Chinese Customs statistics reveal that in the first three months of this year, China's foreign trade amounted to US$859.37 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of 7.3%. Of this sum, the country's exports totaled US$430.02 billion, up by 7.6% from a year ago, while its imports reached US$429.35 billion, up by 6.9% year on year, and this contributed to a cumulative trade surplus of US$670 million.

By product, China's exports in textile and garments reached US$50.1 billion, up by 2.9% year on year. Of this sum, US$29.57 billion was from garment export, and US$20.44 billion from textile exports, representing increases of 3.9% and 1.4% respectively as compared with the same period of last year.

In March alone, its garment exports reached US$10.29 billion, up by 18.7% year on year and by 88.8% from the previous month. Meanwhile, its textile exports were valued at US$8.5 billion, a 7.6% growth compared with March 2011 costumi cosplay anime and a significant 99.5% increase compared with the previous month.