The imports of trousers and shorts jumped more than 55 per cent in the last two years after a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. US’ imports of trousers and shorts slipped 14.21 per cent to $1.014 billion in 2020 but bounced back up by 32.88 per cent to $1.347 billion in 2021. Inbound shipments from African countries further jumped by 17.09 per cent to $1.578 billion in the recently concluded year 2022, according to trade data obtained from Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.
The import of jerseys was $529.307 million in the last year, which was 15.16 per cent of the total. Similarly, the imports of shirts were $446.874 million (12.80 per cent), T-shirts were $319.666 million (9.16 per cent), and innerwear was $134.645 million (3.86 per cent). The top five products contributed more than 86 per cent to the total inbound shipment of the US, as per TexPro.
Trousers and shorts were the dominant products among the total apparel imported by the US from the African continent in 2022. In the country’s total imported garments worth $3.491 billion, trousers and shorts grabbed a share of 45.20 per cent, valued at $1.578 billion. Jerseys, shirts, T-shirts, and innerwear were the other top five products.
The other top five apparel products imported by the US in 2022 were dresses (2.23 per cent), jackets and blazers (2.07 per cent), babywear (1.89 per cent), coats (1.38 per cent), and sportswear (1.26 per cent).
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)
