Growth in the China's garment sector stabilized in the first five months of 2021 as income, profits and production grew, reports MenaFN.

As per the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), from January to May, the combined operating income of 12,451 main enterprises in the sector grew by 13.20 per cent to 525.1 billion yuan.

The total proceeds of these enterprises grew by 27.87 per cent to 23.5 billion yuan in the period, while the production of the companies increased 20.89 percent over one year earlier to 9.075 billion pieces.

China's online retail sales of clothing goods increased 28.2 percent year on year in the first five months, while the country's garment and accessories exports increased by 48.3 percent year on year to $56.6 billion.