Chinese rug export slow recovery The second quarter of 2009, China's total carpet exports reaching 296 million U.S. dollars, compared with the same period last year fell 8.10%; total export volume reached 81.92 million square meters, up 2.1%, the average unit price fell 9.98%. March, carpet export situation improved, but by the financial crisis, low, low price of carpet exports growth of the carpet business profits more difficult. In the long term, this trend is not conducive to the sound development of China's carpet industry. By analysis of raw materials, China's carpet exports in the first quarter of this year accumulated the largest number of chemical fiber carpets, flat compared with last year; other materials carpet down 11%; up 125% wool carpet; silk carpet up 36% . Sorted by the amount of the first quarter, the largest export amount of the chemical fiber carpets, down 4%; wool carpet down 20%; other materials carpet down 10%; silk carpet down 48%. Wool carpet export volume growth compared to last year by nearly 125%, while the total amount of exports and the product unit price has decreased by 20% and 65%, indicating that the recent export of wool carpet products for the low-end and low-price products. Silk carpet exports a quarter of the total amount and the unit price decreased by 48% and 61%, but exports of chemical fiber carpets and little change in export unit price. In the second quarter of China's major trading countries and the carpet area has increased, an increase of 9.7%. The United States remains China's largest carpet export market, total exports of 15.95 million square meters, up 15.8%, total exports amounted to 65.44 million U.S. dollars, down 21.2%. The other four major export markets were Japan, Germany, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. It is worth mentioning that the UK ranked ninth. Although China is the United States, Australia and the UK market, total exports increased, but the export unit price has dropped significantly. By the sharp decline in export unit prices generally affected, and many had to export-oriented enterprises, stepped up its efforts to open up the domestic market. In addition, because the past two years, the domestic part of the construction and upgrading projects halt or postpone it, but the rapid development of the domestic market, domestic carpet, some of the original carpets only do the project began to develop domestic market, domestic commercial and residential carpet market prospects compared considerable. |