Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine May Issue 2019 | Page 60

TRADE STATISTICS
Canada Apparel Imports
January 2019
Canadian Apparel Import in Jan ’19 beats its
performance of last year; grows massively
Canada fell (-)0.02 per cent in its apparel imports in January 2018.
However, in a major turnaround in January 2019, the North American
country grew 16.47 per cent from a year earlier. Bangladesh remained the
biggest contributor with tremendous growth of 48.14 per cent in its apparel
exports to Canada following Vietnam which gained 29.44 per cent more
values than 2018. China, despite all odds due to skyrocketing prices, did
quite well and escalated its exports by 16.06 per cent, while India could just
manage to grow in single digit.
Canada Imports
in Value B’Desh Exports
in Value
16.47 % 48.14 %
The knitted apparel reported
18.01% surge during the review
period, whereas the woven
segment saw rise of 14.91% in
value terms.
Bangladesh registered growth in knitted
garment exports to Canada by 54.84%,
while woven garment exports too surged
43.93% during the review period.
Japan Apparel Imports
January to February 2019
Japanese apparel imports down significantly
in February
Japan tumbled in both volumes and values of its apparel import in February
this year. The country kicked off the year on a positive note and marked
growth in its import, both value-wise and volume-wise. So this sudden drop
in the second month is making negative statement for the nation’s apparel
trade. Last year in the same period, Japan noted almost 11% growth in
value terms which have declined by (-) 3.26% in the same period of 2019.
Vietnam, which marks at least double digit growth on an average, just grew
by 1.42% in its exports to Japan, while Bangladesh continued rising in its
respective exports and escalated by a massive 23.93% in value terms in
review period.
B’Desh Exports
in Value
23.93 %
Bangladesh grew massively in both
knitted and woven segments. Overall,
the country escalated by 28.80% in
volumes and 23.93% in values.
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Vietnam Exports
in Value
6.26 %
Vietnam marginally grew by 1.42%
in values of its exports to Japan,
while volumes increased by 6.26%
on Y-o-Y basis.