In which year was the world's textile and clothing trade the least? According to the World Trade Statistics Review 2020 released by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the world textile trade dropped by 2.4% to $305 billion in 20 19, and the clothing trade dropped by 0.4% to $492 billion. Sino-US trade war is one of the reasons for the shrinking textile and garment trade.

In terms of textile export, China, EU-28 countries and India were the three major textile export regions 20 19 years ago, which together accounted for 66.9% of the global textile export. Vietnamese textile exports increased by 8.3% year-on-year, surpassing China and Taiwan Province Province of China, becoming the seventh largest textile exporter in the world. According to the report of the World Trade Organization, China's share of world textile exports rose to a record 39.2%.