US' apparel imports from Vietnam at $5.2 bn in Jan-May 2023

In the initial five months of the year, trousers and shorts constituted the largest segment of US’ imports from Vietnam at $1,514.864 million, representing 28.67 per cent of the total apparel imports. This was followed by jerseys at $737.109 million (13.95 per cent of the total), shirts at $664.265 million (12.57 per cent), innerwear at $484.245 million (9.16 per cent), and dresses at $390.806 million (7.40 per cent), according to data obtained from Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. 

A notable proportion of the imports to the US were women’s garments, which made up 45.88 per cent of the total apparel imports from Vietnam, amounting to $2,424.456 million. In contrast, men’s garments were valued at $1,413.925 million (26.76 per cent of the total), unisex items at $1,348.214 million (25.51 per cent), and baby wear at $98.034 million (1.86 per cent). 

TexPro also highlighted the dominance of man-made garments in the US’ import data, with imports from Vietnam valued at $2,357.771 million, or 44.62 per cent of the total. Following this, cotton garments were valued at $2,094.814 million (39.64 per cent), while imports of wool or animal hair garments were substantially lower at $30.541 million (0.58 per cent), as were silk garments at $1.381 million (0.03 per cent). Other fibre types accounted for $800.120 million (15.14 per cent) of imports during the stated period. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)