Since the beginning of this year, the global epidemic has continued to recur, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has intensified, and the adverse impact of the Fed's continued interest rate hikes on the global economy has continued to intensify.Against this background, my country's knitting industry has steadily advanced the resumption of work and production, and the industry has maintained stable and sustainable development.

From January to September, the operating income of enterprises above designated size in the knitting industry increased by 2.76% year-on-year, and the growth rate fell by 3.59 percentage points compared with the first two quarters of this year; among them, the operating income of enterprises above the scale of knitted fabrics increased by 3.40%, and the operating income of enterprises above the scale of knitted clothing increased by 2.39% %, down 5.83 and 2.27 percentage points from the first two quarters of this year.

Affected by the reduction in orders, the growth rate of clothing production has continued to grow negatively since June this year.From January to September, the total national garment output decreased by 1.66% year-on-year, of which the output of knitted garments decreased by 1.15% year-on-year, which was 1.34 percentage points lower than that of woven garments.The proportion of knitted garments in the total garment output continued to increase. From January to September, knitted garments accounted for 62.34% of the total garment output, an increase of 2.29 percentage points from last year.

Although the growth rate of operating costs is still higher than that of operating income, the gap between the two is gradually narrowing.According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the operating costs of enterprises above the scale in the knitting industry from January to September increased by 3.51% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.75 percentage points higher than the operating income. The difference between the two growth rates decreased by 0.46 percentage points compared with the previous two quarters.Among them, the operating cost of knitted fabric enterprises increased by 3.97% year-on-year, which was 0.57 percentage points higher than the operating income; the operating cost of knitted garment enterprises increased by 3.24% year-on-year, which was 0.85 percentage points higher than the operating income.At the same time, the operating cost per 100 yuan of operating income in the knitting industry continued to decline, and the operating conditions of the enterprise eased.

From January to September, the total profit of enterprises above the designated size in the knitting industry increased by 7.09% year-on-year, continuing the growth trend.In the knitting industry, the number of loss-making enterprises above the designated size continued to decrease, and the loss-making situation improved.The loss from January to September was 22.03%, a decrease of 4.77 percentage points compared with the previous two quarters, and the operating conditions of enterprises continued to improve.From January to September, the three items of expenses accounted for 6.92% of the above-mentioned enterprises in the knitting industry, a decrease of 0.56 percentage points compared with the same period last year.

According to China Customs Statistics Monthly Report data, from January to September 2022, my country's cumulative export of knitted products was 88.58 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 13.55%, which was 4.45 percentage points higher than the year-on-year growth rate of national textile and clothing exports.Among them, from January to September, my country exported 18.834 billion US dollars of knitted fabrics, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%; exported 69.746 billion US dollars of knitted garments, a year-on-year increase of 13.9%.

However, due to the high inflation in many countries and the adjustment of monetary and fiscal policies in various countries, the consumption downgrade tends to be obvious under the high inflation overseas, and the knitting industry is facing greater pressure to maintain export growth.In September, my country's knitting products exported 10.141 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 9.81% and a month-on-month decrease of 13.68%.Among them, the export of knitted fabrics was 1.925 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 8.63%; the export of knitted garments was 8.216 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 10.08%.

From the perspective of major export markets, my country's exports to the United States, the traditional major market, have maintained good growth this year.From January to September, my country's export value of knitted products to the United States was 17.719 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.11%, and the growth contribution rate was 15.40%.

The ASEAN market continues to develop. From January to September this year, my country's exports of knitted products to the ten ASEAN countries totaled US$15.191 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25.12%, and the growth contribution rate was 28.86%.my country's exports of knitted fabrics and knitted garments to the ASEAN region have achieved good growth, and the export volume ratio of fabrics and garments has remained at around 56:44. The export volume of garments is on the rise, and market trends are worthy of attention.

The EU market has picked up steadily. From January to September, my country's export of knitted products to the EU was US$14.102 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22.45%, and the growth contribution rate was 24.46%.

Compared with the first two quarters of this year, the Japanese market has recovered slightly.From January to September, my country's export of knit products to Japan was 5.89 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 4.18%, and the growth contribution rate was 2.24%.

From the perspective of subdivided categories, from January to September, my country's export of knitted pullovers was 17.235 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.73% year-on-year; the export of knitted garment accessories (including socks, gloves, scarves and other clothing accessories) was 9.443 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase 18.83%; the export of underwear and home clothes was 8.29 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.84%; the export of warp-knitted fabrics was 1.04 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 11.95%.

Judging from the statistical data of my country's main provincial customs, the top three exporters of knitted products are still Zhejiang, Guangdong and Jiangsu. The exports from January to September were 25.124 billion US dollars, 13.345 billion US dollars and 12.754 billion US dollars respectively. The year-on-year growth rates were 17.24%, -3.63% and 9.46% respectively.In the first three quarters, among the top ten export destinations of knitted products, Jiangxi, Xinjiang, and Hunan had a relatively large increase, and their year-on-year growth rates exceeded 50%.Among them, the export value of Jiangxi Province was 2.715 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 50.43%; the export value of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was 2.412 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 95.62%; the export value of Hunan Province was 1.916 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 79.52%.

Usually, the fourth quarter of each year is the shopping season in Western countries, and traditional Western festivals such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are coming one after another.We look forward to the continuous efforts of the shopping season, which will drive foreign trade companies related to clothing, beauty makeup, gifts, etc. to usher in a wave of orders.

From January to September, the domestic sales output value of enterprises above the scale in the knitting industry increased by 2.04% year-on-year, and the growth rate decreased by 3.83 percentage points compared with the previous two quarters. Domestic sales accounted for 74.87%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.53%.Among them, the domestic sales output value of knitted fabric enterprises increased by 3.42% year-on-year, and the proportion of domestic sales increased by 0.01 percentage points year-on-year; the domestic sales output value of knitted garment enterprises increased by 1.03% year-on-year, and the proportion of domestic sales decreased by 0.91% year-on-year.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the total retail sales of social consumer goods from January to September was 32030.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.7%.Among them, the total retail sales of clothing, shoes and hats, and knitted textiles was 927.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.0%.At the same time, the national online retail sales from January to September were 9,588.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%, of which wearable goods increased by 4.7%, an increase of 2.3 percentage points from the second quarter of this year.It is expected that in the fourth quarter, with the positive effects of shopping festivals such as 'Double Eleven' and 'Double Twelve', domestic online consumption will usher in a new wave of upsurge.

To sum up, under the complex external environment, my country's knitting industry has achieved stability and development.At present, my country's knitting industry is in the stage of transformation and upgrading. It has shifted from scale expansion to high-quality development. On the development path with technology, fashion and green as the goal, it will continue to strengthen industrial innovation capabilities and market competitiveness.'The party has created great achievements for a century with great struggles, and it will certainly be able to create new great achievements with new great struggles', the development of the industry is inseparable from the great struggles and hard work of every person in the industry.In the next step, we must adhere to the theme of promoting high-quality development, organically combine the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with the deepening of supply-side structural reforms, enhance the adaptability and flexibility of the supply structure to changes in demand, and overcome difficulties to make up for the lack of key equipment in the industry. Insufficient development in terms of core technology, high-end products, etc., enhance the vitality of enterprise development, and achieve effective improvement in industry quality and reasonable growth in quantity