Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine Magazine April 2018 | Page 60

TRADE STATISTICS
EU apparel import concludes 2017 on a positive note
January to December 2017
The year 2017 was no less than a shaky one for the European Union. All through the year, the clothing sector
of the Union trembled badly because of the impact of global economic challenges, BREXIT (which will
take place on 29th March 2019), unstable currency and closure of clothing retail stores. However, despite
these challenges, apparel imports by the European Union remained in positive territory volume-wise at
the end of 2017 with decreasing UVR by (-) 0.86% which is a good sign for the Union.
Global apparel imports by the
European Union: Jan.-Dec. 2017
Bangladesh’s top product category
(Trousers) export to EU
Top 3 product categories imported
by EU
Change in Quantity
0.08%
1.90 %
Change in Value
1.01 %
T-SHIRTS SWEATERS TROUSERS
Volume
(-0.52%) Volume
(3.85%) Volume
(1.35%)
Value
(0.16%) Value
(1.19%) Value
(1.09%)
UVR change in apparel imported by EU
(3-year comparison)
Change in UVR
0.86 %
Value falls
2.00%
Volume rises
FACT: EU is the second biggest textile
and apparel exporter in the world after
China
Jan.-Dec. ’17
€ 17.18
(Average UVR in the review period
was Euro 17.18 per kg of fabric
equivalent as against Euro 17.33 in
the same period last year)
Jan.-Dec. ’16
€ 17.33
Jan.-Dec. ’15
€ 18.24
Change in Knitted Segment
Quantity
2.30 %
Value
1.30 %
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
7.51
Jan-17
7.21
Mar-17
5.3
Apr-17
Change in Woven Segment
6.1
May-17
6.3
Jun-17
1.38 %
Value
0.71 %
8.64
Aug-17
7.68
Sep-17
6.95
Oct-17
6.65
Nov-17
0
1
2
3
4
(Value in
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5
6
€ billion)
7
6.11%
3.82%
5.85
Dec-17
[The information has been extracted
from EU custom site and further analyzed.]
18.66%
7.51
Jul-17
Quantity
33.17%
6.34
Feb-17
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters
(Jan.-Dec. ’17)
8
9
10
China
Vietnam
Bangladesh
3.27% India
Pakistan India