Textile Exports Showed Negative Growth In April, And Clothing Growth Rate Further Expanded

According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on May 7, China's trade in goods and textile and clothing exports continued to stabilize in April, achieving double growth on the same and month on month basis. The recovery of foreign demand market led to the further expansion of clothing export, with a year-on-year increase of more than 50%. Affected by the gradual recovery of exports in the same period of last year, the larger year-on-year base, and the decline in the export of epidemic prevention materials, textile exports fell year-on-year.

The total value of import and export of national goods trade is calculated in RMB:

From January to April 2021, the total import and export value of goods trade was 11.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.5% over the same period of last year (the same below), and an increase of 21.8% over the same period of 2019, including 6.3 trillion yuan of export, an increase of 33.8%, an increase of 24.8% over the same period of 2019, import of 5.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.7%, and an increase of 18.4% over the same period of 2019.

In April, foreign trade import and export reached 3.15 trillion yuan, up 26.6% year-on-year, 4.2% month on month, and 25.2% higher than the same period in 2019. Among them, export was 1.71 trillion yuan, up 22.2% year-on-year, 10.1% month on month, 31.6% higher than the same period in 2019, and 1.44 trillion yuan in import, with a year-on-year increase of 32.2%, a month on month decrease of 2.2%, and an increase of 18.4% over the same period of 2019.

The total value of import and export of national goods trade is calculated in US dollars

From January to April 2021, the total value of imports and exports of goods trade was US $1.79 trillion, an increase of 38.2% over the same period of last year and 27.4% over the same period of 2019, of which exports were $973.7 billion, an increase of 44%, an increase of 30.7% over the same period of 2019, and imports of $815.79 billion, an increase of 31.9%, and an increase of 23.7% over the same period of 2019.

In April, foreign trade import and export reached US $484.99 billion, up 37% year-on-year, 3.5% month on month, and 29.6% higher than the same period in 2019. Among them, the export was US $263.92 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 32.3%, a month on month growth of 9.5%, an increase of 36.3% over the same period in 2019, and an import of US $221.06 billion, a year-on-year increase of 43.1%, a month on month decrease of 2.8%, and an increase of 22.5% over the same period of 2019.

Textile and clothing exports are calculated in RMB:

From January to April 2021, the cumulative export of textile and clothing was 574.35 billion yuan, an increase of 23.3% over the same period of last year, of which the textile export was 285.65 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, and the clothing export was 288.7 billion yuan, an increase of 41%.

In April, the export of textile and clothing was 151.06 billion yuan, up 0.6%, and 23.8% month on month. Among them, textile export was 78.86 billion yuan, decreased by 23.3%, increased by 26.4%, clothing export was 72.2 billion yuan, increased by 52.4%, and increased by 21%.

Textile and clothing exports are calculated in US dollars:

From January to April 2021, the cumulative export of textile and clothing was US $88.37 billion, an increase of 32.8%, and an increase of 19.3% compared with that in 2019. Among them, the textile export was US $43.96 billion, an increase of 18%, an increase of 21.2% over that of 2019, and the export of clothing was US $44.41 billion, an increase of 51.7%, and an increase of 17.5% over that of 2019.

In April, the export of textile and clothing reached US $23.27 billion, up 8.9%, 23% month on month, 22.3% higher than the same period in 2019. Among them, textile export was $12.15 billion, decreased by 16.9%, increased by 25.6%, increased by 25.4% compared with the same period in 2019, clothing export was $11.12 billion, increased by 65%, increased by 20.2%, and increased by 19.1% compared with the same period in 2019.