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US textile & apparel exports up 13.09% in Jan-April 2021

14 Jun '21
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The exports of textile and apparel from United States increased by 13.09 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of this year. The value of exports stood at $7.2 billion during January-April 2021 compared to $6.367 billion in the corresponding period last year, according to data from the Office of Textiles and Apparel, US department of commerce.

Category-wise, apparel exports increased by 19.93 per cent year-on-year to $1.840 billion, while textile mill products rose 10.92 per cent to $5.359 billion during the first four months of 2021.

Among apparel, the highest growth of 177.20 per cent was registered in exports of women and girls' suit-type coats, whereas the highest decline of 57.40 per cent was seen in exports of men and boys' suits.

Among textile mill products, yarn exports increased by 5.52 per cent year-on-year to $1.234 billion, while fabric exports were up 11.98 per cent to $2.831 billion and made-up article exports grew 14.11 per cent to $1.294 billion.

Country-wise, Mexico and Canada together accounted for nearly half of the total US textile and clothing exports during the period under review. The US supplied $2.054 billion worth of textiles and apparel to Mexico during the four-month period, followed by $1.712 billion to Canada and $435.720 million to Honduras.

In recent years, the US textile and clothing exports have remained in the range of $22-25 billion per annum. In 2014, they stood at $24.418 billion, while the figure was $23.622 billion in 2015, $22.124 billion in 2016, $22.671 billion in 2017, $23.467 billion in 2018, and $22.905 billion in 2019. However, the value decreased to $19.330 billion last year due to the effect of COVID-19 pandemic.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RKS)

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