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US textiles & apparel imports down 24.47% in Jan-Sept 2020

16 Nov '20
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The import of textiles and apparel by the United States decreased by 24.47 per cent to $64.794 billion in the first three quarters of 2020, compared to imports valued at $85.788 billion in January-September 2019. With 28.12 per cent share, China was the largest supplier of textiles and clothing to the US during the nine-month period, followed by Vietnam with 14.88 per cent share.

Apparel constituted the bulk of the textiles and garments imports made by the US during the initial nine months of this year, and were valued at $47.029 billion, while non-apparel imports accounted for the remaining $17.765 billion, according to the latest Major Shippers Report, released by the US department of commerce.

Segment-wise, among the top ten apparel suppliers to the US, imports from Cambodia showed growth of 3.14 per cent year-on-year. On the other hand, imports from China, Honduras, Mexico and India registered a sharp decline of 45.49 per cent, 39.53 per cent, 33.61 per cent and 29.89 per cent respectively compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the non-apparel category, among the top ten suppliers, imports from Cambodia and Turkey shot up by 27.22 per cent and 14.41 per cent, respectively. On the other hand, imports from Italy and China were down by 23.05 per cent and 22.11 per cent respectively to $338.929 million and 6.876 billion.

Of the total US textile and apparel imports of $64.794 billion during the period under review, cotton products were worth $26.888 billion, while man-made fibre products accounted for $34.576 billion, followed by $1.925 billion of wool products and $1.404 billion of products from silk and vegetable fibres.

In 2019, the US textile and apparel imports had increased by just 0.28 per cent year-on-year to $111.208 billion, with apparel alone accounting for $83.806 billion.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RKS)

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