From January to November 2025, the global economy continued to face significant downside pressure amid accumulating risks, including evolving tariff policies, geopolitical conflicts, and insufficient effective demand. Domestically, China’s economy maintained a stable trajectory, with steady progress, as consumer potential was continuously unleashed and foreign trade showed modest but consistent improvement. Under this backdrop, China’s technical textiles industry experienced a gradual slowdown in its economic performance. While production and exports remained stable, profitability continued to face downward pressure.

In terms of production, the output of nonwovens enterprises above designated size from January to November up by 6.8% year-on-year. While the output of cord fabric in tyres decreased by 0.4% year-on-year.

In terms of economic benefits, from January to November, the operating income of enterprises above the designated size in China’s technical textile industry down by 1.3% year-on-year. The total profits dropped by 5.3% year-on-year. And the profit rate was 4.0%, down 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

Table 1: Key Economic Indicators of Major Products Above Designated Size of China’s Technical Textile Industry in Jan.-Nov., 2025

Figure: Growth Rate of Key Economic Indicators of China’s Technical Textiles Industry in January-November, 2025

According to China Customs data (based on 8-digit HS code statistics), China’s technical textiles sector saw growth in both imports and exports during the Jan.-Nov. period of 2025. Exports reached US$38.63 billion, marking a 1.7% year-on-year increase, while imports amounted to US$4.99 billion, rising 3.8% year-on-year. The export performance of other subcategories is shown in the table below.

Table 2: The Exports of Main Products in China’s Technical Textile Industry in Jan.-Nov., 2025

In terms of export destinations, the United States, Vietnam, and Japan are currently the top three destinations for China’s technical textiles exports. From January to November 2025, China’s exports to the United States amounted to US$4.34 billion, seeing a year-on-year decline of 9.9%. Exports to Vietnam and Japan reached US$2.97 billion and US$1.98 billion, respectively, representing year-on-year increases of 3.3% and 0.7%. During the same period, China’s technical textiles exports to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative totaled US$23.43 billion, up 4.2% year-on-year, accounting for 60.7% of China’s total technical textiles exports.

Source: CHINA TEXTILE LEADER Express