According to the updated data from Na-tional Bureau of Statistics, the fabric output kept increasing rapidly in June,reaching 3.391 billion meters. The total fabricoutput in Jan.-June was 17.284 billion meters,increasing 19.89% year on year. During the sameperiod, the cotton fabric output was 9.253 billionmeters, jumping 27.42% year on year. The cot-ton fabric output accounts 54% of the total fabricoutput.
The biggest spinning provinces of Shangdongand Jiangsu are also leading in the fabric output.From Jan. through June, Shandong produced 4.143billion meters, reflecting the increase of 35.13%,Thecotton fabric output was 2.78 billion meters, increas-ing 51.9% year on year. The fabric output in Jiangsuwas 2.632 billion meters, going up 23.63% year onyear. The cotton fabric output was 1.597 billionmeters with increasing rate of 14.32%. Guangdong,the third biggest province in fabric output, saw theincreasing rate declined to 5.65%, with the total fab-tic output of 1.215 billion meters in Jan.-June. Thecotton fabric output was 850 million meters, show-lng year-on-year increasing rate of 5.2%.