China’s garment exports fell by 14 per cent year on year in November 2022. Though the exports of garments declined in November 2022; the cumulative export values from January 2022 to November 2022 (Year to Date) increased by five per cent year on year.

China shipped $ 141.80 billion worth of garments in the first eleven-month period of 2022, as compared to the $ 134 billion shipment values during the same period in the corresponding year. As far as textile exports are concerned, China shipped $ 136.87 billion worth of yarns, fabrics and other textile products from January 2022 to November 2022, outnumbering last year figures of $ 130.94 billion.The increase in textile and apparel shipment was recorded despite the prevailing Covid situation in China. Till October, the demand for apparel and textile products in 2022, kept factories up and running across China.

China is in the middle of an outward shift of its low-end textile and apparel industry, and this is expected to continue in the future.China's garment industry registered steady expansion in terms of revenue, profits and exports in the first nine months of this year. The industry’s revenue was up two percent year on year. Profit was up 1.8 percent over one year ago.