Textile and garment exports in the first quarter and the results all exceeded expectations

Customs Department has released the first quarterdecline in apparel export growth, which indicates that
of this year, China's foreign trade imports andforeign textile industry gradually began to slowly
exports. According to customs statistics, fromturning the corner.
January to March, China's import and export value ofAfter the financial crisis, due to the rapid decline in
617.85 billion U.S. dollars, up 44.1% over the samethe demand for high-end apparel, textiles have
period last year. 316,170,000,000 U.S. dollars ofcaused decline in growth rate declined greater than
exports, up 28.7%; imports 301,680,000,000 U.S.the extent clothing. At present, the textile apparel
dollars, up 64.6%; trade surplus for theexports grew faster than the growth rate, this
14,490,000,000 U.S. dollars, 76.7% reduction.situation has been going on for 6 months, and
According to the Customs Department in March 2010entered the 2010 textile exports reached 15.207 billion
provided by the national key export commodities forU.S. dollars, more than 2008 levels over the same
money were collected and analyzed and found thatperiod in 2008 compared to 14.614 billion U.S. dollars,
the biggest increase year on year export amount ofnet of price and other factors, textile exports have
industry are machinery, textiles, garments, homerecovered to 2008 levels. This shows that with the
appliances, steel and other four sectors.international demand, especially in Europe and the
Export data: the first quarter of 2010, China's totalUnited States began to turn for the better, the global
textile and apparel exports 39.246 billion U.S. dollars,textile industry operating rates further pick-up boom
up 15.20%. Among them, total textile exports 15.207of the global textile industry continued upward trend.
billion U.S. dollars, total apparel exports 24.039 billionMarket participants believe that, with the second half
U.S. dollars, the growth rate was 26.54% and 9.03%,of 2009 to the raw material prices, business
continuing an upward trend in export value, and moreinventories of raw materials essential depleted, higher
than 2008 years ago. Textile, apparel exports inraw material costs will encourage manufacturers to
March year on year growth rate was 6.68% andfurther price hikes, transfer of raw material cost
-19.86%, while in March the previous month, exportspressures. Future orders for the domestic textile and
growth rate of aggregate growth in Februarygarment export prices will further increase. In the
compared to a larger degree of decline.case of volume and price go up, the domestic textile
Industry Status: The second half of 2008, by theand garment export value will continue to grow the
financial crisis since the 9 months, textile, garmentstate would not rule out economic recovery if
export growth to a "crossover" phenomenon, that is,Europe and the United States exceeded expectations
textile export growth decline was started fromthroughout the year textile and garment export
October 2008 more than clothing decline in exportgrowth is likely more than 10% of market
growth. From the September 2009 start, textileexpectations.
export growth rate began to decline less than the