In 2019, China's household sewing machine output will be 3 million units, mainly occupying the middle and low-end market.
1. Summary
A sewing machine is a machine that uses one or more sewing threads to form one or more kinds of stitches on the sewing material to interweave or sew one or more layers of sewing material. The sewing machine can sew cotton, hemp, silk, wool, man-made fiber and leather, plastic, paper and other products. The stitches are neat, beautiful, smooth and firm. The sewing speed is fast and easy to use. Sewing machines are mainly divided into household sewing machines and industrial sewing machines. Industrial sewing machines are mainly used to process production materials, while household sewing machines are mainly used to meet the needs of home sewing and manual creativity.
2. Output
Textile and garment manufacturing industry is the main application field of sewing machine industry. Garment manufacturing and sewing machine industry complement each other and develop together. In 2018, the garment output of China's garment enterprises above designated size was 22.274 billion pieces, a decrease of 6.507 billion pieces compared with 2017; In 2019, the garment output of China's garment enterprises above Designated Size will reach 24.472 billion pieces, an increase of 2.198 billion pieces compared with 2018.
China is the largest sewing machine manufacturer in the world. According to the data of China Sewing Machinery Association, in 2018, the production volume of sewing machinery of China's 100 backbone enterprises was 7.54 million, and in 2019, the production volume of sewing machinery of China's 100 backbone enterprises was 6.15 million, a decrease of 1.39 million compared with 2018.
After the world sewing machine industry experienced the transfer from Europe and the United States to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, it began to transfer to China in the early 1990s. At the beginning of the 21st century, more than 70% of the global sewing machine output was in China, but the high-end market was still occupied by foreign enterprises. From 2015 to 2019, China's domestic sewing machine output decreased year by year. In 2019, China's domestic sewing machine output was 3 million units, 6.25% lower than that in 2018.
In 2019, the output of ordinary household sewing machines in China will be 1.9 million, accounting for 63.3% of the total output of household sewing machines; In 2019, the output of multifunctional household sewing machines in China will be 1.1 million, accounting for 36.7% of the total output of household sewing machines.
3. Import and export trade
The export volume of China's household sewing machines is much larger than the import volume. In 2019, the export volume of China's household sewing machines was 7.9766 million units, an increase of 1.1476 million units compared with 2018; In 2019, China's domestic sewing machine imports reached 95900, an increase of 47000 compared with 2018.
From 2014 to 2019, the export value of China's household sewing machines showed a downward trend. In 2019, the export value of China's household sewing machines was 198.752 million US dollars, and the import value was 8.644 million US dollars.
China mainly imports high-end household sewing machines from abroad. In 2019, the average import price of China's household sewing machines is US $90.17/set, while the average export price is only US $24.92/set, and the average export price shows a downward trend.
