Knitted underwear industry is full of hope

 textile enterprises to participate in international
    Underwear consumption growth is ancompetition has provided favorable conditions.
important indicator of improving living standards is    Underwear and other textiles, like, there will be
one. 20 years of reform and opening up, China'sa stable and predictable environment for trade policy,
knitted underwear industry has undergone profoundwhich will be new opportunities for development of
changes in the scale of production, varietythe industry. First, the textile trade is being shifted
development, quality grades is growing and improving,from the bilateral framework of the multilateral
in the promotion of domestic apparel consumption,system, WTO member states will be phased out
and to meet international market demand have madebetween the knitted import quotas, free trade will
the more remarkable achievements.gradually replace the trade barriers, which have a
    Unprecedented prosperity in the marketcertain competitive advantage of China's underwear
Sub-single jersey knitted underwearindustry, will undoubtedly lead to a steady expansion
Three types of cotton and flannel, specific speciesof exports; the other hand, foreign capital and
include cotton sweaters trousers, shirts, vests,knitwear will be entering the Chinese market to more
shorts, underwear and fabric and so on the wholecompetition, the global with the industry, new ideas,
molding. 2002 above-scale enterprises produced 4.26new information, new design, will lead to increase the
billion yuan underwear. According to China Knittingoverall level of domestic knitting enterprises.
Industry Association survey statistics, the wholeDomestic and international markets will be the quality
society for more than nine billion underwear. Onlyof knitwear and environmental protection, higher
above-scale diameter, from 1983 to 2002 for 20demands. Weak companies will be more difficult, a
years, China's output increased 3.5 times knittedgroup of products, brands and market advantages of
underwear.the underwear enterprises will be in the new
    In recent years, the domestic underwearcompetitive environment in a relatively advantageous
market, unprecedented prosperity, from the tripleposition. This grasp of the business market and
warm air layer, soft cotton, high count yarn, silk,product development and set higher requirements.
wool-like, Fang Ma, modified hemp, wool underwear,    Development of the industry
silk underwear, as well as milk, colored cotton, tencel"15" period is the underwear industry, to deepen the
, fine denier polypropylene underwear, thermalindustrial structure adjustment, and build new
underwear flakes class to the rise of the last twostrengths to adapt to new market environment, and
years of soybean protein fiber underwear, adjust thecomprehensively improve the competitiveness of a
shape underwear, Underwear Dengjun continuing tocritical period. Underwear industry should adhere to
guide consumption, and some also generate hot,the overall goal to take a new road to industrialization
sensational effect. A variety of health-care type,and the requirements for guidance, give full play to
functional knitted underwear dazzling growth in thethe role of science and technology are primary
market. Underwear textile and garment market inproductive forces, increase technical innovation and
recent years, most consumer concern categorytechnology delivery, using new materials, new
(large type products) is one.processes, new technology, develop new products,
    According to the National Business Informationimprove product grade and added value, focusing on
Center, since 1999, large-scale retail shopping centerssupporting a number of significant competitive
nationwide average annual sales growth in knitwearadvantage in domestic and foreign markets brand, to
category in excess of 12%. 2001, underwear increasepromote the implementation of brand strategy to
of 23.3% in 2002 increased 12.8%. Underwear exportcomprehensively upgrade the comprehensive
volumes and export of China's annual growth instrength of the industry.
excess of 10%. In 2002 China's export knitted    At the same time, China should attach
underwear (including men's, women's underwear) toimportance to establish the knitting industry
reach 3.19 billion, up 23.3%; the amount of 1.55 billionunderwear industry in the domestic market
U.S. dollars, an increase of 31.2%.advantages (not only the quantity but also quality
    Knitted underwear industry over the lastand brand), with particular attention to high-end
century, industrial restructuring since the 90's, theremarket to compete with foreign brands. To the
have been boom phenomenon, emerged three guns,international advanced level as the goal,
that is, hair, love Emperor, copper, cattle, AB, Hailin,product-oriented, promoting marketing and brand
as represented by the heads of state with thestrategy.
domestic and international market competitivenessComfort is the eternal theme of underwear, green
high brand and business, products, concentration ofenvironmental protection, functional, decorative, and
high product quality is better. 3 guns, BRIDGE, that isis to meet a variety of consumer groups, the
made overseas brands such as registration,consumption structure of the development. Full use
awareness be increased gradually.of all natural fibers (cotton-based, including wool,
    hemp, silk), modified natural fibers, while making full
    Questions remainuse of the new fiber, especially in differentiated
Although some of our knitting enterprises in productfibers develop comfort, functionality and other
development, product standards, etc. reached thefeatures of underwear products are an inevitable
international advanced level in some areas, but thetrend for future product development.
whole industry look at the overall level is still low, theThe 21st century, the underwear is a promising
product grade uneven levels differ greatly. Chinaindustry. Underwear consumption both in quantity
knitwear with the international advanced level in(including the rural market), or the export will continue
terms of materials, design, or marketing, brandto grow steadily. With economic growth, social
awareness aspect, there is a wide gap betweenprogress, people's underwear demands not only
restricting the development of the whole industry.focus on quality, style, and the pursuit of fashion,
Such as fabric, raw materials innovations is notbranding, personalization. Underwear market has huge
enough; product comfort, environmental protectionpotential and broad prospects, underwear industry,
has yet to be improved; design styles andlong way to go.
specifications not meet the international trend;    Into the 21st century, the economic situation
marketing small, the market order should be furthersteadily knitting industry has achieved over the past
improved and enhanced; brand recognition and20 years, the best result, the country's total output
popularity are not high.value of enterprises above designated size knitting in
    China's Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and other1992 to 30.95 billion yuan from the increased in 2001
places a number of knitting enterprise in processing,to 67.12 billion yuan, increased 1.16-fold. Product sales
sample processing, processing of internationalrevenue increased to 61.48 billion yuan from 25.89
brand-name underwear, etc. (many foreign brands inbillion yuan, 1.37 times increase in 10 years.
China's processing), production volume, quality meetAlong with improving people's lives, underwear sales
customer requirements. However, marketing andgrowth will be more than 15%, the market has great
design of the more backward, have affected thepotential. Underwear consumption growth is an
international competitiveness of China's own brand.important indicator of improving living standards is
Accession to the WTO, the textile industry, asone. 20 years of reform and opening up, China's
China's exports competitive, market access, a highknitted underwear industry has undergone profound
degree of integration into the industry trend ofchanges in the scale of production, variety
economic globalization. As the world's largest textiledevelopment, quality grades is growing and improving,
and apparel producers, exporting countries. China'sin the promotion of domestic apparel consumption,
textile industry have a large advantage of laborand to meet international market demand have made
resources, coupled with a relatively maturethe more remarkable achievements.
processing and manufacturing base, which are for the