UK's clothing imports up 11.99% to $1.88 bn in Mar 2025

In March 2025, textile fabric imports rose by 11.5 per cent to £502 million, up from £450 million in March 2024. Fibre imports surged to £31 million from £28 million in March 2024. In February 2025, textile fabric imports were recorded at £454 million, and fibre imports at £29 million.

In the first quarter of 2025, the UK’s clothing imports totalled £4.075 billion (~$5.408 billion), marking a 10.28 per cent increase from £3.791 billion in the first quarter of 2024. However, imports declined from £4.791 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024. Fabric imports during this period were valued at £1.399 billion, while textile fibre imports reached £88 million in January–March 2025. In the same quarter of 2024, fabric imports were £1.308 billion, and fibre imports stood at £86 million. During the fourth quarter of 2024, the UK imported fabric worth £1.424 billion and fibre worth £103 million.

The UK’s clothing imports declined by 7.06 per cent to £14.612 billion (~$18.394 billion) in 2024 compared to the previous year. Imports of textile fabric fell by 4.35 per cent to £5.341 billion, while fibre imports decreased to £378 million during the same period.

In 2023, the UK’s clothing imports totalled £15.702 billion (~$20.33 billion), representing a sharp decline of 25.94 per cent from £21.203 billion in 2022. Fabric imports fell to £5.547 billion from £6.357 billion the previous year, while fibre imports declined to £413 million from £562 million. For reference, in 2021, the UK imported £17.034 billion in clothing, £5.996 billion in fabric, and £458 million in fibre.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)