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Bedding dominates Australian home textiles imports in Jan-May '23

24 Jul '23
2 min read
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Insights

  • From January to May 2023, Australia imported $630.445 million of home textile products, with bedding ($201.899 million, 32.02%) and made-ups ($137.574 million, 21.82%) being the top categories.
  • Other significant imports in the category were floor products ($88.301 million), bathroom & kitchen items ($48.414 million), and camping gear ($44.057 million).
Australia’s imports of home textile products reached $630.445 million during the first five months of the current year 2023. Bedding was the most dominating product within the basket of home textiles. The imports of bed were valued at $201.899 million during the period under review, accounting for 32.02 per cent in the total value of the imports.

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.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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