Textile And Clothing Exports In The First Half Of The Year Achieved Growth, Better Than Expected

On July 14, the General Administration of Customs of the people's Republic of China released the national cargo trade data from January to June 2020. In the first half of the year, the total value of imports and exports of goods trade was 14.2 trillion yuan, down 3.2% compared with the same period last year (the same below). Among them, 7.7 trillion yuan was exported, 3.5 trillion yuan was imported, down 3.3%. In June, the import and export of foreign trade reached 2.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.1%, including 1.5 trillion yuan of export, 4.3% growth, and 1.2 trillion yuan of import, an increase of 6.2%.

In the first half of the year, the cumulative export of textiles and clothing increased, which was better than the overall situation of the national trade in goods and exceeded expectations. Among them, the rapid growth of textile export is mainly driven by epidemic prevention materials. Affected by the decrease of foreign demand, clothing export continued to decline, but the decline in June was significantly narrowed than that in April and may, showing signs of recovery.

Textile and clothing exports are calculated in RMB:

From January to June 2020, the cumulative export of textile and clothing was 880.07 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7%, including 521.06 billion yuan of textile exports, an increase of 32.4%, and 359.01 billion yuan of clothing exports, a decrease of 16.7%.

The export of textiles and clothing increased by 22.46 billion yuan, of which the export of clothing decreased by 11.42 billion yuan, or 11.42 billion yuan.

Textile and clothing exports are calculated in US dollars:

From January to June 2020, the cumulative export of textile and clothing was 125.18 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.1% (the national trade of goods decreased by 6.2%), of which the textile export was 74.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 27.8%, and the clothing export was 51.08 billion US dollars, a decrease of 19.4%.

In June, the export of textile and clothing was 29.03 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.8% (the export of national goods trade increased by 0.5%), of which, the export of textile and clothing was 16.16 billion US dollars, an increase of 56.7%, and the export of clothing was 12.87 billion US dollars, a decrease of 10.3%.