In March 2022, Ukraine had imported apparel worth $17.292 million, compared to $91.452 million in October 2021, which is a decline of 81.31 per cent, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.
Ukraine’s garment imports slipped to about one-fourth in March from the preceding month of February 2022, when the country had imported goods valued at $59.438 million. The value of imports was $72.603 million in January 2022, $75.034 million in December 2021 and $70.968 million in November 2021.
As per analysis based on the data from TexPro, Ukrainian garment imports showed upward trend till July-September 2021 quarter, when the country had imported garments worth $270.486 million. But the value decreased to $237.455 million in October-December 2021. The import further dried up and touched as low as $149.337 million in January-March 2022. The quarterly import is set to fall further to below $100 million during the current quarter.
Ukraine’s total apparel imports stood at $861.902 million in 2021. The major apparel items imported were trousers & shorts (22.32 per cent), jerseys 13.63 per cent, T-shirts 9.34 per cent, shirts 5.71 per cent, innerwear 5.62 per cent, coats 5.45 per cent and socks 4.94 per cent.
Ukraine had imported home textiles worth $397.697 million last year.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)