The market intelligence report provides an overview of Jiangyin's textile and apparel industry. It analyzes industry trends such as export growth and trade figures. It also profiles leading suppliers and assesses factors like labor costs, raw material prices, and regional policies that affect the industry's competitiveness. A SWOT analysis is included to evaluate the industry's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The report aims to help buyers source from suppliers in Jiangyin's textile cluster.

1. Market Intelligence Report
Jiangyin
Buyer Service & Development Team

2. Content
• Overview
• Industry Profile
• Competitive Advantages
• Industrial Analysis
• Leading Suppliers

4. Overview
• Monetary policy – “stable and steady”
• Financial reform – keep RMB exchange rate fixed in the long run
• Fiscal policy – focus on structural tax reduction
• Expand domestic demand – improve household disposable income
• Inflation – monitor CPI growth, reinforce price control
• Sustainable development – continue to grow economy in an
energy-saving & emission-reduction manner
• Capital market – utilize the leveraging power of financial tools

5. Country Profile

6. Regional Trade Figures
Source: Jiangyin
Government

7. Regional Trade Figures
Source: Jiangyin
Government

8. Industry Profile
Jiang Yin textile & apparel industry outline:
• Relatively complete industrial supply chain
• Industrial cluster
• Leading companies
• Strong brand awareness

9. Supporting Policies
Boost Apparel & Textile export by:
• Enhance the leadership of industry cluster, build up suitable environment;
• Value public service platform development, improve competitive strength;
• Boost the development of specialty industries, cultivate regional brand within
dynamics of business scale and quality;
• Support the growth of leading enterprise, focus on branded apparel and high
value-added textile product;
• Reinforce the investment on technology and R&D, encourage innovation.
According to the figure, Jiang yin government has invested over 200 million RMB on
industrial transition and upgrade in 2011.

10. Trade Trends
Source: Jiangyin
Government
Since 2001, Jiangyin textile & apparel export has kept growing at a high rate and
increased dramatically during the last decade. It seems has recovered from the
economic crisis in 2008.

11. Monthly Review
Source: Jiangyin
Government
Monthly figure indicates that textile & apparel export in 2011 is relatively stable during the
year, sharply drop on Feb may be caused by short-term factors, such as drop of customer
needs.

12. YOY Growth
Source: Jiangyin
Government
Monthly YOY figure indicates that 2011 has enjoyed a higher growth rate on export in first
quarter compare to the entire year. Meanwhile, textile & apparel are still vulnerable to
seasonal demand.

13. Quality Control
State Supervision and Inspection Center for Textile Products
Jiang yin Chemical Analysis Laboratory

14. Brand Building
Jiangyin city government enhance brand
building through:
• Money reward
100 thousand – 200 thousand RMB
• Supporting policy
<Industry 5-year cultivation plan>
<Jiangyin brand building guide>
23 brands shortlisted for regional breeding, 10
in textile industry.

15. Raw Material Price Index
Source:
Alibaba.com

16. Labor Cost Comparison
Source: Fu Dan
University study
According to a study from FuDan university, RMB will keep appreciating at 2-3% yearly.
However, rapid growth of labor cost will make China less competitive among countries in
Southeast of Asia, the triangle above-mentioned will appear until 2023, at that time, labor
cost in China will close to European countries and Hong Kong.

17. SWOT Analysis
Strength Weakness
• Obtain complete industrial chain in textile
• Unbalanced industry portfolio
& apparel industry
•Lack of awareness of product value-added,
• Abundant raw materials for manufacturing
brand building and protection
• Relatively cheap labor
• Industry profit is relatively low, need to
• Competent skilled workers
manufacture in a cost-effective manner
Opportunity Threat
• Free trade agreement with Eastern Union • High pressure on price raise of labor cost,
will boost daily consumption goods export raw material, logistics and exchange rate
• State government reinforce innovation & • Increasingly raise of foreign trade barriers
intellectual property rights • Strong competitive from neighboring areas
• New policy for energy exploit and use may • Due to European financial crisis, the level
help to improve resources efficiency of global credibility will continue to drop

18. Supplier Competence

19. Sang Yang Textile Co. Ltd

20. First Textile Co. Ltd

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23. Contact Us
Tommy Jiang
Key Account Manager
Buyer Service & Development, Alibaba.com
Phone: 86-571 -8502-2088 ext. 39128
Mobile: 86-151-6829-8894
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