Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine February Issue 2019 | Page 62

TRADE STATISTICS
EU apparel import about to conclude 2018 on positive note;
China and India set to fall
January to November 2018
Owing to rising consumer demand for apparels in European market, the 28-nation bloc is expected to increase its sourcing
from the Asian countries in 2018 surpassing its own data in 2017. However, China – the Asian superpower in manufacturing,
declined both in values and volumes till November by (-) 1.96 per cent and (-) 5.76 per cent respectively, and is unlikely
to regain in December. India too fell short of what it had achieved from its exports to EU in the same period last year, while
Bangladesh and Vietnam continued surging indicating both the countries have managed to capture the shift from China.
Global apparel imports by the
European Union: January to
November 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
3.44 %
Change in Value
2.22 %
4.80%
T-SHIRTS SWEATERS TROUSERS
Volume
(3.98%) Volume
(5.27%) Volume
(3.88%)
Value
(-1.47%) Value
(5.06%) Value
(1.64%)
Value rise
13.21%
Volume rise
Fact: Apparel manufacturing in
EU is worth € 67 billion
UVR change in apparel imported by
EU (3-year comparison)
Change in UVR
1.17 %
Jan.-Nov. 2018
€ 16.98
(Average UVR in the review period
was Euro 16.98 per kg of fabric
equivalent as against Euro 17.18 in
the same period last year.)
Jan.- Nov. 2017
€ 17.18
Jan.- Nov. 2016
€ 17.34
Change in Knitted Segment
Quantity
2.74 %
Value
2.13 %
Change in Woven Segment
Jan-18
7.79
Feb-18
6.40
Mar-18
31.85%
6.38
Apr-18 5.85
May-18 5.68
Jun-18
6.21
19.38%
Jul-18
Quantity Value
4.35 % 2.32 %
8.34
Aug-18
8.86
Sep-18
11.60%
7.81
Oct-18
7.87
Nov-18
7.13
0
[The information has been extracted
from EU custom site and further analysed.]
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters
(Jan.-Nov. 2018)
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
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2
3
4
5
6
(Value in € billion)
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8
9
5.87%
3.93%
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China
Vietnam
India
Bangladesh
Turkey
India