The China National Textile and Apparel Council recently disclosed that in the first half of 2021, the export of textiles and apparel in the western region of China will grow strongly, and the export of the eastern region will achieve growth.
Specifically, in the first half of the year, the western region exported 6.96 billion US dollars of textiles and apparel, an increase of about 30% year-on-year, accounting for 4.9% of China's textile and apparel export market; the eastern region exported US$121.49 billion, an increase of nearly 14% year-on-year, accounting for about 14% of China's textile and apparel exports. Eighty-seven percent of the market; the export of the central region was US$10.13 billion, a decrease of 4.2% year-on-year; the export of the three northeastern provinces was US$1.78 billion, a year-on-year decrease of about 12%.
From the perspective of the top five export provinces, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong, and Fujian were ranked according to export value. Textiles and apparel exported 36.78 billion U.S. dollars, 22.66 billion U.S. dollars, 21.71 billion U.S. dollars, 13.53 billion U.S. dollars and 12.23 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Increased 18.6%, 11.3%, 4.5%, 28.0% and 35.8%.
The China National Textile and Apparel Council analyzed that the current epidemic is still spreading globally, the recovery of the world economy is unstable and unbalanced, the external environment facing China's textile exports is complicated, and the cost pressure of textile foreign trade enterprises is increasing. Comprehensive judgments, the whole year of 2021 Chinese textiles Clothing exports are still facing challenges.