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Average price of US garment imports from China drop by up to 20%

China’s unfair trade practices are severely impacting the American textiles and apparel sector, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), which raised concerns on social media platform X. Over the past ** months, these practices have contributed to the closure of ** US manufacturing plants. In ****, China accounted for ** per cent of US apparel imports, worth $**.* billion. Meanwhile, Chinese e-commerce companies have been flooding the US market with low-cost apparel, often bypassing tariffs and evading trade enforcement mechanisms. These firms are responsible for over ** per cent of all daily de minimis shipments.

In January ****, the average price of apparel imports by the US from China was $**.** per dozen, which was ** per cent lower than the average price of $**.** per dozen in ****. The average price was ** per cent lower in the case of larger garments, with prices dropping to $**.** per piece in the first month of **** from $**.** per piece in ****. The price of other types of garments imported in dozen pairs decreased by *.** per cent to $*.** in January ****, compared to an average price of $*.** per dozen pairs in ****, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.