SinKiang Province fetched a value of US $2.95 billion from the exports of clothing in the period from January to October this year. This was up by 57 percent compared to the same period previous year.
The products which helped in earning such a huge foreign currency for the province mainly include shoes, textile and other related products.
Because of its strategic geographical position, SinKiang Province serves as the window to the global market for Western China and vice versa.
In recent years, the local textile and clothing industry has made big progress by establishing 5 'light textile cities' and 10 'textile towns'. The output from these accounts for about 70 percent of the total production of SinKiang textile and clothing industry.
Fibre2fashion News Desk - China