Textile fabric exports in April 2025 declined slightly by 0.42 per cent year on year to £237 million, compared to £238 million in April 2024, and were down 4.20 per cent from £247 million in March 2025. Textile fibre exports registered a sharper fall, down 24.59 per cent to £46 million in April 2025 from £61 million a year earlier and £75 million the previous month.
In the first quarter of 2025, clothing exports totalled £712 million, compared to £833 million in Q1 2024 and £881 million in Q4 2024. Textile fabric exports stood at £665 million, down from £698 million in Q1 2024 and £669 million in Q4 2024. Fibre exports reached £192 million, compared to £162 million in Q1 2024 and £206 million in Q4 2024.
For the full year 2024, the UK’s clothing exports declined by 11.74 per cent to £3,320 million (~$4,186.53 million). Textile fabric exports remained stable at £2,733 million, while fibre exports rose to £707 million.
In 2023, clothing exports declined to £3.772 billion (~$4.88 billion) from £3.931 billion in 2022 and £4.263 billion in 2021. That year, textile fabric exports reached £2.737 billion and fibre exports £667 million, compared to £2.716 billion and £616 million, respectively, in 2022.
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