US textiles & apparel imports up 4.48% in Jan-Nov 2018

Apparel constituted the bulk of the textiles and garments imports made by the US during the initial eleven months of last year, and was valued at $76.831 billion, while non-apparel imports accounted for the remaining $25.860 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, exports from Cambodia showed double-digit growth of 14.66 per cent year-on-year. On the other hand, imports from Sri Lanka registered a decline of 12.48 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the non-apparel category, among the top ten suppliers, imports from Vietnam, Turkey, Mexico, Italy and China shot up by 17.05 per cent, 14.38 per cent, 12.23 per cent, 10.16 per cent, and 11.93 per cent year-on-year to $669.054 million, $1.032 billion, $1.187 billion, $541.895 million, and $12.043 billion respectively. 

Of the total US textile and apparel imports of $102.691 billion during the period under review, cotton products were worth $43.891 billion, while man-made fibre products accounted for $53.174 billion, followed by $3.966 billion of wool products and $1.658 billion of products from silk and vegetable fibres.

In 2017, the US textile and apparel imports had increased by 1.25 per cent year-on-year to $105.938 billion, with apparel alone accounting for $80.251 billion. (PC) 

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India