South Korea's apparel imports from Vietnam reach $928 mn in Q1 2025

Vietnam’s share in South Korea’s total apparel imports rose to 30.42 per cent of $3,054.116 million in Q1 2025, up from 29.84 per cent of $3,048.702 million in January–March 2024, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

In 2024, South Korea imported $3.496 billion worth of apparel from Vietnam, accounting for 28.27 per cent of its total apparel imports of $12.368 billion that year. Vietnam consistently ranked second after China, with both neighbouring countries dominating the market. Together, they supplied more than 64 per cent of South Korea’s apparel imports in 2024, with China alone accounting for 36.57 per cent.

South Korea’s apparel imports from Vietnam stood at $3.065 billion in 2020, which increased by 7.48 per cent to $3.294 billion in 2021, and surged a further 13.31 per cent to reach $3.733 billion in 2022. However, the value of imports declined by 7.71 per cent in 2023, falling to $3.445 billion.

Trousers and shorts were the top apparel items imported by South Korea from Vietnam in January–March 2025, with imports valued at $243.003 million, accounting for 26.16 per cent of the total. Among the top five apparel categories, T-shirts were valued at $123.330 million (13.28 per cent), shirts at $104.915 million (11.29 per cent), jackets and blazers at $58.764 million (6.33 per cent), and coats at $52.042 million (5.60 per cent), according to TexPro.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)