Business Club September 16 News I. Basic information on the industry operation (I) Production and sales In January 2011 and June 2011, the output of printed and dyed cloth of 1794 large-scale enterprises was 28.914 billion meters, an increase of 13.27% year-on-year. The output of five eastern coastal provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong and Fujian was 26.553 billion meters, accounting for 91.83% of the country's total production. Among them, 170.21 billion meters in Zhejiang Province, a year-on-year increase of 13.35%, accounting for 58.87% of the national output; Guangdong Province, 2.667 billion meters, an increase of 3.76%, ranking second; Jiangsu Province 2.470 billion meters, an increase of 9.84%; Fujian Province 263 million meters, an increase of 9% year-on-year; Shandong Province 1.793 billion meters, a year-on-year decrease of 3.33%. Of the five major production provinces, with the exception of the year-on-year decline in production in Shandong Province, the output of the other four provinces increased at different rates.

The production of printing and dyeing cloths in some provinces in the central region showed a relatively rapid growth. The output of printing and dyeing cloths in the four provinces of Sichuan, Hubei, Chongqing, and Hunan increased by 34.79%, 31.48%, 76.92%, and 20.74%, respectively.

From January to June 2011, the production and sales rate of printing and dyeing enterprises above designated size was 97.70%, and the product sales rate remained at a relatively high level; the industrial output value was completed at 15.61312 billion yuan, an increase of 19.42% year-on-year; the sales output value was 1.527 billion yuan, an increase of 20.04% over the same period of last year; The delivery value was 24.748 billion yuan, an increase of 9.24% over the same period of last year.

(II) Investment From January to June 2011, the printing and dyeing enterprises above designated size actually invested 9.231 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.43%, which was lower than the increase of 21.13% in the textile industry investment. From January to June, the number of construction projects was 364, a year-on-year decrease of 4.46%; the number of new projects started was 222, a year-on-year decrease of 9.39%; the number of completed projects was 110, a substantial year-on-year increase of 29.41%.

(III) Import and Export Trade In January-June 2011, the import and export volume of the six major categories of printing and dyeing products totaled US$9.337 billion, with a trade surplus of US$6.501 billion.

1. Exports From January to June 2011, the total number of printing and dyeing products in the six major categories was 6.760 billion meters, an increase of 11.97% year-on-year; the amount of exports was US$7.919 billion, an increase of 37.11% year-on-year; the average export price was US$1.17 per meter, an increase of 22.46% over the same period of last year. The price has further improved significantly.

2. Imports of the six major categories of printing and dyeing products from January to June 2011 were 779 million meters, a year-on-year decrease of 6.20%; the import amount was 1.418 billion USD, an increase of 11.94% over the same period of last year; the average import unit price was 1.82 USD/meter, an increase of 19.33% over the same period of last year.

(IV) Economic Benefits and Operational Quality From January to June 2011, printing and dyeing enterprises above designated size realized a total profit of RMB 6.046 billion, an increase of 13.86% year-on-year, and the growth rate fell 12.41 percentage points from January to February; sales margin was 3.97% Compared with January-February, it increased 0.71 percentage points, still lower than the textile industry (5.06%) 1.09 percentage points. The enterprises above designated size suffered a loss of 16.22%, a decrease of 6.61 percentage points from January to February; the total loss of loss-making enterprises increased by 35.44% year-on-year, a decrease of 4 percentage points from January to February.