The US’ imports of floor items from Europe were valued at $158.815 million in January-September 2022, which was 25.55 per cent of the total home textiles imports by the US. The inbound shipment of made-ups was $90.183 million (14.51 per cent), furnishing articles $57.512 million (9.25 per cent), camping $37.067 million (5.96 per cent), window $30.308 million (4.88 per cent), bathroom & kitchen $28.250 million (4.54 per cent), and table $18.815 million (3.03 per cent), according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

Sets, worn clothing and used/new rugs were the other home textiles items imported by the US, which totalled $13.067 million (2.10 per cent).

In 2021, the US had imported total home textile products worth $830.597 million. Out of which, floor import was $257.192 million (30.96 per cent), bed products $246.893 million (29.72 per cent), Made-ups $107.773 million (12.98 per cent), furnishing articles $77.082 million (9.28 per cent), camping $41.283 million (4.97 per cent) and bathroom & kitchen $36.015 million (4.34 per cent), as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)