UK's clothing imports at £1.39 bn in Jan 2023, 12.67% down MoM

The country’s clothing imports were recorded at £21.256 billion ($25.86 billion) during 2022, a 23.50 per cent increase compared to the imports of £17.034 billion in 2021. 

UK’s textile fabric imports were noted at £473 million during January 2022, an increase of 4.41 per cent month-on-month from the imports of £453 million during December 2022. Textile fabric imports were noted at £6.359 billion during January-December 2022, according to the data released by the ONS. 

The UK imported £35 million worth of textile fibre in January 2023, which remained unchanged from the previous month of December 2022. The total textile fibre imports for the year 2022 were £545 million. 

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)