CHINA: Garment Exports Grow To Record Levels In 2000
China increased its number of garment export destinations from 130 to 220 in the period from 1996 to 2000 and the total value of came to more than $152.756bn, Asia Pulse reported. The country's garment production has maintained a strong growth since the beginning of the 1980s at 5-10 per cent points higher than the average for the global textile industry.