Africa's share in US' apparel imports nears 4% amid global downturn

Africa’s share was 3.98 per cent in the period under review compared to the Asia-Pacific region's 70.20 per cent, Central-South America's 13.05 per cent, and Europe's 4.69 per cent shares in US total apparel imports, but it is significant given the steady rise in Africa's share since 2019. 

The US imported apparel worth $87.308 billion from all over the world in 2019, with imports from Africa valued at $2.722 billion, or 3.12 per cent of the total. Africa's share marginally increased to 3.14 per cent in 2020, when imports from the continent amounted to $2.229 billion out of a total of $71.039 billion, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. 

In 2021, the US' total apparel imports were valued at $87.229 billion, of which $2.96 billion or 3.40 per cent came from Africa. The following year, US imports from Africa rose to $3.700 billion, out of a total of $105.286 billion, raising Africa's share to 3.51 per cent. This share further increased to 3.98 per cent in the first four months of this year, as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)