Tap into valuable industry insights from the world with F2F Prime. Start your 30-day trial for just $1
Start Trial

US textile & garment imports from China continue to grow

17 Aug '12
1 min read

In the first half of 2012, US imported US$ 17.31 billion worth of textiles and clothing items from China, showing a rise of 6.9 percent year-on-year.
 
The growth in US textile and apparel imports from China was higher than the growth witnessed during 2008 and 2009, but was lower than that achieved in 2007, 2010 and 2011.
 
From January to June this year, US imported textiles worth US$ 4.97 billion from China, an increase of 12.1 percent year-on-year. The country imported garments worth US$ 12.34 billion during the same period, growing at 4.9 percent year-on-year.
 
The unit prices of yarn, fabric and apparels imported by the US from China decreased by 7 percent, 8 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively.
 

Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

Leave your Comments

Esteemed Clients

TÜYAP IHTISAS FUARLARI A.S.
Tradewind International Servicing
Thermore (Far East) Ltd.
The LYCRA Company Singapore  Pte. Ltd
Thai Trade Center
Thai Acrylic Fibre Company Limited
TEXVALLEY MARKET LIMITED
TESTEX AG, Swiss Textile Testing Institute
Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (TSllC Ltd)
Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF)
SUZHOU TUE HI-TECH NONWOVEN MACHINERY CO.,LTD
Stahl Holdings B.V.,
Advanced Search