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Volume Of US Apparel Imports Rebound In First Quarter Of 2024

Textile Insights May 29, 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, volume of US apparel imports began to rebound, however value of garment imports continued to decline but varied in case of origin of imports. In the first three months of 2024, US clothing imports from Bangladesh fell 12 percent year-on-year. But while cotton

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Chinese Garment Exports Up 1.1% In First Quarter Of 2024

Textile Insights April 26, 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, China’s exports of apparels totalled US $33.82 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.1 percent. “While, garment exports in March 2024 amounted to $10.43 billion, down 17.9 percent from a year ago month,” data from Chinese Customs informed However, when compared with March 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic […]

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Yiwu In China Experiencing Surge In Yoga Apparel Orders

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

Yoga apparel manufacturers in Yiwu located in Zhejiang Province, are experiencing a significant increase in domestic and global orders. The sales growth is attributed to the rising popularity of yoga, particularly among women and as these warm-weather exercise trends pick up in spring, clothing factories are seeing a surge in demand. Yiwu is one of […]

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China’s Textile & Apparel Exports Up 14.26% In Jan & Feb

Textile Insights March 8, 2024

China’s textile and apparel exports in the first two months of 2024 stood at US $45.09 billion, up 14.26 percent compared to $39.46 billion in the same period of 2023. Of these, textile exports between January and February 2024 were $21.71, an increase of 15.5 percent over $18.79 billion in the same comparable period of […]

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Chinese Textile & Apparel Exports Post Slight Fall In December

Textile Insights January 20, 2024

Chinese exports of textiles and apparels were down slightly by 0.10 percent year on year and touched US $25.27 billion in December 2023. Of this, textile overseas shipments totaled $11.21 billion, growing by 1.85 percent over same month of its previous year and garment exports were down by 1.60 percent and reached $14.07 billion. In […]

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Chinese Textile & Apparel Exports Down By Just 1.69% In Nov

Textile Insights December 15, 2023

In the month of November 2023, exports of Chinese textile and clothing stood at US $23.665 billion, a marginal fall of 1.69 percent, data from Chinese Customs informed. Of this, exports of textiles totaled $11.120 billion, down by just 0.46 percent, while that of apparels reached $12.545 billion, a drop of 2.76 percent from a […]

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Global Garment Brands Moving Back Production Base To China

Textile Insights November 18, 2023

Under the influence of multiple factors such as trade frictions, rising labour costs and environmental pressures, clothing brands were trying to move their supply chains out of China in order to reduce their dependence on Chinese factories. “But as the macro environment continues to weaken and consumer behaviour is cooling down, global apparel brands and […]

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US Senators Urge Customs To Enforce Uyghur Forced Labour Act

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

Several US senators have called upon the US Customs and Border Protection to ensure Chinese companies are not evading US laws against forced labour and costing American jobs. In a letter, they urged the US Customs to strictly enforce provisions in trade agreements with Central American and North American trading partners. According to the senators, […]

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Jan To Sept Chinese Textile & Apparel Exports Drop 9.2%

Textile Insights November 10, 2023

In the first three quarters of 2023, China’s exports of textiles and clothing declined 9.2 percent as against same period of earlier year to US $245.72 billion. Among these, textile shipments amounted to $112.55 billion, down 9.8 percent, while apparel shipments reached $133.16 billion, a drop of 8.7 percent year on year. For the month […]

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Chinese Textile & Garment Imports Down 9.49% In Jan-Sept

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

In the first nine months of the current year, Chinese textile and garment exports declined to US $223.14 billion, down 9.49 percent as compared to $246.55 billion in the same months of the previous year. “Of this, textile exports totaled $101.92 billion during the period from January to September 2023, a drop of 10.30 percent […]