In the first seven months of the current year, worldwide imports of apparels by the US slipped 22.28 percent to US $45.74 billion, as against $58.85 billion in the comparable period of the previous year.
US clothing imports from its biggest source China reached $9.12 billion between January and July 2023, compared to $12.80 billion in the same months of 2022.
Imports from Bangladesh, the second biggest source, totaled $4.56 billion during the period under review as against $5.69 billion in the corresponding period of 2022.
“Shipments from Vietnam stood at $8.21 billion during the first seven months of 2023, which was $10.91 billion between January and July 2022,” US Department of Commerce’s Office of Textile and Apparel data revealed.
Garment imports from India in the period between January to July of 2023, declined to $2.91 billion, when compared with $3.69 billion in similar months of the earlier year.
US apparel shipments from Indonesia dived 27.26 percent year on year to $2.47 billion during the January-July 2023 period.
US shipments of clothing from Cambodia slipped sharply by 32.10 percent from a year ago period to $1.79 billion in the months under review.
