Bangladesh exported trousers and shorts worth $5.717 billion, accounting for 30.27 per cent of total apparel exports. T-shirt shipments were valued at $3.860 billion, contributing 20.43 per cent of the total. Among the top five apparel categories, jerseys were shipped at a value of $3.155 billion (16.70 per cent), shirts at $1.911 billion (10.12 per cent), and innerwear at $1.041 billion (5.51 per cent) in 2024, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.
The country exported cotton garments worth $13.279 billion last year, representing 70.29 per cent of the total. Garments made from man-made fibres were valued at $3.636 billion (19.25 per cent), those from wool or animal hair at $93.348 million (0.49 per cent), and garments made from other fibres at $1.882 billion (9.96 per cent).
A gender-wise analysis of shipments indicates that unisex garments contributed 40.49 per cent, with their value recorded at $7.649 billion last year. Shipments of women’s garments stood at $5.329 billion (28.21 per cent), men’s garments at $5.311 billion (28.11 per cent), and kids’ garments at $601.076 million (3.18 per cent), according to TexPro.
Europe (including the EU-27 and other European countries) remained the largest market for apparel exports from Bangladesh. The continent accounted for 56.95 per cent of Bangladesh’s total apparel exports of $38.098 billion last year. However, Europe’s share declined from 62.84 per cent in the pre-COVID year of 2019, when Bangladesh’s total apparel exports were $34.670 billion, and shipments to Europe totalled $21.783 billion.
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