According to provisional statistics released by the China General Administration of Customs, the nation’s exports of textiles and apparel in March 2019 grew by 28.2% over the same month of last year to US$18,181.7 million. Exports of textiles increased by 35.6% to US$9,524.0, and surpassed exports of apparel (up 20.9% to US$8,657.7 million). January-March 2019 exports of textiles and apparel decreased by 2.2% to US$56,330.8 million: textiles, US$26,900.7 million (up 3.9%) and apparel, US$29,430.1 million (down 6.5%).

According to the China Chemical Fibers Association, the nation’s production of man-made fibers in 2018 increased by 7.7% over the previous year to 50.11 million tons. Of this, the main group of polyester grew by 8.5% to 40.15 million tons. Unstable factors were numerous, such as the sharp increase in PTA prices and weak Reminbi, but the growth accelerated supported by strong business in the mid- and downstream sectors. Earnings were also favorable. Production decreased for acrylic fibers (down 16.5% to 614,500 tons) and vinylon (down 2.5% to 100,800 tons). Meanwhile, production increased for spandex (up 10.8% to 683,200 tons), nylon (up 5.3% to 3.30 million tons), rayon filament (up […]