TRADE STATISTICS
EU’s apparel import upswings in March; Q1 somehow recovers
January to March 2017
European Union’s clothing imports have recovered in March over February, with their long-term trend eventually
unchanged. Whereas, imports from Bangladesh have surged, but the growth percentage was much weaker than
usual in the first quarter. According to Statista, an online statistics, market research and business intelligence portal,
EU might see a significant decline in menswear by the year 2020 which might affect the major apparel exporters to
EU in this category.
‘Facts and Forecast’ for EU Apparel Industry
Global apparel imports by the European
Union during January to March 2017
Total Decrease in Quantity
1.74 %
816 mn
Total Increase in Value
2.06 %
Jan.-Mar. 2016
Qty
Change in Knitted
Value
1.91 %
Change in Woven
Quantity
2.82 %
CAGR
growth by
2025 in EU
apparel
market
Apparel imports of the EU: Selected Countries (Qty in mn Kg & Value in mn Euro)
Jan.-Mar. 2017
% increase / decrease
Value
1.07 %
[The information has been extracted from
EU custom site and further analyzed.]
Value Qty
Value
Qty
Value
WORLD
Knitted 618.10 9867.60 612.97 10055.83 -0.83 1.91
Woven 522.44 11126.33 507.73 11006.78 -2.82 -1.07
1140.54 20993.93 1120.70 21062.61 -1.74 0.33
Knitted 196.90 3010.46 191.34 2941.17 -2.83 -2.30
Woven 203.60 3911.17 189.35 3710.22 -7.00 -5.14
Total 400.50 6921.63 380.69 6651.39 -4.95 -3.90
Knitted 41.78 719.46 44.50 753.08 6.51 4.67
Woven 30.32 815.32 28.63 762.10 -5.57 -6.53
Total 72.10 1534.78 73.13 1515.18 1.43 -1.28
Knitted 172.31 2152.64 173.88 2291.52 0.91 6.45
Woven 108.91 1804.14 110.46 1872.59 1.42 3.79
Total 281.22 3956.79 284.34 4164.12 1.11 5.24
Knitted 16.68 230.90 10.44 226.25 -37.39 -2.02
Woven 6.96 165.23 6.33 164.01 -8.94 -0.74
23.64 396.13 16.78 390.26 -29.02 -1.48
Knitted 24.22 261.65 26.03 300.26 7.48 14.76
Woven 26.32 382.79 27.85 418.83 5.79 9.42
Total 50.54 644.44 53.88 719.09 6.60 11.58
Knitted 9.49 208.89 11.64 239.85 22.68 14.82
Woven 22.93 539.89 21.01 544.27 -8.36 0.81
Total 32.42 748.79 32.65 784.12 0.72 4.72
Total
0.83 %
Trouser
most
imported
product by
EU in 2016
Country/Category
Average UVR in Jan.-Mar. 2017 was
Euro 18.79 per kg of fabric equivalent
Quantity
USD 34
average
revenue/person
from hosiery
apparels in 2017
1 %
estimated
men shirts
consumption
in 2017
0.33 %
Percentage Increase in UVR
USD
27.28
average
price/pc for
women’s
apparel in EU
USD
147 bn
revenue
forecast from
women’s
apparel in
2017
CHINA
INDIA
BANGLADESH
SRI LANKA
Total
PAKISTAN
VIETNAM
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