Imports of textiles and apparel saw mixed results in July, 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 10.0 billion square meter equivalents in July 2022, down 1.0 percent from June but up 12.2 percent from July 2021. Textile imports totaled 7.07 billion SME, down 3.8 percent for the month but up 10.2 percent from the previous year, while apparel imports of 2.94 billion SME rose 6.5 percent from June and 17.4 percent from a year before.
Total year-to-date imports were 67.1 billion SME, up 34.5 percent from the previous year, as textile imports rose 39.9 percent to 47.6 billion SME and apparel imports gained 22.9 percent to 19.5 billion SME.
Total imports for the year ending in July 2022 were 111.5 billion SME, up 32.4 percent from a year earlier. Textile imports gained 37.4 percent to 78.4 billion SME while apparel imports rose 21.9 percent to 33.1 billion SME.
Source Countries. OTEXA has reported the following statistics on textile and apparel imports from major source countries for July 2022.
|
Country
|
SME
|
Annual change %
|
$ value
|
Annual Change %
|
|
China
|
3.50 billion
|
-0.6
|
3.60 billion
|
+27.2
|
|
India
|
905.8 million
|
+22.8
|
971.3 million
|
+32.8
|
|
Mexico
|
734.3 million
|
+198.0
|
411.0 million
|
+3.8
|
|
Turkey
|
725.8 billion
|
+167.0
|
243.9 million
|
-9.3
|
|
Vietnam
|
660.8 million
|
+24.4
|
1.87 billion
|
+35.7
|
|
Egypt
|
503.2 million
|
+27.4
|
153.3 million
|
+25.2
|
|
Pakistan
|
301.2 million
|
+1.6
|
427.3 million
|
+17.5
|
|
Italy
|
280.0 million
|
+73.6
|
243.1 million
|
+17.0
|
|
Czech Rep.
|
266.2 million
|
-7.4
|
7.07 million
|
+19.7
|
|
Bangladesh
|
235.4 million
|
-0.6
|
712.8 million
|
+20.8
|
|
Indonesia
|
166.1 million
|
+19.3
|
452.7 million
|
+53.2
|
|
Cambodia
|
165.9 million
|
+35.0
|
493.0 million
|
+73.3
|
|
Malaysia
|
163.1 million
|
-2.3
|
31.5 million
|
-5.7
|
|
Israel
|
132.3 million
|
-38.0
|
21.9 million
|
+25.0
|
|
Korea
|
120.8 million
|
-29.0
|
92.5 million
|
+7.3
|
|
Denmark
|
107.4 million
|
+115
|
2.48 million
|
-33.0
|
|
Honduras
|
90.4 million
|
+13.5
|
293.9 million
|
+22.6
|
|
Taiwan
|
81.0 million
|
-20.0
|
77.2 million
|
+23.3
|
|
Canada
|
73.3 million
|
-13.0
|
94.1 million
|
-3.8
|
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