Views: 5 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2020-06-29 Origin: Site
According to China Customs, exports of textiles and apparels amounted to US$29.554 billion in May 2020, up 38.36% m-o-m and 24.02% y-o-y respectively. Among these, textile export value totaled about US$20.6487 billion, up by 77.34% y-o-y, and apparel export value reached US$8.9057 billion, down by 26.93% on the year.
Exports of textiles and apparels amounted to US$97.965 billion in Jan-May, 2020, down by 0.80% on the year. Among these, textile export value amounted to about US$59.7517 billion in Jan-May, 2020, up by 21.30% compared with the same period of last year, and apparel export value reached US$38.2131 billion, down by 22.80% on the year.
Textiles saw strong growth, not least because of the growth of medical protective products such as masks, protective clothing, etc., which drove the overall export data, while other textile exports were unsatisfactory. From Jan to May, China's textile exports including masks and apparel reached 406.66 billion yuan and 267.81 billion yuan, up by 25.5% and down by 20.3% respectively. From Mar 1 to May 31, China exported epidemic prevention products to 200 countries and regions, including 70.6 billion masks and 340 million sets of protective clothing.
(unit: million dollars) | May, 2020 | May, 2019 | Y-o-y change | Jan-May, 2020 | Jan-May, 2019 | Y-o-y change |
Textile | 20,648.70 | 11,643.50 | 77.34% | 57,951.70 | 47,782.50 | 21.28% |
Apparel | 8,905.70 | 12,187.20 | -26.93% | 38,213.10 | 49,520.80 | -22.83% |
* The data will be adjusted by the Customs every month based on actual situation.