China Textile & Garment Export Up 15.57% from Jan. to Apr.

CTEI News: From Jan. to Apr. this year, China's import and export reached 855.99 billion USD, up 42.7%. Of which, the export were 436.05 billion USD, up 29.2%; import 419.94 billion USD, up 60.1%. The trade surplus was 16.11 billion USD, down 78.6% from same period last year.

Thanks to the recovering of international market and low base last year, the export of textile and garment grew steadily in first four months to 53.787 billion USD, up 15.57% year over year. Of which, the textile export were 21.596 billion USD, up 26.1%; garment export 32.192 billion USD, up 9.5%.

For April alone, the export of textile and garment reached 14.547 billion USD, up 16.44%. Of which, the textile export were 6.392 billion USD, up 24.81%; garment export 8.155 billion USD, up 10.62%.