According to provisional figures released from the China General Administration of Customs, January-June 2013 exports of textiles and apparel increased by 12.1% year-on-year to US$127,210 million. The growth was 10.5 percentage points greater than the year before, and the last time a double-digit growth was marked in the first half was two years ago.

Exports of textiles rose by 10.1% to US$51,160 million, and those of apparel grew by 13.5% to US$76,050 million.

June exports of textiles and apparel increased by 5.3% compared to the same month of last year to US$24,090 million: textiles, US$9,230 million (up 9.8%); and apparel, US$14,860 million (up 2.7%). June exports were the second largest this year, following the US$24,690 million in January. Monthly exports increased for the third consecutive month.