The recent Customs General Administration data on China's imports and exports for June reveal the country’s imports and exports value was $337,487 million it rose 5.1 per cent month on month and fell 1.2 per cent year on year. From January to June, the total imports and exports value was $1,880,775 million and dropped to 6.9 per cent year on year. Last month, the country’s exports value of yarns, textiles and related products was $9,468 million and imports value was $1,683 million. Exports value of apparel and apparel accessories for the same period reached $15,881 million.

The total exports and imports value of the country in H1 2015 was $1,880,715 million. The exports value $1,072,011 million, increased by 1.0 per cent year on year, while imports, which were $808,764 million, dipped by 15.5 per cent year on year. Trade surplus meanwhile was $263,247 million.

Where yarn, textiles and textile items are concerned, in H1 2015, China’s total exports fell from last year by 0.7 per cent, touching $52,912 million. Total imports meanwhile dipped by 5.2 per cent YOY, which was $9,663 million. As for exports of apparel and related accessories, that too dropped by 4.7 per cent year on year and was $75,468 million.