Textile and Apparel Imports Jump as South Asia, Egypt See Major Gains

December 21, 2024

Category: General

Country: United States

Region: South Asia

Ref. Elise Shibles
20th December, 2024
Trade Report

Imports of textiles and apparel were up 9.8 percent from August to October, according to statistics from the Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel.

For more information on trade-related issues affecting textiles and apparel, please contact ST&R’s textile and apparel practice leader Elise Shibles at (415) 490-1403 or via email.

Overall imports. Textile and apparel imports totaled 10.7 billion square meter equivalents in October, up 9.8 percent from August and 33.1 percent from a year earlier. Textile imports totaled 8.22 billion SME, up 14.0 percent from August and 37.2 percent from the previous year, while apparel imports of 2.51 billion SME were down 2.4 percent from August but up 21.0 percent from a year before.

Imports of textiles and apparel were 87.5 billion SME for the year to date in October, up 11.3 percent from the previous year. Textile imports were 65.7 billion SME, up 13.8 percent, while apparel imports totaled 21.8 billion SME, up 4.4 percent.

For the year ending in October 2024, total imports were up 10.6 percent compared to a year earlier, to 101.4 billion SME. Textile imports rose 13.5 percent to 76.2 billion SME while apparel imports were up 2.9 percent to 25.2 billion SME.

Source Countries. OTEXA has reported the following statistics on textile and apparel imports from major source countries for October 2024.