EXPORT STATISTICS
EU maintains the stagnation in clothing imports in the first month of 2017
January 2017
The clothing sector of EU has undergone radical changes throughout the year 2016 and somehow, it could manage the balance to
maintain its clothing demand. However, after frequent ups and downs, EU concluded the year 2016 on a positive note. Continuing the
trend from December 2016, EU’s clothing imports have surged in the first month of 2017 which is mainly due to the continued holiday
season. Projections for 2017 do not see long-term growth of clothing demand for EU because of large-scale redundancies in the
economy as well as bankruptcies of fashion brands at a much higher rate this year.
Global apparel imports by the European
Union during January 2017
Total Increase in Quantity
1.21 %
Total Increase in Value
4.13 %
Percentage Increase in UVR
2.82 %
Change in Knitted
2.43 %
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During January 2017, imports of sweaters by EU registered growth of
8.28% in volumes, while value was up by 8.33%. During the month
India, China, Bangladesh and Vietnam also registered positive export
of sweaters to EU.
Legwear, a growing export category to
EU from China and India
Exports of legwear by China registered noteworthy surge of 9.44% in value,
whereas volumes were up by a marginal 0.20% year-on-year. India too
noted gains of 11.37% in value and 32.07% in volume during review period.
Apparel imports of the EU: Selected Countries (Qty in mn Kg & Value in mn Euro)
Jan. 2016
Jan. 2017
% increase / decrease
Country/Category
Qty Value Qty Value
Qty
Value
Knitted 212.20 3463.22 217.35 3676.27 2.43 6.15
Woven 175.95 3752.85 175.49 3837.80 -0.26 2.26
Total 388.14 7216.07 392.84 7514.07 1.21 4.13
Knitted 75.52 1186.52 75.22 1215.56 -0.40 2.45
Woven 76.28 1482.02 72.41 1449.78 -5.07 -2.18
151.80 2668.53 147.63 2665.34 -2.75 -0.12
Knitted 13.04 224.21 13.84 239.41 6.19 6.78
Woven 8.00 217.19 8.15 215.85 1.90 -0.61
21.04 441.40 22.00 455.26 4.56 3.14
Knitted 55.43 689.87 56.69 764.73 2.28 10.85
Woven 33.68 541.92 34.80 581.99 3.34 7.39
Total 89.10 1231.79 91.49 1346.72 2.68 9.33
Knitted 4.09 82.89 3.88 81.79 -5.07 -1.32
Woven 2.21 51.81 2.11 53.69 -4.48 3.63
Total 6.30 134.70 5.99 135.48 -4.86 0.58
WORLD
Average UVR in January 2017 was Euro
19.13 per kg of fabric equivalent
Quantity
1
EU’s imports soar in sweaters category
Value
6.1