NCTO董事长戴维·波斯顿（David Poston）概述了关键行业事实和经济数据，并在NCTO的第18届年度会议上的“美国纺织工业状态”讲话中指出了该行业在2021年的反弹。
大卫·波斯顿（David Poston）
lEt Me首先要说的是，在戴维·罗伯茨（David Roberts）在11月辞职之后，要担任国家纺织组织委员会（NCTO）主席的荣誉和特权。
We all faced a litany of challenges in 2021 but I am proud to stand here today and say that our industry’s resilience and innovative spirit pulled us through and put us on a path of growth.
If 2020 was a year marked by an economic downturn and once-in-a-generation pandemic and health crisis, 2021 was defined by a rebound of remarkable proportions in our industry, nearly on par with the performance of pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
As we are all aware, the headwinds from global supply chain disruptions, rising material costs and labor shortages were strong, but the U.S. textile industry still managed to have a solid year in 2021. Overall, our industry’s performance and growth last year far outpaced the previous year of 2020, and we remain cautiously optimistic.
NCTO一直在与拜登政府和我们国会的盟友合作，以实现关键政策优先事项，我们在2021年在许多方面取得了成功。
我要衷心感谢NCTO总裁兼首席执行官Kim Glas领导的我们的员工，以及我们的行业领导力，以导航这些艰难时期，并与政府和国会关键办公室合作，涉及影响我们日常运营的关键政策优先事项。
由于我们令人惊讶的倡导努力，NCTO可以指出一项漫长的成就清单，从加强浆果修正案到军事合同的修正案，再到与机构在附近和近乎开放的机会上与机构进行协调，并放大了半球的投资，从而削弱了建议到弱化的建议在这场持续的医疗保健危机期间，在多米尼加共和国中央美国自由贸易协定（CAFTA-DR）（CAFTA-DR）（CAFTA-DR）（CAFTA-DR）（CAFTA-DR）中的原籍规则在继续生产生命的PPE。
上个月，你们中的许多人参加了许多与众议院和参议院领导层以及我们国会足迹的缩放电话。您参与这些讨论很重要，对于共同推动我们的问题至关重要。
Members of Congress demonstrated their interest in helping promote onshoring and nearshoring policies, as well as policies aimed at helping make the domestic and Western Hemisphere PPE supply chain more permanent.
Many thanks to the entire NCTO staff for this enormous effort and to all the NCTO members who participated in these critical discussions.
在制定NCTO的政策胜利之前，我想迅速回顾该行业去年的表现。
通过数字
我们在2021年开始从Covid-19-19的大流行中强烈反弹。
Building on innovation, productivity, reciprocal free trade agreements, U.S. trade preference programs and a focus by this administration on domestic manufacturing oriented policies, the U.S. textile industry has maintained its rank as the second largest individual country exporter of fibers, yarns, fabrics and sewn products.
The metrics for our industry were strong last year, as business rebounded from the downturn in 2020.
- 2021年，美国人造纤维，纺织品和服装货物的价值估计为652亿美元，而2021.1.1美元的货物价值为608亿美元
这是两个其他关键行业事实：
- 与2020年相比，美国出口也增加了。纤维，纺织品和服装的出口在2021年为284亿美元，而2020.2亿美元则为253亿美元。
- 资本支出仍然很大。2020年对纱线，面料，服装和缝制产品制造的投资（我们拥有的最新数字）达到18.5亿美元。自2011年以来，对美国纱线，面料，服装和缝制产品制造的资本投资总计2002亿美元。
在2021年，我们看到了行业和整个美国制造基地的稳定增长。
根据密切关注的调查，美国制造业的经济活动在12月增长，标志着连续第19个月的整体经济增长。3
Of the 18 manufacturing industries, textiles and apparel was among the 15 sectors that reported growth in December.
Made in USA production is strengthening as you can see from these metrics, and policies in Washington aimed at expanding Berry and buy American rules are contributing to overall growth in American-made products for the military, PPE and federal agencies.
西半球供应链仍然是该行业增长背后的关键驱动力，并且仍然是纺织和服装部门的重要经济引擎。
美国纺织业对该地区做出了重大承诺，仅今年的供应链危机迫使零售商和品牌重新建立了供应链，预计仅在今年的CAFTA-DR国家就有10亿美元的投资。在亚洲和近岸和陆上，更多的生产。
我们与西半球的年度双向贸易进行了350亿美元的交易，该贸易支持整个供应链中的200万个直接工作。
I’m happy to say the short-term and long-term trend in trade flows remains positive and strong, despite the headwinds from two years of sourcing disruptions due to the pandemic.
与2016年5年前相比，美国纺织品和服装的出口在2021年上涨了6.5％，达到161亿美元。类似地，从西半球到美国的服装和纺织品出口也在上升。这些从整个地区到美国的出口增长了6.8％，在同一时期达到191亿美元。
最重要的是，面对供应链中断，成本上升和曾经是一家人的医疗保健危机的完美风暴，美国纺织业的基本面是合理的，这证明了我们行业的韧性。
根据我们在资本支出中看到的增长，并加强了与我们的西半球合作伙伴建立的合作伙伴关系，该行业有很好的位置，可以继续适应预期的破坏和通货膨胀压力，并利用未来一年的机会。
政策问题
NCTO was at the forefront of policy debates in Washington last year, advocating on every aspect of critical trade and economic issues impacting our industry’s robust performance and growth.
我想强调NCTO在这一年中取得的一些成就。
CAFTA-DR— NCTO worked tirelessly to thwart a well-funded effort by certain apparel importers to undermine the yarn forward rule of origin in the CAFTA-DR agreement to allow third-party textile inputs from Asia to displace U.S. and Central American-made textile inputs. NCTO engaged directly with the administration and Congress to underscore the importance of strong trade rules to the economic stability of Central America, and secured a public statement affirming the administration’s support of yarn forward.
NCTO将继续监视某些进口商今年的任何重新尝试，以拆除CAFTA-DR规则。
个人防护设备（PPE）- 我们都知道，获得对长期PPE政府合同和政策的支持是多么重要，这些合同和政策将扩大浆果修正案并建立永久的国内供应链。
2021年，NCTO领导了努力，并组织了一个广泛的工业和工会联盟，以推动通过第一个类似浆果的美国统治PPE采购的美国购买美国的统治。由参议员罗伯·波特曼（Rob Portman）和参议员加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）共同签署的《美国制造PPE法案》于11月15日签署为法律，并于2月中旬生效。
There are numerous other issues requiring NCTO’s focus and resources, such as amplifying support for the Section 301 case against China’s intellectual property abuses, promoting tariffs on finished products, including apparel and PPE, the need to pass a new Miscellaneous Tariff Bill with immediate retroactivity, and continued engagement with the Hill on preserving a provision that would effectively dose the de minimis loophole for Chinese imports in underlying legislation aimed at improving U.S. competitiveness.
时间根本不允许我在所有这些重要问题上详细介绍。话虽如此，请毫无例外地知道，NCTO高度参与了影响美国纺织业行业的所有政策问题，目的是以直接使美国纺织品投资，生产和劳动力的方式塑造政策确定。
行业领导和参与paramount importance. From contributions to NCTO’s TextilePAC to arranging congressional visits to facilities where members of Congress can experience state-of-the art manufacturing first-hand, the industry can make a difference and help raise the level of awareness about its importance to the overall U.S. economy and workforce, and to the local and state economies it supports.
Conclusion
Strong underlying economic fundamentals and expansion in the U.S. and Western Hemisphere in 2021 created a sound business environment for our industry, and we remain optimistic that the business climate will continue this year.
我们将在今年密切监视新兴问题，包括飙升俄罗斯侵略战争对乌克兰的侵略性和消费产品的通货膨胀压力以及强调的其他许多问题。
However, if we stay the course and work with our customers and trading partners to mitigate any impacts from the ongoing pandemic and these new headwinds, we believe we can maintain a robust manufacturing environment in the United States.
这是我的正式言论。就个人而言，我很荣幸能担任一个高效的组织和敬业的员工的董事长，该组织不懈地倡导影响我们组织和这个经济上至关重要的行业日常运营的政策。
我对未来感到乐观，了解该行业的实力，受到华盛顿令人难以置信的贸易和游说组织的鼓舞，将克服新兴的挑战，并继续推出一个利基市场，成为美国经济和西半球的重要骨干。
参考：
1经济分析局
2美国商务部数据出口集团
0 - 纺织品和服装
3供应管理研究所的制造指数
编者注：David Poston是S.C. Kingstree Palmetto Synthetics LLC的创始人兼总裁。
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. NAICS Subsector 313 covers Textile Mills, subsector 314 covers Textile Product Mills and subsector 315 covers apparel.
May/June 2022
