Another 6 categories are still under the investigation: synthetic fibre cloth, sweater, woolen trousers, knit fibre cloth, brassieres and bathrobes. The US customs authority said China exported 330 million USD of these products to the US from January to April this year. Among them brassieres took the largest share of 43.2 percent while knit fibre cloth took the least of 8.4 percent on the US market.
However, China described these figures as "inaccurate data for a short period of time". Lu released data from Chinese customs authority recorded 6.58 billion USD of Sino-US textile trade for the first 5 months of the year, which accounted for 8.5 percent of the total bilateral trade.
Lu also cited another statistics by the US customs authority which showed US imported 7.5 billion USD worth of Chinese textiles for the first 4 months, 12.6 percent of US total textile imports from the international market.
Having announced delay on decision on woolen trousers and synthetic fibre cloth, the US government will decide on whether to impose restrictions on the other 4 in August. It also has begun to handle petitions from US manufacturers for restrictions on China-made curtain and will decide whether to accept same applications for five other imports from China: women's woven shirts, skirts, pyjamas, swimming suits, and socks on July 29 and August 1.
Lu Jianhua reminded Chinese textile producers of paying attention and following alert signals sentby the government on export suspensions to some countries. He also advised Chinese textile producers to improve their competitiveness by offering high-value-added lines and called for joint efforts by the government and the industry regarding trade disputes.
The Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT - China
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