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Trends in US Textile and Clothing Imports, 2022

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  • 81 Pages
  • May 2022
  • Region: United States
  • Textiles Intelligence Ltd.
  • ID: 5322333

This 2022 update contains analysis and insight into the USA’s top ten foreign suppliers of textiles and clothing in 2021, 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 2022 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 2021 US textile and clothing imports rose in value to a record high - despite the fact that the rise followed a decline in the previous year, reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was also a rise in US imports of textiles and clothing in volume terms and these reached a record high. Within the 2021 total, imports of apparel, fabrics and made-up textiles rose in volume terms to their highest levels on record. Imports of yarn also rose but remained below the levels seen in 2018 and 2019. The average price of US textile and clothing imports, meanwhile, fell for the tenth year in succession to a record low. This fall reflected a decline in the average price of textile imports as the average price of clothing imports remained unchanged.

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 apparel imports in 2021 for the eighth 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 and triple digit increases in imports from all nine countries in value and volume terms. The fastest growth in value terms was in US textile and clothing imports from Honduras, followed by those from India, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mexico, but growth was more moderate in the case of imports from Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Table of Contents

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 2021
  • Influence of the US economy on imports
  • Outlook for US textile and clothing imports in 2022

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

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
List of Tables
Table 1: USA: imports of MFA yarns, fabrics, apparel and made-up textiles, 2000-21
Table 2: USA: imports of MFA textiles and apparel by fibre type, 2000-21
Table 3: USA: leading ten suppliers of MFA textiles, 2005-21
Table 4: USA: leading ten suppliers of MFA clothing, 2005-21
Table 5: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ cotton knitted shirts(Category 338), 2005-21
Table 6: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ cotton knitted shirts (Category 339), 2005-21
Table 7: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ man-made fibre knitted shirts(Category 638), 2005-21
Table 8: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ man-made fibre knitted shirts(Category 639), 2005-21
Table 9: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ cotton woven shirts(Category 340), 2005-21
Table 10: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ cotton woven shirts(Category 341), 2005-21
Table 11: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ cotton trousers(Category 347), 2005-21
Table 12: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ cotton trousers(Category 348), 2005-21
Table 13: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ man-made fibre trousers(Category 647), 2005-21
Table 14: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ man-made fibre trousers(Category 648), 2005-21
Table 15: USA: leading ten suppliers of cotton dresses (Category 336), 2005-21
Table 16: USA: leading ten suppliers of man-made fibre dresses (Category 636), 2005-21
Table 17: USA: leading ten suppliers of cotton skirts (Category 342), 2005-21
Table 18: USA: leading ten suppliers of man-made fibre skirts (Category 642), 2005-21
Table 19: USA: leading ten suppliers of man-made fibre bras (Category 649), 2005-21
Table 20: USA: leading ten suppliers of cotton underwear (Category 352), 2005-21
Table 21: Trends in average exchange rates against the US dollar: selected countries and the EU, 2017-26
Table 22: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ cotton coats(Category 334), 2005-21
Table 23: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ cotton coats(Category 335), 2005-21
Table 24: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ wool coats(Category 435), 2005-21
Table 25: USA: leading ten suppliers of men’s and boys’ blue denim trousers(Category 347-D), 2005-21
Table 26: USA: leading ten suppliers of women’s and girls’ blue denim trousers(Category 348-D), 2005-21
Table 27: USA: leading ten suppliers of cotton and man-made fibre baby garments(Category 239), 2005-21
Table 28: USA: leading ten suppliers of cotton pile towels (Category 363), 2005-21
Table 29: USA: leading ten suppliers of other cotton apparel (Category 359), 2005-21
Table 30: USA: leading ten categories of clothing imports, 2005-21