Apparel Online India Magazine June 1st Issue 2018 | Page 54

TRADE STATISTICS
EU apparel import continues to gain pace; up
11.17% in volume
January to February 2018
EU’s apparel imports have continued surging in the first 2 months of 2018 in volume terms, as a rebound of the
euro and the sterling from a year earlier has declined unit prices. Of all exporting destinations, Bangladesh has
taken advantage of the fall of the taka, whereas Chinese shipments have lost significant shares of the market
as it exported apparels to EU worth just € 1.97 billion in February as against an export value of € 2.63 billion in
the January month.
Global apparel imports by the
European Union: Jan. to Feb. 2018
Percentage change in top 3 product
categories imported by EU
Percentage change in India’s top
product category (T-shirt) to EU
Change in Quantity
11.17 %
Change in Value
1.19 %
4.80%
T-SHIRTS SWEATERS TROUSERS
Volume
(7%) Volume
(14.51%) Volume
(11.75%)
Value
(-1.77%) Value
(1.44%) Value
(2.77%)
UVR change in apparel imported by
EU (3-year comparison)
Change in UVR
8.96 %
Value rises
8.23%
Volume rises
FACT: David Nieper is the first-ever
British apparel manufacturer to break
into List of the Best 100 Companies
published by The Sunday Times.
Jan.-Feb. 2018
€ 17.07
(Average UVR in the review period
was Euro 17.07 per kg of fabric
equivalent as against Euro 18.75 in
the same period last year)
Jan.-Feb. 2017
€ 18.75
The Sunday times
Published
BEST 100 COMPANIES LIST
DAVID NIEPER
secured a spot
in the list
Jan.-Feb. 2016
€ 18.45
Change in Knitted Segment
Quantity Value
8.29 % 0.18 %
Month-wise EU apparel import trend
Value-wise share to EU by top exporters
(Jan.-Feb. 2018)
32.43%
7.79
6.40
Change in Woven Segment
Quantity Value
14.71 % 2.47 %
19.04%
11.50%
January
2018
[The information has been extracted
from EU custom site and further analyzed.]
February
2018
(Value in € billion)
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6.70%
3.98%
China
Vietnam
India
Bangladesh
Turkey
India