China business intelligence network: at the end of 2019, the new coronavirus infection cases began to appear in Wuhan, and gradually spread to all parts of the country, which posed a great threat to the health and safety of the people, and also caused different degrees of influence on all walks of life. The epidemic directly affects the catering and retail consumption during the Spring Festival holiday, and the performance of the required channels is relatively good. It is affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic. During the period of 2020, the operation of the stores under shopping centers, shopping centers and franchised stores is not good, while providing the necessities, the supermarket channels and the online channels that can be distributed at home are the first choice for consumers to make daily purchases during the epidemic period. Nationwide demand for basic commodities such as rice, grain and oil has increased sharply. So what is the impact of the epidemic on the garment industry?

According to the statistics of the National Bureau of statistics, in April 2020, the total retail sales of social consumer goods totaled 28178 billion yuan, down 7.5% from the same period last year (9.1% below the price factor, the nominal growth in addition to the special description), and the decline was narrowed by 8.3 percentage points over the previous month. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than cars amounted to 25095 billion yuan, down 8.3%. In 1-4, retail sales of consumer goods totaled 106758 billion yuan, down 16.2% from the nominal level. In terms of textile and apparel retailing, In April 2020, the total retail sales of textile and apparel reached 79 billion 900 million yuan, down 18.5% compared with the same period last year. In January 1-4, the total retail sales of textile and clothing were 305 billion 700 million yuan, down 29% from the same period last year.

Total retail sales of textile and apparel in China in 2019-2020 years and year-on-year growth rate

Source: National Bureau of statistics, China Industrial Research Institute

from Textile and clothing The growth rate of retail sales is about 1-4 months in 2020. Textile and clothing The total retail sales growth rate decreased by 29% compared with the same period last year. Affected by the epidemic, the retail sales of clothing and footwear industry increased by a new low.

2019-2020 years in China Textile and clothing Retail sales and growth rate of total retail sales of consumer goods

Source: National Bureau of statistics, China Industrial Research Institute

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