According to Customs data, the accumulated exports of textile and garment were 34.06 billion US dollars in the first quarter of 2009, down 9.03% year-on-year, which shows a little recovery compared with 14.54% negative growth rate in first two months. The textile export were 12.02 billion US dollars, down 15.6%; garment 22.04 billion US dollars, down 5%. While the export of textile and garment in March were 12.16 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.49 billion US dollars than that of February, of which, 4.73 billion US dollars worth of textiles were sold abroad, down 6.35 percent and garment export 7.42 billion US dollars, up 9.92 percent.

Source: China Textile Leader