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China dominates Italian home textile imports despite decline

Italy imported home textiles worth $***.*** million in the first four months of the current year. Imports from China were valued at $**.*** million, making up **.* per cent of the total. Imports from Pakistan were $**.*** million (**.** per cent), India $**.*** million (*.** per cent), Germany $**.*** million (*.** per cent), and Turkiye $**.*** million (*.** per cent), according to Fibre*Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro.

Before the COVID disruption, Italy’s home textile imports from China were valued at $***.*** million in ****, which was **.** per cent of its total home textile imports of $*,***.*** million in the same year. In ****, when people were bound to stay indoors, Italy’s imports of home textiles totalled $*,***.*** million. China received overwhelming supply orders, and the trade surged almost tenfold, reaching $*,***.*** million in the same year. Therefore, its share surged to **.** per cent of the total imports of home textiles by Italy.