US import of personal protective equipment declines in Jan-April

According to data from the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), under the US department of commerce, import of seamless surgical and medical gloves of plastic declined by 53 per cent to 202.636 million dozen pairs during January-April 2022.

The import of disposable gloves of plastic slipped 61.2 per cent to 628.145 million dozen pairs in first four months of this year.

The US import of surgical or isolation gowns, flocked swabs of man-made fibre, disposable apparel, gloves seamless except disposable, and face masks also dropped up to 58 per cent during the period under discussion.

However, few types of drapes recorded growth in import. The US had imported personal protective equipment in large numbers during year 2020 and 2021 to fight COVID-19 pandemic.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)