Chile's apparel imports at $2 bn in 2023, dominated by Asian suppliers

Specifically, China alone accounted for 70.15 per cent of Chile’s imports, with shipments worth $1,472.127 million. Other Asian nations accounted for approximately 15 per cent of the imports. Specifically, Bangladesh was the second-largest supplier with imports valued at $177.906 million, followed by Vietnam at $86.149 million, India at $35.827 million, and Cambodia at $31.274 million. Indonesia with a share of $21.467 million ranked 9^th, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

European and American countries contributed a mere 5 per cent to the total of Chile's apparel imports in 2023. Among the top ten suppliers, Spain and Italy were the European contributors. Chile imported apparel from Spain valued at $26.517 million, making it the sixth largest supplier. The imports from Italy were valued at $22.080 million, placing it eighth. As for the American suppliers, Peru ranked seventh with a trade of $25.275 million, and imports from the United States were noted at $19.487 million, ranking tenth among the top suppliers, according to TexPro.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)