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Fabric makes up over 64% of China's textile exports to India

05 Jun '24
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Fabric makes up over 64% of China's textile exports to India
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Insights

  • China's fabric exports dominated their textile trade with India in both 2023 and Q1 2024, accounting for over 64 per cent.
  • Fabric exports to India grew in Q1 2024 compared to last year, while yarn and fibre shipments declined.
  • In 2023, China's total textile exports to India were slightly lower than 2022, with fabric being the most prominent product category.
China exported textiles worth $684 million to India during the first quarter of this year. Fabric dominated total textile exports, accounting for a lion's share of 64.75 per cent. Fabric exports from China to India increased by 8.79 per cent compared to shipments in the corresponding period of last year.

According to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro, Chinese fabric exports to India reached $442.863 million in January-March 2024. Yarn was the second most important textile product, with Chinese exports to India valued at $198.331 million, representing 29 per cent of the total.  Fibre shipments from China amounted to just $42.805 million in the same period, making up 6.26 per cent of the total.

Chinese fabric exports to India exhibited an 8.79 per cent growth compared to the $407.090 million exported in January-March 2023. However, yarn shipments plummeted by 43.23 per cent in January-March 2024, down from $349.329 million in the same period last year. Fibre exports from China to India also declined by 23.63 per cent from $56.052 million in January-March 2023.

In 2023, China's total textile exports to India reached $3,594.384 million, slightly lower than the $3,761.854 million shipped in 2022.

Fabric was a prominent textile product, with China exporting $1,973.938 million worth of it to India in 2023, representing 54.92 per cent of the total. Yarn shipments were valued at $1,409.318 million (39.21 per cent), and fibre exports were $211.128 million (5.87 per cent) last year, as per TexPro.

However, fabric, the leading textile product, saw a 6.21 per cent decrease in Chinese shipments to India compared to the $2,104.681 million traded in 2022.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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