Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine August Issue 2018 | Page 50

TRADE STATISTICS
Bangladesh is on its way to outpace China in the
European market
January to April 2018
EU’s clothing imports sharply surged in April in volume-terms. The shipments from Bangladesh continued
tapping larger chunk in the European market beating China which is losing ground in its clothing exports to
EU. Bangladesh clocked € 1.44 billion in the April month while China’s exports could just hit € 1.15 billion in this
same month, indicating Bangladesh is clearly pacing up to match the Chinese shipment values in EU.
Global apparel imports by the
European Union: January to April
2018
Percentage change in top 3 product
categories imported by EU
Percentage change in Bangladesh’s
top product category (Trousers) to EU
Change in Quantity
8.18 %
Change in Value
1.09 %
1.73%
T-SHIRTS SWEATERS TROUSERS
Volume
(6.06%) Volume
(8.72%) Volume
(9.53%)
Value
(-2.81%) Value
(-2.94%) Value
(0.17%)
Value rises
17.84%
Volume rises
FACT: EU and Japan recently signed
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
UVR change in apparel imported by
EU (3-year comparison)
Change in UVR
8.58 %
Jan.-Apr. 2018
€ 17.05
(Average UVR in the review period
was Euro 17.05 per kg of fabric
equivalent as against Euro 18.65 in
the same period last year)
Jan.-Apr. 2017
€ 18.65
Jan.-Apr. 2016
€ 18.38
Change in Knitted Segment
Quantity
6.20 %
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters
(Jan.-Apr. 2018)
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
Value
2.04 %
Jan-18
7.79
28.08%
Feb-18
6.40
Change in Woven Segment
Quantity Value
10.58 % 0.23 %
20.91%
Mar-18
6.38
12.30%
Apr-18
5.85
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[The information has been extracted
from EU custom site and further analyzed.]
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2
3
4
5
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(Value in € billion)
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8
9
7.36%
3.75%
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China
Vietnam
India
Bangladesh
Turkey
India