Global apparel trade and trade policy: the US clothing import market, April 2020

Also, it focuses in detail on clothing imports into the USA from ten key supplying countries, namely Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Vietnam. In 2019 US clothing imports rose in value terms to reach their second highest level on record. In volume terms, US clothing imports declined but still reached their second highest level on record. Meanwhile, the average price of US clothing imports rose by 1.5% but remained at its sixth lowest level for several years. China remained the USA’s largest clothing supplier in 2019, but US clothing imports from China were down in value and volume terms compared with 2018. There were falls in 2019 in the shares of US clothing imports which came from El Salvador, Indonesia and Mexico as US clothing imports from these three countries declined but there were rises in the shares of US clothing imports which came from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Nicaragua and Vietnam--reflecting strong growth in US imports from all six countries.

List of contents
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Outlook
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM CHINA
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM VIETNAM
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM BANGLADESH
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM INDONESIA
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM INDIA
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM MEXICO
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM HONDURAS
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM CAMBODIA
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM EL SALVADOR
US CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM NICARAGUA
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
List of tables
Table 1: USA: leading ten suppliers of MFA clothing, 2005-19
Table 2: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from China, 2017-19
Table 3: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Vietnam, 2017-19
Table 4: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Bangladesh, 2017-19
Table 5: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Indonesia, 2017-19
Table 6: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from India, 2017-19
Table 7: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Mexico, 2017-19
Table 8: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Honduras, 2017-19
Table 9: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Cambodia, 2017-19
Table 10: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from El Salvador, 2017-19
Table 11: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from Nicaragua, 2017-19
Table 12: USA: imports of selected categories of clothing from all sources, 2017-19