FTA fails to boost China's home textiles, apparel exports to Mauritius

06 Dec '22

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The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and Mauritius has failed to boost mutual trade between the two countries. China’s apparel and home textile exports to Mauritius have remained low despite the FTA that came into effect in January 2021. Traditionally, China is an exporter country for Mauritius with respect to apparel and home textiles trade.

China’s home textile exports to the country were recorded at $10.851 million in H1 2020 which came down to $6.722 million in H1 2022. The shipment stood at $8.261 million in H2 2020, $5.492 million in H1 2021, $9.814 million in H2 2021 and $6.722 million in H1 2022. The FTA came into effect in H1 2021 when the exports fell compared to the preceding periods.

The annual exports amounted to $15.306 million in 2021, $19.112 million in 2020, $14.270 million in 2019, $14.409 million in 2018 and $12.870 million in 2017. The country exported home textiles worth $12.552 million to Mauritius in the first ten months of this year, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. China does not import home textiles from Mauritius in significant quantities.

China’s apparel shipment to Mauritius was at $4.830 million in H1 2020 which came down to $2.519 million in H1 2022. The shipment amounted to $4.536 million in H2 2020, $4.638 million in H1 2021, $3.071 million in H2 2021 and $2.519 million in H1 2022.

Apparel exports amounted to $7.710 million in 2021, $9.367 million in 2020, $16.011 million in 2019, $19.290 million in 2018 and $9.635 million in 2017. The shipment peaked in 2018, years before the FTA was implemented, and continued to go downwards in the following years.

Apparel exports from China to Mauritius were recorded at $4.846 million in the first ten months of 2022, as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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