Gu Ping, vice president of China Textile Machinery Industry Association, briefed the delegates on the economic operation of the textile machinery industry at the 7th member congress and the first Council of the 7th China Textile Machinery Industry Association recently.

According to the introduction, in 2013, according to the objective needs of textile industry upgrading, the textile machinery industry accelerated the adjustment of product structure and technological upgrading, and the overall level of the industry has been significantly improved. The technical level and product quality of textile machinery products have been greatly improved. Although the domestic market demand narrowed, but exports maintained growth, the overall operation of the industry in a stable situation.

1. Industry scale: in 2013, the main business income of textile machinery industry was 115.560 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.69%; the total assets was 93.909 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.67%; the number of enterprises was 726.

2. Cost structure. In 2013, the total cost of textile machinery industry was 107.114 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.11%. Among them, the main business cost was 96.526 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; the operating expense was 3.146 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.94%; the management expense was 6.249 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.17%; the financial expense was 1.192 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.62%.

3. Profitability. In 2013, the total profit of the textile machinery industry was 8.247 billion yuan, an increase of 1.149 billion yuan over the same period of last year; 95 loss making enterprises had a loss of 458 million yuan, an increase of 15.37% over the same period of last year; the loss area was 13.09%.

4. Investment. In 2013, the fixed asset investment in textile machinery industry was 28.372 billion yuan, an increase of 39.16% over the same period last year; the fixed asset investment in textile machinery industry accounted for 3.10% of the fixed asset investment in textile industry. In 2013, there were 376 new projects in the textile machinery industry, with a year-on-year increase of 20.51%.

5. Completion of export delivery value. In 2013, the export delivery value of the textile machinery industry was 7.106 billion yuan, an increase of 4.64% year on year.

6. Exports increased significantly and imports increased slightly. According to the statistics of China Customs, in 2013, the total import and export volume of China's textile machinery was US $6.739 billion, up 4.32% year on year. Among them, the export of textile machinery was US $2.519 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.36%; the import was US $4.220 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.04%.