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
Top 3 product categories imported by EU
India’ s top product category( T-shirt) to EU
Change in Quantity
|
1.90 %
Change in Value
1.01 %
|
T-SHIRTS
Volume(-0.52%)
Value( 0.16 %)
|
SWEATERS
Volume( 3.85 %)
Value( 1.19 %)
|
TROUSERS
Volume( 1.35 %)
Value( 1.09 %)
|
1.30 %
Value rises
|
1.96 %
Volume rises
|
Change in UVR
UVR change in apparel imported by EU( 3-year comparison)
FACT: EU is the second biggest textile and apparel exporter in the world after China
0.86 %
( 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)
Change in Knitted Segment
Jan.-Dec.’ 17 € 17.18
Jan.-Dec.’ 16 € 17.33
Jan.-Dec.’ 15 € 18.24
Quantity
2.30 % 1.30 %
Change in Woven Segment
Quantity
Value
Value
1.38 % 0.71 %
[ The information has been extracted from EU custom site and further analyzed.]
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17
7.51
6.34 7.21
5.3 6.1 6.3
7.51 8.64
7.68 6.95
6.65 5.85
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters( Jan.-Dec.’ 17)
33.17 %
3.82 %
18.66 %
3.27 %
6.11 % India
( Value in € billion) China Vietnam Bangladesh Pakistan India
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