The Top Ten Clothing Suppliers In The United States Continued To Decline From January To March

According to foreign news on May 8, the US textile and clothing imports continued to decline from January to March, with 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.

In the first three months of this year, most of the textile imports of the United States were clothing, with a total of 19.472 billion dollars, and non clothing imports were 6.4 billion dollars. The number of inbound shipments in both categories has decreased.

Compared with 24.259 billion US dollars in the same period last year, the clothing import volume dropped by 19.73%; Non clothing imports declined by 20.71% compared with the same period last year.

Among the top ten apparel suppliers in the United States, imports from any country have not increased. Imports from China and Cambodia decreased by 34.89% and 32.57% respectively year on year, imports from Vietnam decreased by 24.25%, Pakistan by 26.97%, Honduras by 15.84%, Bangladesh by 13.34%, and imports from India by 11%.

In 2022, the total imports of textiles and clothing of the United States will continue to grow, from 113.938 billion dollars in 2021 to 132.101 billion dollars. This occurred after the sharp decline in 2020, when the number of inbound shipments from the United States dropped significantly to US $89.596 billion, compared with US $111.033 billion in 2019.