Foreign news reported on May 8 that the import volume of U.S. textiles and clothing continued to decline from January to March, a year-on-year decrease of 19.98% to US$25.874 billion, compared with US$32.331 billion in the same period last year. China is still the largest supplier of textiles and clothing, accounting for 23.78% of the market share, followed by Vietnam, accounting for 14.75% of the market share.
Most of the U.S. textile imports in the first three months of this year were clothing, totaling US$19.472 billion, and non-clothing imports were US$6.4 billion. The number of incoming cargoes in both categories has decreased.
Compared with US$24.259 billion in the same period last year, clothing imports fell by 19.73%; non-clothing imports fell by 20.71% compared with the same period last year.
Among the top ten apparel suppliers in the United States, imports from any country did not increase. Imports from China and Cambodia decreased by 34.89% and 32.57% respectively year-on-year, Vietnam decreased by 24.25%, Pakistan decreased by 26.97%, Honduras decreased by 15.84%, Bangladesh decreased by 13.34%, and India decreased by 11%.
The total imports of U.S. textiles and clothing will continue to grow in 2022, increasing from US$113.938 billion in 2021 to US$132.101 billion. This comes after a sharp decline in 2020, when the number of US inbound cargoes fell sharply to US$89.596 billion, compared with US$111.033 billion in 2019.
