blankets

China is the world's leading supplier of home textiles (including blankets), with exports in 2004 rising 24 percent to reach $4.7 billion. The elimination of quotas on certain home textile products in January 2005 helped accelerate export growth even further. Overseas shipments in the first five months of 2005 amounted to $2.2 billion soaring 40 percent year-on-year. According to China customs statistics, total home textile (including blankets) exports from the country rose by a modest 24 percent in 2004. However, shipments in the first five months of 2005 soared nearly 40 percent to reach US$2.2 billion from a year ago. But even more remarkable export growth is evident in certain product categories to some of the country's key markets. Household textile industry is a new component of China textile industry. As its sub-industry, bedding industry also develops very quickly. In 2005, the total import and export value of China household textile industry was USD 15.384 billion, increasing 31.93％ year on year and that of bedding (including blankets) was USD 1.847 billion, accounting for 12％ of import and export of household textile industry and increasing 62.77％ year on year. Therefore, bedding (including blankets) is an important component of import and export of China household industry.