Eco Textiles Will Become The Choice Of Asian Consumers

According to the data released by the China Textile Industry Association annual report, in 2006, China's textile exports accounted for 32.6% of global exports, ranking second after the EU, while garment exports ranked 95 billion 400 million in the first place.

China is one of the top textile exporting countries in Asia. Through the analysis of the quantity and market of Oeko-Tex 100 eco textile certification issued by China, we can understand the current situation of eco textiles in Asia.

In the first quarter of 2008, China's textile exports totaled 21 billion 677 million US dollars, and the total exports of textile products amounted to US $31 billion 504 million. However, due to the internal and external factors, the export growth slowed down.

In the domestic demand market, the number of textile and garment trading markets in China increased from 255 in 2003 to 500 in 2007, more than doubled, and the annual turnover reached 800 billion yuan in 2007, an increase of nearly three times.

Compared with export market, the consumption of domestic demand market is huge.

A number of export oriented enterprises have adjusted their market positioning to take account of both internal and external markets.

According to French media reports, India's domestic textile consumption is currently about 30 billion euros, and it is expected that in 2010, China's textile consumption will reach 100 billion euros, and China will surpass Japan's leading Asian market.

According to industry analysis, by 2010, China's domestic textile demand will exceed 14000 billion yuan.

According to TESTEX's latest statistics, by June 2008, the number of Oeko-Tex100 certificates issued in China has reached 2102, of which 1438 are in mainland China, 475 in China's Hongkong Special Administrative Region, and 189 in Taiwan, China.

The number of enterprises receiving certificates is 1723.

In the proportion distribution of certificates issued, the number of certificates issued at the second level ranked first, accounting for 68%, followed by the first level, accounting for 30.4%.

It can be seen from the number of certificates, the level distribution and the product categories covered. At present, a considerable number of enterprises in China's textile and apparel industry chain have reached the Oeko-Tex 100 standard, which provides enterprises and product resources pool for China to develop eco textile market.

From the enterprise level, through the Oeko-Tex 100 requirements of downstream customers, more and more Chinese enterprises feel the trend of eco environmental protection in the global textile market.

The concern of the government and consumers on the ecological properties of textiles has also played a role in cultivating the domestic market of ecological textiles to a certain extent.

On the external environment, the laws and regulations of the government and industry have been basically established. For example, the mandatory national standard GB 18401-2003, the national basic safety technical specification for textile products was formally implemented in 2005. Local regulations and industrial standards related to the ecological properties of textiles were also introduced in various places. For example, at the end of 2007, Tianjin had the first place in the country to promulgate the local industry standards for the ecological performance of automobile plush textile products, and the mandatory testing items and standards of pH value and formaldehyde in the newly revised jeans industry standard.

It can be said that the prerequisite for the development of the domestic market for ecological textiles is basically that ecological textiles will not only be the needs of Western consumers, but also will be the choice of consumers in Asia, including China.