Statistics released by China Customs showed that total imp. & exp. value of China's foreign trade recorded U.S. dollar 1593.56 billion in Jan.-Nov. 2006, increasing 24.30% compared with the same period of last year. Among them, export was 875.04 billion dollars, increasing 27.50%; while import was 718.52 billion dollars, increasing 20.60%. Trade surplus was 156.52 billion dollars.

Statistics show that in the 11 months the total import & export of textile and apparel reached $ 149.871 billion expanding 5.80 per cent yeay on year taking up 2.28 per cent of the total China's total trade import.In which the import  of textile was $ 14.837 billion, gaining 5.59 per cent year on year; the import of apparel was $ 1.563 billion gainign 7.83 per cent yeear on year. The trade surplus of textie and apparel  was 117.71 billion dollars.

Statistics show that in the 11 months the total import of textile and apparel reached $ 16.4 billion expanding 22.2 per cent yeay on year taking up 9.40 per cent of the total China's total trade of import and export.

Among China's main countries and areas to import fromTaiwn, China, Japan and Korea became top three. In Jan. to Nov, 2006. China's export respectively as follows:

From Taiwn, China was 2.951 billion dollars, up 1.19% compared with the same period of last yea, from Japan 2.948 billion dollars, down 2.47% compared with the same period of last year, from Korea was 2.352 billion dollars, down 2.41% compared with the same period of last year.

According to official statistics made by China Customs, China's gross export value of textile and apparel was 133.471 billion dollars, increasing 24.60 per cent compared with the same period of last year, and taking up 15.25 per cent of gross export value of foreign trade in China. Among them, textile export was 47.513 billion dollars, increasing 18.33 per cent compared with the same period of last year; and apparel export was 85.958 billion dollars, increasing 28.35 per cent  compared with the same period of last year.

Among the main export countries and areas of textile and apparel, USA was the top one, Japan and Hong Kong PR China became the top two and three. In Jan. to Nov.2006, China export to USA reached 20.371 billion dollars, increasing 15.37% compared with the same period of last year. China export to Japan reached 18.025 billion dollars, increasing 8.38 % compared with the same period of last year and the export to Hong Kong PR China 16.351 billion dollars, increasing 21.63 % compared with the same period of last year. In the first 11 months, China's export of textile and apparel to the avove three was $ 54.747 billion takig up 41.02 % of the total export of textile and apparel.

In Jan. to Nov., 2006 China's export of textile and apparel to EU reached $ 20.676 billion, gaining 18.32 per cent year on year. Statistics show that the total export to EU and USA was $ 41.047 billion gaining 16.84 per cent taking up 30.75 per cent of the total export of the textile and apparel. And the export of textile and apparel to non-EU & non-USA was $ 92.424 billion gaining 28.38 per cent year on year taking up 69.25 per cent of the total export of textile and apparel.

Source：CCPIT TEX