The Textile Industry Is An Important Pillar Of Scotland'S Economic Development.

Recently, by the Scotland International Development Bureau (SDI) and Scotland < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_h.asp" > textile > /a > Industry Association (Textiles Scot land) leading, 16 Scotland a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_p.asp" > Fashion Design "less than" and textile production company representatives formed a delegation to appear at the twenty-first China International < < > clothing > dress exhibition "Scotland exhibition stand.

It is intended to take important strategic measures to develop the fast-growing Chinese market, so as to achieve the goal of increasing the export volume of textiles to China by 50% in the next two years.

< p > Scotland textile industry is an important pillar of Scotland's economic development, with an annual turnover of 950 million pounds.

The business covers more than 150 markets in the world, including the market in the United States, Japan, Russia and Europe, and emerging markets such as Brazil, India and China.

In 2011, foreign exchange earned 350 million pounds for Scotland, an increase of 21% over 2010.

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In the first 9 months of 2012, exports of British retail products to China increased by 46%. P

Fiona Topping, senior executive of Scotland International Development Bureau, said: "although some Scotland textile fashion enterprises are doing business in China, our exports to China are still low, between 10 million and 15 million pounds.

Through industry measures and the help of "Scotland textiles" brand, we hope to help Chinese enterprises and consumers further understand the world-famous Scotland fabric products and Scotland's leading global fashion and textile design.

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Members of the P delegation included the award-winning Scotland fashion design company such as Rebecca Torres and the Barrie Knitwear senior cashmere product company, which was acquired by Chanel, a world famous fashion company last year.

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"P," Clive Brown, the representative of Barrie Knitwear company, said: "we are very excited to come to Beijing this week. This will create a rare opportunity for us to explore the Chinese market.

Since last year's acquisition by Chanel, we have begun to attract worldwide attention, especially Chinese consumers. They are not only loyal fans of Chanel brand, but also very interested in our luxury products and our high-end technology and rich content.

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Scotland textile enterprises exhibiting this p show that they hope to take advantage of this opportunity to follow the steps of Kinloch Anderson and other Scotland companies to carry out retail business in mainland China, or to build factories in China as well as companies such as J&DWilkie, which built factories in Jiaxing 5 years ago.

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"Building factories in China helps us change our business models," said BobLow, general manager of P J&DWilkie.

Expanding business and expanding production in China is faster than all of us expected.

We now have a spinning and weaving factory running 6 days a day.

We shipped most of the yarn made in China to Scotland and finished it and then exported it from Scotland to Europe. This business has increased by more than 40% in the past three years.

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