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Argentina's coat imports soar to 26% of its total apparel trade

Argentina’s total apparel imports reached $***.*** million in the first five months of this year. Of this, coat imports amounted to $**.*** million (**.** per cent), followed by jerseys at $**.*** million (**.** per cent), trousers & shorts at $**.*** million (**.** per cent), T-shirts at $**.*** million (*.** per cent), and shirts at $**.*** million (*.** per cent), according to sourcing intelligence tool TexPro.

The share of coats was just *.** per cent three years ago in ****, when they ranked fifth in the country’s garment basket. Interestingly, the category “others” held the top position at that time. “Others” refers not to a single item but to a range of miscellaneous garments grouped together.