Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine Magazine April 2018 | Page 58

TRADE STATISTICS
US apparel import kicks off 2018 with 0.24% surge in volumes
January 2018
The United States kicked off 2018 on a positive note as volume-wise apparel imports went 0.24 per cent up in the
first month of the year. UVR of the imported apparels was US $ 2.91, which was up by 0.69 per cent as compared
to January 2017. Of all major apparel exporting destinations, China felt shivers in its dominance to the US
apparel market, whereas India, Bangladesh, Vietnam gained significantly in their respective value-wise apparel
exports to the US.
Global Apparel Imports by the US:
January 2018
Top 3 product categories imported
by USA
Bangladesh’s top product category
(Trousers) export to USA
Change in Quantity
3.38%
0.24 %
T-SHIRTS LEGWEAR TROUSERS
Change in Value Volume
(3.78%) Volume
(2.69%) Volume
(2.82%)
0.92 % Value
(5.05%) Value
(-2.30%) Value
(2.96%)
Change in UVR
0.69 %
UVR change in apparel imported by
USA (3-year comparison)
(Average UVR in the review period
was US $ 2.91 as against US $ 2.89 in
the same period last year) January 2018
US $ 2.91
Change in Quantity January 2017
US $ 2.89
Cotton
3.23 %
MMF
1.71 %
14.22 %
13.03 %
Volume rises
Fact: TPP has now become CPTPP, and
USA is out of it
‘TPP’ is now
‘ CPTPP’
January 2016
US $ 3.04
Wool
Silk & Veg
1.94%
Value rises
Cotton versus MMF apparel imports
(volume-wise) by USA
Value-wise share to USA by Top 5
apparel exporters
33.24%
Change in Value
Cotton
3.74 %
MMF
1.72 %
Vs.
Wool
13.95 %
Silk & Veg
15.30 %
15.69%
Cotton
Apparels
1035.45 million
SME
[The information has been extracted
from US custom site and further analyzed.]
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MMF
Apparels
1346.10
SME
7%
million
5.83%
4.91%
China
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Indonesia
India