 Textile and Apparel Imports Rebound as Most Major Shippers See Big Gains |
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American Shipper |
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08/14/2020 |
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The Department of Commerce¡¯s Office of Textiles and Apparel reports that monthly imports of cotton, wool, manmade fiber, silk bl, and non-cotton vege fiber textile and apparel products totaled 4.65 billion square meter equivalents in June 2020, up 31.4 percent from May but down 18.8 percent from June 2019. Textile imports totaled 3.15 billion SME, up 21.6 percent for the month but down 8.5 percent from the previous year, while apparel imports of 1.50 billion million SME were up 57.8 percent from June but down 34.3 percent from a year before.
Overall Imports. Total year-to-date imports were 26.9 billion SME, down 19.7 percent from the previous year, as textile imports fell 14.3 percent to 17.2 billion SME and apparel imports fell 27.9 percent to 9.67 billion SME.
For the year ing in June, imports were 63.1 billion SME, down 10.0 percent from a year earlier, as textile imports fell 6.2 percent to 39.2 billion SME and apparel imports fell 15.5 percent to 24.0 billion SME.
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