Xinhua, the official state-run press agency of the People’s Republic of China, has reported that China’s exports of textiles and garments rose 5.62% year-on-year to 187.41 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the year.
During the period, the country’s exports of textiles stood at 104.8 billion U.S. dollars, up 31.99% year-on-year, while garment exports dropped 15.74% to 82.61 billion U.S. dollars, the ministry said.
In August, China’s garment exports totaled 16.21 billion U.S. dollars, up 3.23% year-on-year, the first monthly growth since the start of the year.
Driven by growth in demand for epidemic prevention textiles including masks, textile exports climbed 46.96% year-on-year to 14.72 billion U.S. dollars, according to the MIIT.
