Top 12 clothing manufacturers in China (2026)

If you are looking for the best clothing manufacturers in China, the top choices in 2026 include Qiao Sourcing (your sourcing agent on the ground), Shenzhou International Group, Crystal International Group, Esquel Group and Youngor Group. These suppliers combine cluster-direct pricing, certified compliance (BSCI, WRAP, OEKO-TEX) and reliable export capacity to the US, Europe and Japan.

Top 12: Clothing manufacturers in China worth considering

China exported about 151 billion dollars of clothing in 2025, close to 30 percent of world clothing exports, and it remains the only country where entire cities specialize in a single garment category, from Ningbo knitwear to Changshu down jackets.

• 2. Shenzhou International Group

  Ningbo, Zhejiang · est. 1988

  The world’s largest vertically integrated knitwear manufacturer, producing about 550 million garments and 250,000 tons of fabric a year with around 100,000 employees across plants in Ningbo, Anhui, Vietnam and Cambodia. Nike, Adidas, Uniqlo and Puma account for roughly 82 percent of revenue. Listed in Hong Kong as 2313.

  Knitwear giantNike partnerHKEX 2313
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• 3. Crystal International Group

  Hong Kong / mainland plants · est. 1970

  Founded by Kenneth and Yvonne Lo, Crystal delivers over 400 million garments a year from about 20 factories across China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, employing some 70,000 people. Clients include Uniqlo, Levi’s, GAP, H&M and Victoria’s Secret. Hong Kong listed (2232) with 2025 revenue of US$2.64 billion.

  DenimMulti-countryHKEX 2232
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• 4. Esquel Group

  Hong Kong / Gaoming, Guangdong · est. 1978

  One of the world’s largest woven cotton shirt makers, producing over 60 million garments a year with about 35,000 employees and vertical integration from yarn spinning to finished shirts at its Gaoming, Guangdong base. Has manufactured for Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Brooks Brothers, Nike and Muji. Added to the US UFLPA Entity List in 2024.

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• 5. Youngor Group

  Ningbo, Zhejiang · est. 1979

  China’s top menswear manufacturer, employing over 50,000 people from its Ningbo base, where its International Garment City was completed in 2001 as China’s largest single clothing production complex. Government profiles credit its shirts with 26 consecutive years as China’s market share leader and its suits with 23. Listed in Shanghai as 600177.

  MenswearSuits & shirtsSSE 600177
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• 6. Bosideng International

  Changshu, Jiangsu · est. 1976

  China’s largest down apparel company, started as a Changshu sewing workshop that took on OEM down jacket production before building its own brand. It holds about 45 percent of China’s mid-to-high-end down jacket market, with group revenue of RMB 27.35 billion in fiscal 2025/26, 86 percent from down apparel. Hong Kong listed (3998).

  Down jacketsBrand + OEMHKEX 3998
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• 7. Luthai Textile

  Zibo, Shandong · est. 1987

  The world’s largest yarn-dyed shirting fabric producer, weaving over 200 million meters a year in Zibo, Shandong with some 25,000 employees, enough fabric for more than 30 million shirts annually alongside its own shirt production. Supplies brands including Burberry, Calvin Klein, Gucci and Uniqlo. Listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 000726.

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• 8. Jiangsu Guotai International

  Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu · est. 1998

  One of China’s largest garment trading and export groups, headquartered in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, with 2025 revenue of RMB 39.4 billion across apparel and chemical supply chains. Garment subsidiaries such as Guotai Guosheng each export more than US$700 million of clothing and fabrics a year. Listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 002091.

  Export tradingFull packageSZSE 002091
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• 9. Regina Miracle International

  Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1998

  An innovative design manufacturer of bras, shapewear, sports bras and sportswear with more than 40,000 employees across Shenzhen and Haiphong, Vietnam, and a 900-strong R&D centre. It supplies Victoria’s Secret and in 2022 became the brand’s joint venture partner for its China business. Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (2199) since 2015.

  Intimate wearSports brasHKEX 2199
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• 10. Eagle Nice International

  Hong Kong / Guangdong plants · est. 1993

  A sportswear OEM/ODM founded by chairman Chung Yuk Sing, with over 500,000 square meters of production space across Guangdong (Shantou, Huilai, Foshan), Jiangxi, Hubei, Vietnam and Indonesia. It manufactures down jackets, tracksuits and performance wear for global brands including Nike, Puma and The North Face. Listed in Hong Kong as 2368.

  Sportswear OEMOuterwearHKEX 2368
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• 11. Dishang Group

  Weihai, Shandong · est. 1993

  Described by trade press as Asia’s largest apparel manufacturer, Dishang turns over about US$1.5 billion a year and produces some 73 million garments through roughly 90 wholly owned factories in China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar. Customers include Zara, Adidas and Matalan, served from its Weihai, Shandong headquarters.

  ODM exporter90 factoriesZara supplier
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• 12. Ever-Glory International

  Nanjing, Jiangsu · est. 1994

  A Nanjing casual wear, outerwear and sportswear OEM with total annual capacity of about 11.5 million pieces including outsourced lines, and factories in Nanjing and Chuzhou, Anhui. It serves wholesale customers in Europe, Japan, the US and China, and traded on NASDAQ as EVK until a voluntary 2022 delisting; now quoted OTC as EVKG.

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Company facts compiled from public sources; listing is informational and implies no partnership. Ranks 2-12 are editorial reference names, not clients: we introduce you to the right tier for your volume, giants included when it fits.

China Clothing Manufacturing Market Overview (2026)

• China’s garment exports reached about US$151 billion in 2025, roughly 30 percent of world clothing exports and more than Bangladesh and Vietnam combined, keeping it the world’s largest apparel producer and exporter by a wide margin.
• Production concentrates in specialized clusters: Guangzhou and Dongguan (Humen) for fast fashion and womenswear, Ningbo for knitwear and menswear, Changshu in Jiangsu for down jackets and winter outerwear, Shandong (Weihai, Zibo) for export programs and shirting, and Quanzhou-Shishi in Fujian for sportswear.
• Serious buyers should require amfori BSCI or Sedex/SMETA social audits, WRAP certification for US programs, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 on fabrics, GOTS or GRS wherever organic or recycled claims are made, and ISO 9001 quality systems at factory level.
• As of 2026, US-bound Chinese apparel stacks normal MFN duties of roughly 10 to 32 percent with Section 301 tariffs of 7.5 to 25 percent plus newer reciprocal layers, taking effective rates on many garment categories to between about 30 and 55 percent.

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