China's textile and garment exports fall in March
China's General Administration of Customs said export value of textiles and garments in China this March fell 9.54% from the same period of last year or 12.9% from this February to US$11 billion.
The Chinese customs office said that the export value of textile products was US$5.05 billion in March 2010, up 6.7% from that of 2009 and 10.6% month-on-month.
The value of garment exports was US$5.96 billion, down 19.8% compared to the same period of last year and 26.2% from this February.
In the first three months of 2010, the country's exports of textiles and garments increased 15.3% year-on-year to US$39.25 billion in total.
The exports of textile products grew 26.6% to US$15.21 billion during the period, while export of garments rose 9.1% to US$24.04 billion.
Source: adsaleata.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 19 May 2010. Figures and names are as reported at the time.