Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine May Issue 2019 | Page 56

TRADE STATISTICS
USA apparel import kicks off 2019 with surge in both values
and volumes
January 2019
USA started 2019 with a positive apparel import figure both in value-terms and volume-terms by 8.31% and 8.66%, respectively. In
January 2019, all major Asian manufacturing countries noted surge, and this surge was steered by Vietnam and India which marked
double-digit growth value-wise. India and Bangladesh offered higher unit prices in the month than what they offered in corresponding
month last year. Despite this rise in unit prices, US buyers did not stop placing their orders in these countries which signals a positive year
ahead for India and Bangladesh.
Global apparel imports by the US:
January 2019
Percentage change in top 3 product
categories imported by USA
Change in Quantity
Percentage change in Bangladesh’s top
product category export (Trousers) to
USA
8.66 %
0.12%
Change in Value
8.31 %
Change in UVR
0.34 %
T-SHIRTS LEGWEAR TROUSERS
Volume
(4.71%) Volume
(12.53%) Volume
(1.15%)
Value
(5.42%) Value
(13.06%) Value
(4.27%)
UVR change in apparel imported by
USA (3-year comparison)
(Average UVR in the review period
was US $ 2.90 as against US $ 2.91 in
the same period last year) January 2019
US $ 2.90
Change in Quantity January 2018
US $ 2.91
Cotton
4.38 %
MMF
11.55 %
Value rises
Volume falls
Fact: In 2018, US customers expected
Amazon to deliver products under 24
hours.
January 2017
US $ 3.01
Wool
0.12 %
Silk & Veg
5.25%
Month-wise USA apparel import trend
30.98 %
Value-wise share to USA by top 5
apparel exporters
33.32%
Change in Value
Cotton
6.93 %
MMF
9.33 %
Wool
7.57
16.71%
5.22 %
Silk & Veg
24.36 %
[The information has been extracted
from US custom site and further analysed.]
7.06%
5.38%
January '19
[Value in US billion $]
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China
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Indonesia
5.04%
India