Trends in US textile and clothing imports, February 2023

82 pages, published in Issue 217, February 2023   Report price: Euro 635.00; US$ 835.00

This 2023 update contains analysis and insight into the USA's top ten foreign suppliers of textiles and clothing in 2022, along with more specific information on US imports of cotton dresses, cotton knitted shirts, cotton non-knitted (woven) shirts, cotton skirts, cotton trousers, cotton underwear, man-made fibre bras, man-made fibre dresses, man-made fibre knitted shirts, man-made fibre skirts and man-made fibre trousers. The report also includes an outlook for 2023 and beyond, and a statistical appendix containing data on exchange rates and US imports of cotton coats, cotton pile towels, denim trousers, cotton and man-made fibre baby garments, other cotton apparel, and wool coats.

In 2022 US textile and clothing imports rose in value to reach a record high for the second consecutive year, and also increased to a second consecutive record high in terms of volume. Within the 2022 total, US imports of apparel and fabrics rose in volume terms to their highest levels on record. Imports of yarn rose to their third highest level on record although they remained below the levels seen in 2005 and 2006. Imports of made-up textiles, by contrast, declined but they were still at their second highest level on record. The average price of US textile and clothing imports rose in 2022, reflecting a significant jump in the average price of US clothing imports. However, the average price of US textiles and clothing imports in 2022 was still at its second lowest level on record as the rise followed ten consecutive years of decline. The average price of US textile imports, meanwhile, declined. In terms of fibre type, man-made fibres continued to dominate US textile and apparel imports as a whole, and man-made fibre products accounted for the largest share of US clothing imports in 2022 for the ninth consecutive year. China remained by far the USA's biggest textile and clothing supplier but its share of total US textile and clothing imports declined in volume terms and in value terms. Of the other nine supplying countries which ranked among the leading ten, there were double digit increases in US textile and clothing imports from all nine countries in value terms and there were double digit increases in US textile and clothing imports from five of these countries in volume terms. The fastest growth in value terms was in US textile and clothing imports from Nicaragua, followed by those from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and Honduras. But growth was more moderate in the case of US textile and clothing imports from India, Mexico and Pakistan.

SUMMARY


INTRODUCTION

• General trends in US textile and clothing imports
• General trends in US textile and clothing import prices
• General trends in US textile and clothing imports by supplying country in 2022
• Influence of the US economy on imports
• Outlook for US textile and clothing imports in 2023

US IMPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BY MAIN CATEGORY: YARNS, FABRICS, APPAREL AND MADE-UP TEXTILES

US IMPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BY FIBRE TYPE

MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF US TEXTILE AND CLOTHING IMPORTS

• US textile and clothing imports from China
• US textile and clothing imports from Asean countries
• South Asia
• USMCA countries: Mexico and Canada
• CAFTA-DR and CBI countries

US IMPORTS OF TEXTILES

• General trends
• US imports of textiles by leading supplying countries

US IMPORTS OF CLOTHING

• General trends
• US imports of clothing by leading supplying countries

US IMPORTS OF MEN'S AND BOYS' COTTON KNITTED SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' COTTON KNITTED SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MEN'S AND BOYS' MAN-MADE FIBRE KNITTED SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' MAN-MADE FIBRE KNITTED SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MEN'S AND BOYS' COTTON NON-KNITTED (WOVEN) SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' COTTON NON-KNITTED (WOVEN) SHIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MEN'S AND BOYS' COTTON TROUSERS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' COTTON TROUSERS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MEN'S AND BOYS' MAN-MADE FIBRE TROUSERS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' MAN-MADE FIBRE TROUSERS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF COTTON DRESSES

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE DRESSES

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF COTTON SKIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE SKIRTS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE BRAS

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

US IMPORTS OF COTTON UNDERWEAR

• General trends
• Leading ten supplying countries
• Best and worst performers
• Highest and lowest import prices
• Price movements

STATISTICAL APPENDIX

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