The external demand for China’s apparel industry was still sluggish in 2009, and domestic demand was in low level but with steady growth, and the accumulative output reached 25.401 billion, up 20.42% year on year. The apparel output dropped substantially in February, while rebounded to 2.14 billion pieces in June, then followed by slight fluctuations, and output rose to 2.5 billion pieces in December due to order boom at the end of the year.

Monthly Apparel Output in China, 2009
 
Source: National Bureau of Statistics; ResearchInChina

The year of 2010 will see better domestic and international economic environment than 2009, China’s textile and apparel industry will recover steadily. However, it is also confronted with a series of uncertainties including frangible external demand, increase in textile raw materials like cotton, protectionism in international trade and RMB appreciation pressure mounting on.

The report has made an in-depth analysis of China’s apparel output in 2009, including textile products output, leather footwear and headwear output, sales of key department stores and sales of various apparels exemplifying by over 40 data charts in order to provide data references for relevant research organizations. In addition, the statistics included in the report will be updated monthly.

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