According to official sources from General Department of Customs, in the first three quarters of 2007, Vietnamese textile and apparel industry exported 4.3 million felt shirts worth US $18.9 million, up by 20.1 and 30.9 percent respectively over the same period last year.
In September alone, shipments of 657,000 shirts were made worth $2.5 million, representing a growth of 33 and 27.7 percent compared to month-on-month. These figures show a surge of 71.3 and 80.6 percent in comparison with same period 2006.
Among all export markets, US accounted for 53 percent of the total exports, with a volume of 2.0 million felt shirts for $10 million, giving a boost of 62.3 and 83.2 percent year-on-year.
In contrast, shipments to EU market witnessed slumps of 9.6 and 4.5 percent against nine months 2006, totaled to 1.9 million shirts worth $7.6 million.