HEIMTEXTIL, Home Textiles Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, 2019

Heimtextil is one of Messe Frankfurt's most successful exhibition brands and the largest and most international exhibition in the field. The same brand global exhibition has been held in Moscow, Shanghai, Mumbai, Tokyo and Las Vegas.

Heimtextil, a Frankfurt home textile exhibition in Germany, is a grand event for high-quality exhibitors and visitors from design, creativity and manufacturing. It is also an ideal platform for the whole industry to release furniture fabrics, interior decoration products, latest trends and designs. Since its inception in 1971, it has enjoyed a high reputation in the world of home textile exhibitions. Not only has a long history, but the scale of the exhibition has also become a bridge and outpost for the world leader in the trend of home textiles.

In the 20th, the 45th session of the Frankfurt Home Textiles Fair in Germany, once again, with the new high number of professional visitors and the satisfaction of all exhibitors, it declared its unparalleled appeal and influence in the world textile industry. The authoritative forecast of fashion trends and trends at the Frankfurt Home Textiles Expo has made it a front-line for leading the world in home textiles.

Market analysis

Germany is a highly developed capitalist country and the country with the highest economic aggregate. One of the four largest economies in Europe, its social security system is perfect, and its citizens have a very high standard of living. It is the fifth largest city in Germany and the largest city in Hessen, an important industrial, commercial, financial and transportation center in Germany and Europe. It is located in the Hessen region of western Germany and is located downstream of the Main River in the central part of the Rhine. According to data released by the German Federal Statistical Office, the German economy has maintained steady growth due to factors such as increased domestic consumption and investment, and booming export industries. The annual GDP growth rate is 3%. Germany is the most populous country in the European Union with a population of 81 million and is the third largest market in the world. According to statistics from the Eurostat, between January and August 2017, the import and export volume of bilateral goods between Germany and China was US$116.52 billion, an increase of 9.6%. Among them, Germany’s exports to China were US$62.92 billion, up 14.1%, accounting for 6.7% of Germany’s total exports, up 0.5 percentage points; Germany’s imports from China were US$53.60 billion, up 4.9%, accounting for 7.1% of total German imports, down 0.2 percentage point. From January to August, the trade surplus between Germany and China was 9.32 billion US dollars, an increase of 130.4%. As of August, China is Germany's third largest export destination and the second largest source of imports.

Exhibition overview

Exhibition time: January 8-11, 2019

Venue: Europe - Germany - Frankfurt

Venue: Frankfurt Exhibition Center Exhibition Centre Frankfurt

Organizer: Messe Frankfurt, Messe Frankfurt, Germany

Exhibition area: 270,000 square meters

Merchant traffic: 67,000 people

Number of exhibitors: 2718

Range of exhibition

Household and commercial textiles: Contract Creations: commercial textile accessories, special-purpose textiles • furniture upholstery, curtains, upholstery fabrics, interior leather/wallpaper, wall coverings, other wall coverings/shading products, non- Textile curtains and accessories/blankets/carpets and floor coverings•Bathroom accessories/sheets and pillowcases, sleep series, mattresses, waterbed/kitchen and table textiles, accessories.

Editor in charge: Xu Yuehua