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Bangladesh key apparel supplier despite fluctuating imports to S Korea

South Korea’s apparel imports from Bangladesh were higher in the first and third quarters compared to the second and fourth quarters. This fluctuating trend in imports reflected the demand in South Korea’s apparel market, according to the latest trade data from Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

In Q* ****, imports declined to $***.*** million, down from $***.*** million in Q* ****. However, they rebounded to $***.*** million in Q* **** before dipping again to $***.*** million in Q* ****. A similar trend was observed in ****, when imports surged to $***.*** million in Q* but fell sharply to $**.*** million in Q*. Imports then recovered to $***.*** million in Q*, only to slip once more to $***.*** million in Q* ****, as per TexPro.