China News Service, September 10th. According to the website of the Development and Reform Commission, the textile industry's exports continued to grow due to the slow recovery of foreign consumer markets and the unabated demand for epidemic prevention materials.
According to customs data, from January to August, the national textile and apparel exports amounted to US$187.41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, and the growth rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than that from January to July.
Among them, textile exports amounted to US$104.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%; clothing exports amounted to US$82.61 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 15.7%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points from January to July.
In August, the national textile export value was 14.72 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 47% year-on-year; the clothing export value was 16.21 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year, achieving a positive monthly growth for the first time this year.