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US textile & apparel import volume rise 12% in Jan-Mar 2025

14 May '25

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US textile & apparel import volume rise 12% in Jan-Mar 2025

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US recorded a ***.** per cent rise in textile and apparel imports to **,*****.*** million SME in January–March 2025, driven by higher imports of apparel and non-apparel textiles.
Cotton and man-made fibre product imports also grew.
Exports rose slightly by ***.** per cent. For 2024, imports surged by **.** per cent, while exports fell by **.** per cent.
In 2023, imports had declined by **.** per cent.

During this period, apparel imports rose by *.** per cent to *,***.*** million SME, up from *,***.*** million SME in January–March ****. Imports of textile (non-apparel) products reached **,***.*** million SME in the same period of ****, marking a **.** per cent increase compared with **,***.*** million SME in the corresponding period of ****.

The import volume of cotton products rose by **.** per cent to *,***.*** million SME during the review period, compared with *,***.*** million SME in the same period of the previous year. Imports of man-made fibre (MMF) products reached **,***.*** million SME in January–March ****, up from **,***.*** million SME in the same period of ****, as reported by OTEXA.