UK clothing exports down 10% to $333 mn in Mar 2025

19 May '25

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UK clothing exports down 10% to $333 mn in Mar 2025

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UK's clothing exports fell by 10.03 per cent to £251 million (~$333.44 million) in March 2025, driven by weak European demand.
For Q1 2025, exports dropped to £712 million.
However, textile fabric and fibre exports rose, with fibre exports surging by 41.50 per cent.
In 2024, total clothing exports declined by 11.74 per cent to £3.32 billion, while textile fibre exports increased to £707 million.

The United Kingdom’s clothing exports declined by 10.03 per cent to £251 million (~$333.44 million) in March 2025, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). Exports during the same period last year were £279 million. The decline reflects sluggish demand, particularly in Europe, which remains a key market for UK clothing. For the full year 2024, clothing exports dropped by 11.74 per cent to £3,320 million (~$4,186.53 million).

However, UK clothing exports in February 2025 rose by 7.26 per cent to £234 million from £218 million in February 2024. Textile fabric exports in March 2025 grew by 4.66 per cent to £247 million from £236 million in March 2024 and increased by 11.26 per cent month-on-month from £222 million in February 2025.

Textile fibre exports surged by 41.50 per cent to £75 million in March 2025, compared to £53 million in March 2024 and £61 million in February 2025.

In the first quarter of 2025, clothing exports totalled £712 million, down from £833 million in Q1 2024 and £881 million in Q4 2024. Textile fabric and fibre exports in the same quarter were £665 million and £192 million, respectively. Fabric exports were £698 million in Q1 2024 and £669 million in Q4 2024, while fibre exports stood at £162 million in Q1 2024 and £206 million in Q4 2024.

The UK’s total clothing exports for 2024 stood at £3,320 million (~$4,186.53 million), an 11.74 per cent decline from the previous year. Textile fabric exports remained relatively stable at £2,733 million, while fibre exports increased to £707 million.

In 2023, total clothing exports declined to £3.772 billion (~$4.88 billion) from £3.931 billion in 2022 and £4.263 billion in 2021. Textile fabric and fibre exports in 2023 were £2.737 billion and £667 million, respectively, compared to £2.716 billion and £616 million in 2022.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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