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Despite Q1 dip, China retains lead as top US apparel supplier

According to the most recent trade data available on *f_homepage_tpblock&utm_medium=logo&utm_campaign=texpro_****" target="_blank">Fibre2Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro, the US saw a **.** per cent year-on-year decrease in apparel imports from China in the first quarter of ****. Imports from China totalled $*.*** billion in Q* ****, $*.*** billion in Q* ****, $*.*** billion in Q* ****, $*.*** billion in Q* ****, and $*.*** billion in Q* ****. 

The US imported $*.*** billion worth of apparel from Vietnam in the first quarter of this year, which accounted for **.** per cent of total imports. Bangladesh followed with $* billion (**.** per cent), India with $*.*** billion (*.** per cent), and Indonesia with $*.*** billion (*.** per cent). Other major suppliers include Mexico (*.** per cent), Cambodia (*.** per cent), Honduras (*.** per cent), Italy (*.** per cent), and Nicaragua (*.** per cent).