The second most dominating product, made-ups, contributed 21.82 per cent in the total imports as its inbound shipment was valued at $137.574 million in the same period. Floor, bathroom & kitchen, and camping were the next three top contributors in Australia’s imports of home textiles. The shipment was noted as: floor $88.301 million (14.01%), bathroom & kitchen $48.414 million (7.68%), and camping $44.057 million (6.99%), an analysis of trade data of Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro indicated.
The imports of window was $42.751 million (6.78%) and sacks and bags $37.753 million (5.99%). Rest of the products in home textiles contributed very negligible both in terms of volume and value. These products were furnishing articles, table, used/new rags, worn clothing and sets.
As per TexPro, made-ups dominated with inward shipment of $690.682 million during last year 2022. It contributed 29 per cent in the total imports of home textiles, which was valued at $2,381.396 million. Bed, floor, camping, and bathroom & kitchen were among the top five products. In the total imports, bed contributed 25.76 per cent, floor 10.38 per cent, camping 9.33 per cent and bathroom & kitchen 8.27 per cent.
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