The United Kingdom’s clothing imports stood at £1.392 bn ($1.70 bn) during January 2023, which was 12.67 percent lower than the imports in December 2022 when the country’s inbound shipment was £1.594 bn, as per the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The country’s clothing imports were recorded at £21.256 bn ($25.86 bn) during 2022, a 23.50 percent increase compared to the imports of £17.034 bn in 2021.
UK’s textile fabric imports were noted at £473 mn during January 2022, an increase of 4.41 percent month-on-month from the imports of £453 mn during December 2022. Textile fabric imports were noted at £6.359 bn during January-December 2022, according to the data released by the ONS.
The UK imported £35 mn worth of textile fiber in January 2023, which remained unchanged from the previous month of December 2022. The total textile fiber imports for the year 2022 were £545 mn.