Unisex apparel dominates Vietnamese exports to Singapore

According to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro, shipments of women's and men's garments during the first two months of the current year were valued at $10.965 million and $10.121 million, respectively.

In 2023, exports of unisex garments totalled $63.839 million out of $179.263 million in total apparel shipments to Singapore, making up 35.91 per cent of the total. The outbound shipment of women's garments amounted to $60.967 million (34.01 per cent), and men's garments totalled $53.566 million (29.88 per cent).

The analysis shows that consumers prefer garments that can be worn by all adults in a family. Unisex garments remained the top preference for Singaporean consumers.

Another dimension of the analysis shows that knitted garments were also preferred by Singaporean consumers. Knitted garment exports were noted at $20.071 million in January-February 2024, representing 61.50 per cent of Vietnam's total exports to Singapore. Vietnam’s exports of woven garments were valued at $12.563 million, accounting for 38.50 per cent.

According to TexPro, exports of cotton garments amounted to $15.593 million, which was 47.78 per cent of Vietnam's total apparel exports to Singapore. Shipments of man-made garments totalled $9.316 million, while garments made of other materials were valued at $7.683 million during this period. Man-made garments accounted for 28.55 per cent, and others made up 23.54 per cent of the total shipment.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)