由金格拉斯
I我希望突出美国纺织业的非凡努力和对Covid-19大流行的反应，以及我们在华盛顿的堕落[2020]的业务前景和NCTO的优先事项。
NCTO是国内纺织业的国家声音。我们的会员公司是将原材料转化为整个现代纺织产品的专家的制造商。
Many NCTO members are century-old textile companies that have used ingenuity, technology, and persistence to survive the Great Depression, the onslaught of imports over the past 40 years, and the recent Great Recession.
We have a world-class industry with enormous capabilities and the ability to pivot quickly to manufacture a limitless number of products.
在春季，我们的行业得到了紧急要求 - 从最高级别的政府到前线上的护士和医生 - 要求立即援助进行救生人员（PPE）。
Putting aside competitive differences, our industry proactively constructed multi-company PPE supply chains virtually overnight.
我们的会员公司在全球供应未能满足面对这一危机主管所需的需求时，我们的成员公司允许数亿辆迫切需要的物品，包括礼服，面具和测试套件拭子。
我们这个行业现在处于关键小君cture. U.S. manufacturers are seeking certainty in the marketplace while also addressing the challenges associated with PPE procurement and the prospects for onshoring a supply chain capable of making the United States more self-sufficient in this critical area.
虽然我们在几十年中受到了几十多个宏观经济挑战，但一代内的Covid-19大流行在今年春天的冠状病毒的发作中特别努力地击中了我们的会员公司。
Business Outlook
Overall industry performance was strong in 2019 and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
从纤维到成品，美国纺织供应链占585,000件职位，2019年出口额为290亿美元。人造纤维，纱线，面料，服装和非服装缝制产品的出货量的价值近760亿美元年。2018年美国纺织和服装的资本投资总计25亿美元，最新一年是可用的最新一年。此外，美国是纺织创新的世界领导者和世界第二大纺织品出口国。
The employment, output, exporting and investment statistics for 2019 were all in line with recent years, where the domestic industry has enjoyed stability and growth.
然而，Covid-19危机发病产生的经济危机导致春季零售客户的需求急剧下降，因为由于客户订单的猖獗取消，我们的一些会员公司将一些会员公司迫使我们的一些会员公司在闲置的能力上上半年。
The collapse in demand was quantified by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reported clothing sales relative to February fell by 49 percent in March, 87 percent in April and 63 percent in May. This three-month decline alone represents $44 billion in lost sales. As a result, many U.S. textile companies were barely running at 10 percent of capacity during the height of the crisis earlier this year.
In August, textile mills reported a return to some growth in production, according to a closely watched manufacturing survey and report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
然而，由Covid-19危机造成的经济的波动将继续为厂商提供今年其余的制造商的不确定性。
NCTO与PPE政策优先事项聘请大会
While domestic textile manufacturers have undertaken heroic efforts to confront the ongoing crisis, the economic toll coupled with the ongoing pandemic has created uncertainty in the business environment.
We need the certainty of a permanent domestic supply chain and that will only materialize if proper government policies and other actions are put in place to help domestic manufacturers survive the current economic crisis while incentivizing the long-term investment needed to fully bring PPE production back to the United States.
NCTO and our partners throughout the entire U.S. PPE production chain are in agreement on the principles we need to adopt, as outlined in a joint statement that serves as a policy roadmap on American PPE.
This fall, NCTO will be working on several fronts to garner support for legislation introduced this summer that is aimed at expanding domestic procurement requirements for PPE and building a permanent domestic PPE supply chain.
我们的行业强烈支持国会努力，为旨在为美国PPE制造业进行重新砍伐和加强旨在造成的“PPE浆果修正案”的国会努力。在这些提案中，以下是首要任务：
- H.R. 7841, American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act, Sponsors: Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)Supports the public health industrial base by creating a “Berry Amendment for PPE”
- S.4578, Make PPE in America Act, Sponsors: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI)Provides stability to manufacturers and workers by issuing long-term PPE contracts
- S.4264，美国制造法案，赞助商：Sen.Lindsey Graham（R-SC）确保我们的战略国民储存在美国拥有高质量的PPE
- S.4368, Protecting American Heroes Act, Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)Maps out U.S. PPE supply chains and incentivizes public-private PPE partnerships
More information about these initiatives is available at our website MakeAmericanPPE.org.
U.S. textile companies are willing and capable of investing the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to reconstruct a domestic PPE industry, but will not do so without the help of the federal government.
The acceptance of such significant risk will only be undertaken if investments can be justified through a clear demonstration of contracting support and consistent demand for U.S.-made product on the part of the federal government.
如果没有全面的采购，贸易和执法政策，旨在培养国内PPE生产，美国制造商将继续通过国家赞助和利用离岸竞争对手来削弱，即中国。
请随时与我联系到我今年与我们的政策优先事项有关的任何问题。
我们很乐意与Syfa和其他行业团体合作，以确保我们的国内制造业在华盛顿的桌旁和未来维持永久基地的政策。
本文出现在TextileWorld.COM由合成纱线和织物协会（SYFA）提供的，并在一系列文章中与SYFA成员分享，旨在使其成员在一段时间内的互动受到严重限制和会议所取消的时间。
SYFA是一个非营利组织，包括与合成纱线和纤维行业隶属的个人组成。SYFA成员代表各种组织，包括纤维生产商，纹理，装订器纱线制造商，服装，汽车，室内装潢和工业市场的布艺生产商;原料供应商，设备制造商，大学和服务提供商与该行业相关。
Kim Glas is president and CEO of the Washington-based National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), a trade association representing U.S. textile manufacturing.
March 19, 2021
