Imports of textiles and apparel fell 2.6 percent in August, according to statistics from the Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel.
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Overall imports. Textile and apparel imports totaled 9.72 billion square meter equivalents in August, down 2.6 percent from July but up 12.9 percent from a year earlier. Textile imports totaled 7.21 billion SME, down 2.8 percent for the month but up 17.5 percent from the previous year, while apparel imports of 2.51 billion SME were down 2.0 percent from July but up 1.4 percent from a year before.
Imports of textiles and apparel were 66.4 billion SME for the year to date in August, up 6.7 percent from the previous year. Textile imports were 49.7 billion SME, up 8.6 percent, while apparel imports totaled 16.7 billion SME, up 1.4 percent.
For the year ending in August 2024, total imports were up 5.3 percent compared to a year earlier, to 96.7 billion SME. Textile imports rose 8.0 percent to 72.2 billion SME while apparel imports fell 1.8 percent to 24.6 billion SME.
Source Countries. OTEXA has reported the following statistics on textile and apparel imports from major source countries for August 2024.
|
Country
|
SME
|
Monthly change %
|
Annual change %
|
YE change %
|
|
China
|
3.40 billion
|
-1.4
|
+7.7
|
+13.1
|
|
India
|
1.18 billion
|
-15.7
|
+51.3
|
+27.2
|
|
Egypt
|
645.8 million
|
-19.8
|
+90.9
|
-15.5
|
|
Vietnam
|
557.1 million
|
-10.5
|
+4.2
|
+4.5
|
|
Malaysia
|
985.8 million
|
+100.9
|
+284.8
|
+52.3
|
|
Czech Rep.
|
301.4 million
|
-36.3
|
+18.6
|
-8.2
|
|
Turkey
|
444.6 million
|
+19.9
|
-7.3
|
+15.6
|
|
Pakistan
|
236.2 million
|
-12.6
|
-8.7
|
+5.6
|
|
Bangladesh
|
210.8 million
|
-13.3
|
-1.4
|
-11.7
|
|
Israel
|
147.6 million
|
-29.6
|
-53.9
|
+30.7
|
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