US textile & apparel exports up 2.47% in 2017

Category-wise, apparel exports rose 1.25 per cent year-on-year to $5.713 billion, whereas textile mill products increased 2.89 per cent to $16.958 billion last year.

Among apparel, the highest growth of 21.77 per cent was registered in exports of women’s and girls’ ensembles, whereas a maximum decline of 24.03 per cent was seen in exports of women’s and girls’ skirts.

Among textile mill products, yarn exports increased slightly by 0.29 per cent year-on-year to $4.359 billion, while fabric and made-up article exports also increased by 3.51 per cent and 4.58 per cent respectively to $8.863 billion and $3.735 billion.

Country-wise, Mexico and Canada together accounted for nearly half of the total US textile and clothing exports during the period under review. The US supplied $5.991 billion worth of textiles and apparel to Mexico last year, followed by $5.375 billion to Canada and $1.503 billion to Honduras.

In recent years, the US textile and clothing exports have remained in the range of $22-25 billion per annum. In 2011, they stood at $22.432 billion, while the figure was $22.656 billion in 2012, $23.534 billion in 2013, $24.259 billion in 2014, $23.622 billion in 2015, and $22.124 billion in 2016. (RKS)

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India