Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine June Issue 2018 | Page 60

TRADE STATISTICS

January to February 2018

EU ’ s apparel imports have continued surging in the first 2 months of 2018 in volume terms , as a rebound of the euro and the sterling from a year earlier has declined unit prices . Of all exporting destinations , Bangladesh has taken advantage of the fall of the taka , whereas Chinese shipments have lost significant shares of the market as it exported apparels to EU worth just € 1.97 billion in February as against an export value of € 2.63 billion in the January month .

Global apparel imports by the European Union : Jan . to Feb . 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

4.98 %

11.17 %

Change in Value

T-SHIRTS

Volume ( 7 %)

Value ( -1.77%)

SWEATERS TROUSERS Value rises 22.30 %

Volume ( 14.51 %)

Value ( 1.44 %)

Volume ( 11.75 %)

Value ( 2.77 %)

Volume rises

1.19 %

Change in UVR

UVR change in apparel imported by EU ( 3-year comparison )

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8.96 %

( Average UVR in the review period was Euro 17.07 per kg of fabric equivalent as against Euro 18.75 in the same period last year )

Jan . -Feb . 2018 € 17.07

Jan . -Feb . 2017 € 18.75

Jan . -Feb . 2016 € 18.45

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DAVID NIEPER secured a spot in the list

Change in Knitted Segment

Quantity Value

Month-wise EU apparel import trend

Value-wise share to EU by top exporters ( Jan . -Feb . 2018 )

[ The information has been extracted from EU custom site and further analyzed .]

( Value in € billion ) China Vietnam Bangladesh Turkey India

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