Global apparel trade and trade policy: the US clothing import market

Abstract
This report provides vital data and analysis of trends in the US clothing import market. Also, it focuses in detail on clothing imports into the USA from ten key supplying countries, namely Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. In 2020 US clothing imports fell in value and volume terms to their lowest levels since 2009. The average price of US clothing imports, meanwhile, fell by 8.5% to a record low. China remained the USA s largest clothing supplier in 2020 but US clothing imports from China were down in value and volume terms compared with 2019. There were also falls in 2020 in the shares of US clothing imports which came from Honduras, India, Indonesia and Mexico as US clothing imports from these three countries declined sharply.

Furthermore, there were declines in US clothing imports from Bangladesh, Jordan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam but these declines were more modest and, as a result, the shares of US clothing imports which came from these four countries rose. Additionally, there was a rise in the share of US clothing imports which came from Cambodia.

Content
a detailed research-based report or company profile covering information on sourcing, developments in technology, colour and/or fabric trends, market sectors such as discount retailing, or other issues which affect companies in the apparel industry;
-a round-up of industry developments and innovations in the apparel sector;
-a feature on trade and trade policy;
-advice from industry experts on strategy; and
-business news