Apparel Online India Magazine July 1st Issue 2018 | Page 46

TRADE STATISTICS
EU apparel import plunges in March;
rebounds in Q1 ’18
January to March 2018
Apparel imports by 28-nations bloc EU have fallen in March this year. However, EU clearly shows sign of recovery
in the first quarter over the last year. China has continued losing shares in the European market, whereas
Bangladesh has consistently gone up due to fall of the taka; therefore, the country capitalised on the low unit
prices and absorbed the shift from the Chinese market during the first quarter of 2018.
Global apparel imports by the
European Union: January to
March 2018
Percentage change in top 3 product
categories imported by EU
Percentage change in India’s top
product category (T-shirts) to EU
Change in Quantity
6.06 %
Change in Value
3.74 %
3.20%
T-SHIRTS SWEATERS TROUSERS
Volume
(1.46%) Volume
(8.59%) Volume
(6.98%)
Value
(-6.46%) Value
(-3.62%) Value
(-2.77%)
UVR change in apparel imported by
EU (3-year comparison)
Value falls
0.45%
Volume falls
FACT: In 2017, the overall size of the
Textile & Clothing industry in the EU
represented a turnover of € 181 billion.
Change in UVR
9.22 %
Jan.-Mar. 2018
€ 17.04
(Average UVR in the review period
was Euro 17.04 per kg of fabric
equivalent as against Euro 18.77 in
the same period last year)
Jan.-Mar. 2017
€ 18.77
Jan.-Mar. 2016
€ 18.41
Change in Knitted Segment
Quantity
3.78 %
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
Value
4.72 %
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters
(Jan.-Mar. 2018)
30.49%
7.79
6.40
6.38
Change in Woven Segment
Quantity Value
8.82 % 2.83 %
19.83%
11.93%
January
2018
[The information has been extracted
from EU custom site and further analyzed.]
February
2018
March
2018
(Value in € billion)
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7.05%
3.85%
China
Vietnam
India
Bangladesh
Turkey
India