In September 2026, due to improvement in foreign trade environment and driven by factors such as the recovery in overseas demand and a low base in the same period last year, Chinese textile and apparel exports saw significant growth.
In September, China’s textile and apparel exports reached US $29.658 billion, surging by a significant year-on-year increase of 21.5% and thereby setting a new record for September’s monthly export value in recent years.
Of this, textile exports of products like yarns and fabrics amounted to $14.241 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 19%.
Apparel exports reached $15.42 billion, jumping by 24% over the same month of the previous year.
In the January to September months of 2026, the cumulative export value of textiles and apparel was $232.957 billion, an increase of 5.1% over the first nine months of the previous year.
Of which textile exports totaled $112.262 billion, up 5.4%, while garment overseas shipments reached $120.694 billion, growing by 4.8% over the same period of 2025.
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