export value of China's industrial textile industry (customs 8-digit HS code statistics) from January to August 2022 was $30.64 billion, down 12.4% year on year; The value of industry imports (customs 8-digit HS code statistics) in January-August was $4.19 billion, down 13.9% year-on-year. In terms of products, industrial coated fabric is the largest export product in the industry at present, with the export volume reaching 3.44 billion US dollars, up 28.4% year on year. The export volume of felt cloth/tent was 3.3 billion US dollars, up 12.4% year on year. Traditional products such as textile, canvas and leather base cloth continued to enjoy strong demand in overseas markets, with the export volume increasing by 15.9 percent, 29.2 percent and 17.1 percent year-on-year respectively. In terms of nonwovens and related products, coil exports were 2.71 billion US dollars, down 12.3% year on year, and 820,000 tons, down 13.3% year on year; The exports of masks and protective clothing made of chemical fiber nonwovens (including medical protective clothing) decreased by 69.7% and 54.5%, respectively. Exports of disposable sanitary products reached US $1.91 billion, up 20.1% year on year.