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Middle East apparel imports rise despite Israel-Palestine conflict

According to *f_homepage_tpblock&utm_medium=logo&utm_campaign=texpro_****" target="_blank">Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro, the imports in the region was $*,***.*** million in the same quarter of the last year. Therefore, imports have risen by *.** per cent in the first quarter of this year.

Another dimension of trade data analysis shows that China was the largest apparel supplier for the Middle East region. The imports from China were valued at $***.*** million in January-March ****. It was **.** per cent of the total imports of $*,***.*** million in the period. Among the top five suppliers, the imports from Bangladesh stood at $***.*** million (**.**%), Italy $***.*** million (*.**%), Turkiye $***.*** million (*.**%) and India $**.*** million (*.**%).