Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine January Issue 2019 | Page 72

STATISTICAL ROUNDUP - 2018
AR Forecast: USA is all set to conclude 2018 on a positive note
January to December 2018*
USA, the largest apparel importer in the world, triggered trade war with China in 2018 – its largest apparel trade
partner, and sparked up massive controversy throughout the year. USA also provided never-seen-before
opportunities for the countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Cambodia which, though will never
become second China, were at least successful in capturing the significant shift coming from China. According to
AR forecast, USA is set to increase both in its values and volumes by 2.73 per cent and 3.40 per cent, respectively.
Global apparel imports by the US:
January to December 2018*
Percentage change in top 3 product
categories imported by USA
Percentage change in Bangladesh’s
top product category export (Trousers)
to USA
Change in Quantity
3.40 %
6.98%
T-SHIRTS LEGWEAR TROUSERS
Change in Value Volume
(3.13%) Volume
(7.40%) Volume
(2.40%)
2.73 % Value
(3.76%) Value
(3.87%) Value
(4.32%)
Change in UVR
0.67 %
Volume rises
UVR change in apparel imported by
USA (3-year comparison)
Forecast: Ethiopia is set to touch
US $ 120 million in its apparel export
to USA in 2018.
(Average UVR in the review period
will be US $ 2.98 as against US $ 3.00
in the same period last year) Jan.-Dec. 2018
US $ 2.98
Change in Quantity Jan.-Dec. 2017
US $ 3.00
Cotton
1.49 %
MMF
7.58 %
12.31 %
1.48 %
Month-wise USA apparel import trend
7.05
Jan-18
5.64
Mar-18
5.93
Apr-18
6.29
May-18
Cotton
1.66 %
MMF
5.02 %
Wool
Silk & Veg Nov-18*
[The information has been extracted
from US custom site and further analysed.]
8.13
Jul-18
6.09 %
11.13 %
6.60
Jun-18
Aug-18
Value-wise share to USA by top 5
apparel exporters (Jan.-Dec. 2018)*
33.04%
6.54
Feb-18
Change in Value
US $ 120
million
Jan.-Dec. 2016
US $ 3.02
Wool
Silk & Veg
3.36%
Value rises
14.81%
8.34
7.96
Sep-18
8.54
Oct-18
6.12
6.46%
5.77
Dec-18*
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
[Value in US billion $]
* Data from Jan.-Oct. 2018 is officially available, whereas data for Nov.-Dec. 2018 is tentative.
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China
Vietnam
Bangladesh
5.45%
Indonesia
4.60%
India