US home textile imports from Turkiye surpass apparel in H1 2024

According to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro, US imports of home textiles included floor, bathroom & kitchen, bed, window, and made-ups as the top five product categories from January to June this year. Out of the total imports of home textiles, valued at $571.878 million, floor imports accounted for $456.820 million, representing 79.89 per cent of the total home textile imports. The import of bathroom & kitchen textiles was $76.982 million (13.46 per cent), bed textiles $8.434 million (1.48 per cent), window textiles $7.793 million (1.36 per cent), and made-ups $6.052 million (1.06 per cent).

In 2023, the United States had imported home textiles worth $1,095.985 million from Turkiye. Floor textiles were the leading product category, with imports valued at $829.897 million, accounting for 75.72 per cent of total home textile imports from Turkiye. Bathroom & kitchen textiles were valued at $167.013 million (15.24 per cent), bed textiles at $41.561 million (3.79 per cent), window textiles at $17.769 million (1.62 per cent), and made-ups at $12.072 million (1.10 per cent).

According to TexPro, the import of trousers and shorts was valued at $133.538 million in the first half of this year, representing 29.61 per cent of the United States' total apparel imports of $450.991 million from Turkiye. The import of dresses was valued at $57.791 million (12.81 per cent), shirts at $56.439 million (12.51 per cent), jerseys at $55.384 million (12.28 per cent), and T-shirts at $33.405 million (7.41 per cent).

Last year, the United States imported apparel worth $995.934 million from Turkiye. Of this, trousers and shorts topped the list with a value of $277.137 million, accounting for 27.83 per cent of the total. The import of jerseys was valued at $139.830 million (14.04 per cent), shirts at $119.214 million (11.97 per cent), dresses at $100.203 million (10.06 per cent), and T-shirts at $59.044 million (5.93 per cent).

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)