Feb. 18, 2010 (China Knowledge) - The value-added output of China's textile industry increased 9.1% year on year in 2009, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The country's export delivery value of textile products fell 3% from a year earlier last year, said the ministry.

The output of yarn increased 12.7% year on year to 24.06 million tons, while that of cloth grew 5.3% to 56.8 billion meters.

The country's garment production recorded a 6.9% year-on-year increase in 2009, reaching 23.75 billion units.
 
In the first 11 months of last year, the textile industry earned a combined net profit RMB 130.7 billion, up 25.4% from the same period of the previous year, a growth 12.7 percentage points higher than in the period from January to August.