Trends in US textile and clothing imports, February 2023
This 2023 update contains analysis and insight into the USA’s top ten foreign suppliers of textiles and clothing in 2022, 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 2023 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 2022 US textile and clothing imports rose in value to reach a record high for the second consecutive year, and also increased to a second consecutive record high in terms of volume. Within the 2022 total, US imports of apparel and fabrics rose in volume terms to their highest levels on record. Imports of yarn rose to their third highest level on record although they remained below the levels seen in 2005 and 2006. Imports of made-up textiles, by contrast, declined but they were still at their second highest level on record. The average price of US textile and clothing imports rose in 2022, reflecting a significant jump in the average price of US clothing imports. However, the average price of US textiles and clothing imports in 2022 was still at its second lowest level on record as the rise followed ten consecutive years of decline. The average price of US textile imports, meanwhile, declined. 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 clothing imports in 2022 for the ninth 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 increases in US textile and clothing imports from all nine countries in value terms and there were double digit increases in US textile and clothing imports from five of these countries in volume terms. The fastest growth in value terms was in US textile and clothing imports from Nicaragua, followed by those from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and Honduras. But growth was more moderate in the case of US textile and clothing imports from India, Mexico and Pakistan.
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 2022
INFLUENCE OF THE US ECONOMY ON IMPORTS
OUTLOOK FOR US TEXTILE AND CLOTHING IMPORTS IN 2023
US IMPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BY MAIN CATEGORY: YARNS, FABRICS, APPAREL AND MADE-UP TEXTILES
Table USA: imports of MFA yarns, fabrics, apparel and made-up textiles, 2000-22
US IMPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BY FIBRE TYPE
Table USA: imports of MFA textiles and apparel by fibre type, 2000-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of MFA textiles, 2005-22
US IMPORTS OF CLOTHING
GENERAL TRENDS
US IMPORTS OF CLOTHING BY LEADING SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of MFA clothing, 2005-22
US IMPORTS OF MEN’S AND BOYS’ COTTON KNITTED SHIRTS
GENERAL TRENDS
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ cotton knitted shirts (Category 338), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ cotton knitted shirts (Category 339), 2005-22
US IMPORTS OF MEN’S AND BOYS’ MAN-MADE FIBRE KNITTED SHIRTS
GENERAL TRENDS
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ man-made fibre knitted shirts (Category 638), 2005-22
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ MAN-MADE FIBRE KNITTED SHIRTS
GENERAL TRENDS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ man-made fibre knitted shirts (Category 639), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ cotton woven shirts (Category 340), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ cotton woven shirts (Category 341), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ cotton trousers (Category 347), 2005-22
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ COTTON TROUSERS
GENERAL TRENDS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ cotton trousers (Category 348), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ man-made fibre trousers (Category 647), 2005-22
US IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ MAN-MADE FIBRE TROUSERS
GENERAL TRENDS
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ man-made fibre trousers (Category 648), 2005-22
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF COTTON DRESSES
GENERAL TRENDS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of cotton dresses (Category 336), 2005-22
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE DRESSES
GENERAL TRENDS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of man-made fibre dresses (Category 636), 2005-22
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
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of cotton skirts (Category 342), 2005-22
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE SKIRTS
GENERAL TRENDS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of man-made fibre skirts (Category 642), 2005-22
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
US IMPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE BRAS
GENERAL TRENDS
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of man-made fibre bras (Category 649), 2005-22
US IMPORTS OF COTTON UNDERWEAR
GENERAL TRENDS
LEADING TEN SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
BEST AND WORST PERFORMERS
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of cotton underwear (Category 352), 2005-22
HIGHEST AND LOWEST IMPORT PRICES
PRICE MOVEMENTS
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
Table Trends in average exchange ratesa against the US dollar: selected countries and the EU, 2018-27
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ cotton coats (Category 334), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ cotton coats (Category 335), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ wool coats (Category 435), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of men’s and boys’ blue denim trousers (Category 347-D), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of women’s and girls’ blue denim trousers (Category 348-D), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of cotton and man-made fibre baby garments (Category 239), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of cotton pile towels (Category 363), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten suppliersa of other cotton apparel (Category 359), 2005-22
Table USA: leading ten categoriesa of clothing imports, 2005-22