From "One Silk" To See The Prosperity Of Supply And Demand Of Integrated Textiles In Jiangsu

When you want to buy silk, you might as well come to Suzhou, Jiangsu. When you want to buy silk in Suzhou, you might as well go to Shengze Town. There is not only a textile industry chain "from one silk to one brand", but also one of the world's top 500 enterprises in the industry. The local China Oriental Silk Market has gathered more than 7000 enterprises engaged in fabric production and trade. With the acceleration of integration, textile trade between the Yangtze River Delta has become increasingly close. The truck fleet shuttling in the textile market provides the best evidence. There are trucks full of goods in and out here every day, and the supply and demand of textiles are booming.

Speaking of his work experience in the past two years, Master Zhu, a truck driver who often travels in the Yangtze River Delta, felt that he was "too busy". "Starting from Jiangsu, there are more orders going to Anhui, Zhejiang and Shanghai. We used to travel far, but now many goods we receive are transferred between the" three provinces and one city "."

A string of numbers confirmed his feelings. According to the data released by Manbang Group, a well-known logistics enterprise, the weight of textile transportation in the Yangtze River Delta has increased by 14.7% year on year in the past year, and the growth will reach 53.8% year on year at the beginning of 2024. The textile transportation in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and cities has made a good start. In the past year, the average transport distance of textiles issued by "three provinces and one city" has declined to varying degrees. The shorter journey reflects not only the convenience of transportation, but also the concentration of textile production and sales points in the Yangtze River Delta.

As one of the important birthplaces of China's textile industry, Jiangsu's textile industry has a solid foundation. Among them, Suzhou, Wuxi and Nantong are particularly outstanding in terms of industrial chain completeness, and the number of leading enterprises is leading in the country. Thanks to the advantages of online sales, intelligent manufacturing and stable industrial chain supply chain, Jiangsu's textile industry will perform well in 2023.

According to the textile freight data report released by Manbang Group, at the beginning of 2024, the tonnage of textile shipments in Jiangsu increased by 44.5% year on year, 22.29% year on year in 2023, and the total weight of textile shipments increased by 5.2% year on year.

Liu Jun, the general manager of a textile technology limited company in Nanjing, was filled with emotion about the development of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta: "As a midstream enterprise in the textile industry, the orders of Jiangsu and Anhui have increased significantly, and the volume of goods transported through the freight platform has also increased. At the beginning of the year, the volume of goods was relatively large, and three or four vehicles of goods needed to be delivered a day."

From the 2023 data released by the platform, it can be seen that Suzhou continues to lead the list of Jiangsu textile shipments and Jiangsu textile receiving cities, and its tonnage of shipments far exceeds Nantong and Wuxi, the second and third largest in the province; On the list of destinations for Jiangsu textiles, Suzhou also outperformed Shaoxing and Nantong, almost the sum of the receipts of Jiaxing and Linyi. Among the "popular textile transportation routes", the top four are "Wuxi Shaoxing", "Nantong Jiaxing", "Shaoxing Jinhua" and "Jiaxing Shaoxing". It is worth mentioning that with the development of freight logistics, textiles from Taizhou, Jiangsu, have even been transported to Ali, Xinjiang, more than 5000 kilometers away.

Ranking of Jiangsu textile shipping cities and major cities to which textiles are shipped (picture provided by CGN Faman Group)

Popular routes for textile transportation

The Yangtze River Delta gathers the headquarters of major private express enterprises and the head of logistics enterprises. The express logistics industry is developed. With the digital and intelligent advantages of regional development, textiles are now running faster. In recent years, the logistics industry of Jiangsu Province, especially the development of smart logistics, has ranked first in the country. Many logistics enterprises, including Yunmanman, have developed rapidly and become the first echelon in the industry.

(Source: CCTV)