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China's apparel exports to Uruguay rise slightly amid global slowdown

01 Dec '23
2 min read
Pic: Adobe Stock
Pic: Adobe Stock

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  • Despite the worldwide downturn in the textile industry, China has seen a modest increase in its apparel exports to Uruguay, growing 1.52 per cent to $137.654 million in the first three quarters of the year.
  • This growth is part of a broader aim to strengthen bilateral economic ties, recently upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Despite the global slowdown in the textile sector, China's apparel exports to Uruguay have shown a positive trend with modest gains. The exports increased by 1.52 per cent to $137.654 million during the first three quarters of the current year. During the same period, the shipment of home textiles was $23.396 million.

Both countries are aiming to elevate their bilateral economic and trade relations to new heights. They have recently announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership in Beijing.

Although the shipment to Uruguay constituted just 0.12 per cent of China's total apparel exports of $110.634 billion during January-September 2023, the trade has experienced a rise of 1.52 per cent from $135.599 million during the corresponding period of last year, according to trade data obtained from Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

In 2022, China shipped apparel worth $182.720 million to the country, which was 21.61 per cent higher than the shipment of $150.254 million in 2021. Previously, the trade was recorded at $124.775 million in 2020 and $166.067 million in 2019.

The shipment of home textiles to Uruguay during January-September 2023 was recorded at $23.396 million, which is 0.99 per cent higher than the exports of $23.167 million in the same period of the previous year. In 2022, China's home textile exports to Uruguay totalled $31.432 million, as per TexPro.

 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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