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Africa accounts for just 3.63% of US apparel imports

According to Fibre2Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro, the US imported $**.*** billion worth of apparel from January to July ****. Of this, imports from Africa were valued at $*,***.*** million. Africa ranks fifth in the regional breakdown of US apparel imports. The Asia-Pacific region, which includes major textile and apparel-exporting countries, contributed **.** per cent of the total. Central and South America accounted for **.** per cent, while Europe and North America contributed *.** per cent and *.** per cent, respectively.

In the same period in ****, US apparel imports from Africa were slightly higher, valued at $*,***.*** million, accounting for *.** per cent of the total apparel imports of $**.*** billion, according to TexPro.