Recently, the China Sewing Machinery Association released the industry economic operation analysis report for the first half of 2026. The data shows that in the first half of the year, 312规模以上 enterprises in the industry achieved a total operating income of 18.3 billion yuan， an increase of 12.18%； the total profit was 985 million yuan， an increase of 17.35%； and the cumulative export volume was 2.053 billion US dollars， an increase of 2.69%. Facing the complex and volatile external environment， the sewing machinery industry in China has faced challenges and difficulties， innovated and changed， and overall production and sales have remained basically stable. The decline in domestic sales has continued to narrow, and exports have achieved a slight increase. This fully demonstrates the strong development resilience of the industry.

The production end has stabilized and risen， and the pace of intelligent transformation has accelerated and improved efficiency.

From the production end， the industry as a whole has stabilized and risen， and the pace of intelligent transformation has continued to accelerate. From January to June， the cumulative industrial added value growth rate of规模以上 enterprises reached 11.5%， significantly higher than the national industrial average. The statistics of 100 enterprises of complete machines in the association show that in the first half of the year， the total industrial output value was 1.2 billion yuan， an increase of 1.75%； the total output of sewing equipment was 3.41 million units， an increase of 8.97%， among which the output of industrial sewing machines was 2.51 million units， an increase of 10.17%. It is worth noting that the output of automated equipment increased by 36.41% year-on-year， with a growth rate significantly outpacing traditional sewing machine models.

The market structure has undergone deep adjustment， and the domestic and export markets have operated differently.

The structural changes in the equipment end also reflect the real demand changes in the downstream textile and garment industry. As the core distribution center of textile fabrics in China， the order situation of the China Textile City market is a vivid reflection of the changes in the industry.

At present， the proportion of traditional large-scale long-term orders in the market has decreased， and small orders and quick response， flexible customization have become the mainstream trade mode. The proportion of flexible orders starting from hundreds of meters has continued to rise， and the modes of online cloud sample selection and offline rapid sample production have been widely popularized. Textile merchants and clothing processing factories no longer blindly stockpile， and more follow the feedback from the terminal to arrange production on demand. Correspondingly， the equipment procurement logic of downstream shoe and clothing manufacturing enterprises has also changed. They no longer simply pursue single-machine production capacity， but pay more attention to automated production lines and digital solutions for complete factory， and the demand for equipment renewal is tilted towards high value-added directions.