Fabrics constituted 78 per cent of the total textile exports of China during the first half of 2022.

China is the world’s largest textile exporter. Numerous small garment-exporting countries are dependent on China for upstream products.China prefers exporting value-added products. The country’s yarn exports in the relevant period were 17 per cent of its total textile exports. And its fiber exports were a mere 4.03 per cent of its total textile exports. China’s exports of manmade textile products in the first half of 2022 were 64 per cent of its total textile exports.

This shows the dominance of China in the manmade textile industry. Manmade textiles mainly comprise polyester, viscose, and acrylic products.China’s cotton textiles exports were 21 per cent in the period under review. Exports of textiles made from wool and animal hair were two per cent, silk one per cent, flax 0.82 per cent, true hemp 0.01 per cent and others at nine per cent.

China’s garment and accessory exports during January 2022 to August 2022 grew by 11 per cent. In the same period the country’s textile exports grew by ten per cent.

The EU countries, the US, Japan and Asean countries are still the major destinations for China’s textile and apparel exports.