China has excelled in a number of non-quota products, however, including dresses, cotton skirts, and women's and girls' cotton coats and jackets.
In any event, China remains the largest apparel supplier to the United States with a 22.0 percent share of total US apparel imports during January-May 2006, down from a share of 24.4 percent during January-May 2005.
The quotas placed on China have failed to bring trade back to the Western Hemisphere (as claimed by the quotas' supporters).
Rather, US apparel imports from a large number of other countries (mostly from Asia) grew significantly during January-May 2006, including No 3 Bangladesh (+17.9 percent), No 5 India (+13.4 percent), No 6 Indonesia (+16.8 percent), No 7 Vietnam (+24.9 percent), No 8 Cambodia (+32.3 percent), No 9 Pakistan (+14.5 percent), No 12 Philippines (+23.1 percent), No 14 Hong Kong (+20.0 percent), No 19 Macau (+37.5 percent) and No 20 Jordan (+13.3 percent).
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