France' apparel imports at $24.58 bn in 2024, China retains top spot

Apparel imports from China increased by 1.58 per cent to $5.675 billion in 2024, up from $5.587 billion in the previous year. Imports from China had declined by 9.74 per cent to $5.674 billion in 2020 but had rebounded by 12.28 per cent to $6.371 billion in 2021. The trade further increased by 3.76 per cent to $6.611 billion in 2022. However, inbound trade from China fell by 15.49 per cent to $5.587 billion in 2023, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

Bangladesh, the second-largest supplier, held a 15.45 per cent share of France’s apparel imports in 2024, with trade valued at $3.799 billion. This represented a slight increase of 0.34 per cent from $3.786 billion in 2023. Inbound shipments from Bangladesh had fallen by 14.24 per cent to $2.646 billion in 2020. They then increased by 24.52 per cent to $3.294 billion in 2021 and jumped by 35.01 per cent to $4.448 billion in 2022. However, trade slowed by 14.89 per cent in 2023, according to TexPro.

Apparel imports from Italy, the third-largest supplier, were valued at $2.671 billion in 2024, accounting for 10.86 per cent of the total. Inbound shipments from Italy have shown a consistent upward trend since 2020, when they fell by 10.61 per cent to $1.735 billion. Imports then rose by 18.54 per cent to $2.056 billion in 2021, by 6.72 per cent to $2.195 billion in 2022, and by 20.86 per cent to $2.652 billion in 2023.

France imported apparel worth $1.635 billion from Turkiye and $1.292 billion from Vietnam in 2024, representing shares of 6.65 per cent and 5.26 per cent respectively. Imports from Turkiye declined by 5.92 per cent from $1.738 billion in 2023, while shipments from Vietnam increased by 12.65 per cent from $1.147 billion in the same year.

Among the next top five suppliers, imports from India were noted at $1,108.831 million (4.51 per cent), Cambodia $1,050.825 million (4.27 per cent), Tunisia $1,002.056 million (4.08 per cent), Morocco $968.332 million (3.94 per cent), and Pakistan $703.138 million (2.86 per cent) in 2024.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)