UK's clothing imports up 23% to £21 bn in 2022 despite Ukraine crisis

The country had imported clothing worth £20.059 billion in 2018, which increased slightly to £20.947 billion in 2019, but slipped to £20.790 billion in 2020 due to the pandemic, as per the ONS. 

UK’s textile fabric imports were noted at £6.359 billion during 2022, which was 6.07 per cent higher than the inbound shipment of £5.995 billion in 2021. The import was recorded at £5.593 billion in 2018, £5.758 billion in 2019 and £8.734 billion in 2020. 

Similarly, the imports of textile fibre increased to £545 million in 2022 against £458 million in 2021. Earlier, the country imported textile fibre worth £484 million in 2018, £468 million in 2019 and £335 million in 2020. 

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)