Apparel production in China stood at 1.282 billion pieces in September; this shows 21.9 percent year-on-year growth.
At the same time, it has also slackened the growth, which was 30.8 percent in August (production was 1.355 billion pieces).
All the categories with the weakest segment being down apparel experienced this slackening in production. Down apparel production plunged 5.5 percent, the first monthly decrease since March.
Children's apparel continued to capture strong market share and grew 65.2 percent in September. With a new output record in August, 19 of the past 22 months have seen double-digit increase in monthly apparel production.
From January to September, increasing apparel production rose 17.9 percent to 10.304 billion pieces, displaying a decrease in growth from year ago levels of 22.2 percent.
Elimination of quota restrictions helped children's apparel in registering the highest growth in production.
