The country’s imports of swimwear slowed down during 2020 but revived in later years. However, they have eased again in the past one and a half years. According to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro, US swimwear imports decreased to $628.763 million in 2020 from $871.285 million in 2019. Nevertheless, they recovered to $881.828 million in 2021 and further surged to $1,132.733 million in 2022.

The trade data revealed that China was the largest supplier in this trade. The US imported swimwear worth $135.963 million from China in H1 2024, accounting for 32.95 per cent of the total imports. Imports from Vietnam amounted to $124.663 million (30.21 per cent), Indonesia $37.802 million (9.16 per cent), Cambodia $27.819 million (6.74 per cent), and Sri Lanka $20.347 million (4.93 per cent).

China remained the top supplier with a share of 33.59 per cent last year when the total trade was valued at $229.981 million out of the overall swimwear imports of $684.732 million. Imports from Vietnam amounted to $207.411 million (30.29 per cent), Indonesia $55.317 million (8.08 per cent), Cambodia $37.677 million (5.50 per cent), and Sri Lanka $32.683 million (4.77 per cent), according to TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)