In July the country’s footwear exports grew by 23.6%

According to customs statistics, from January to July 2010, China’s total value of imports and exports was US$161.05 billion, an increase of 40.9% over the same period of 2009 (below). Among them, exports accounted for 850.49 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 35.6%; imports accounted for 766.56 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 47.2%; and the trade surplus was 83.933 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 21.2%.

Among them, garment exports reached 66.83 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 17.4%, 1.4% faster than the first half (the same below); exports of textile yarns, fabrics, and products were 42.84 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 32.8%, accelerating by 0.5%; furniture exports were 18.54 billion U.S. dollars, The increase was 34.9%, an acceleration of 1.9 percentage points; footwear exports were 19.42 billion US dollars, an increase of 23.6%, an acceleration of 2.8 percentage points.

The data provided by the Customs also showed that compared with the first seven months of 2008, the total value of imports and exports increased by 9% in the first seven months of 2010; exports increased by 5.9% and imports increased by 12.7%. The total value of imports and exports in July 2010 increased by 5.7% over the same period of 2008; exports increased by 6.5%, while imports increased by 4.8%.