Statistics by China Customs reveal that China's total imp. & exp. value of foreign trade recorded U.S. dollar 635.730 billion in Jan.- Apr. 2007 increasing 23.60% compared with the same period of last year. Among them, export was 349.52 billion dollars, increasing 27.50%; while import was 286.2 billion dollars, increasing 19.10%. Trade surplus was 63.32 billion dollars.

Statistics shows that China's gross imp. value of textile and apparel in Jan. - Apr. 2007 was 5.571 billion dollars, up 5.71% year-on-year, taking up 2.01% of China's total foreign trade. In which, the gross import of textile was 52 billion dollars, up 5.71 % year-on-year, while the gross import of apparel was 0.52 billion dollars, up 5.67% year-on-year. The surplus in textile & apparel trade was 39.688 billion dollars.

In the main import countries and areas, the top three are Taiwan China, Japan and Korea. The import of textile and apparel from Taiwan China was 1.012 billion dollars, and 0.995 billion dollars from Japan, 0.792 billion dollars from Korea, increasing by -0.99%, 2.78% and -1.71%  year-on-year separately.

Statistics said that in Jan. – Apr. 2007 China's gross export value of textile and apparel reached 45.439 billion dollars, up 15.08% compared with the same period of last year, and taking up 13.00% of gross export value of foreign trade in China. Among them, textile import was 17.230 billion dollars, increasing 11.48%% compared with the same period of last year, and apparel import was 28.209 billion dollars, increasing 17.40% compared with the same period of last year.

Among the main export countries and areas, USA, Japan and Hong Kong China became top three. In Jan. to Apr. 2007, the import textile and apparel from USA, Japan and Hong Kong China was 18.892 billion dollars, taking up 41.58% of China’s gross export of textile and apparel. The export of textile and apparel to USA was 7.082 billion dollars, up 32.35 % year-on-year; to Japan 6.341 billion dollars, up 1.48% year-on-year; to Hong Kong China 5.469 billion dollars, up 4.91%. And the export of textile and apparel to EU was 7.833 billion dollars, up 13.95% year-on-year. Statistics shows that the total export of textile and apparel to EU and USA in Jan.-Apr.2007 was 14.195 billion dollars, up 22.00%, taking up 32.82% of China’s gross export of textile and apparel.

Source：CCPIT TEX