In 2024, the country’s textile and apparel imports experienced minimal growth of 2.66 per cent, reaching $107.723 billion.
In January 2025, apparel imports, which constitute the majority of US textile imports, increased by 19.46 per cent to $7.204 billion, up from $6.030 billion in January 2024. Non-apparel imports also rose by 8.89 per cent to $2.347 billion, according to the US Department of Commerce’s Major Shippers Report.
US apparel imports from Jordan jumped by 60.58 per cent, while those from Bangladesh rose by 45.93 per cent. Apparel imports from China also saw gains of 13.72 per cent, Vietnam 19.90 per cent, India 33.64 per cent, Indonesia 41.70 per cent, Cambodia 29.95 per cent, Mexico 1.26 per cent, Pakistan 17.50 per cent, and Sri Lanka 24.35 per cent. None of the top ten suppliers recorded a decline in imports.
In the non-apparel sector, imports increased by 8.59 per cent from China, 23.55 per cent from India, 11.94 per cent from Pakistan, 22.32 per cent from Vietnam, 34.29 per cent from Cambodia, 7.86 per cent from Canada, and 37.78 per cent from Indonesia. Meanwhile, shipments from Turkiye dropped by 8.52 per cent, from Mexico by 5.28 per cent, and from South Korea by 11.57 per cent.
During the review period, total US textile and apparel imports stood at $9.551 billion. Man-made fibre products accounted for the largest share, totalling $4.957 billion, followed by cotton products at $3.972 billion, wool products at $285.353 million, and silk and vegetable fibre products at $336.485 million.
In 2024, apparel imports increased by 1.71 per cent to $79.257 billion, while non-apparel imports rose by 5.42 per cent to $28.465 billion. In 2023, the US imported textiles and apparel worth $104.959 billion, marking a 20.51 per cent decrease. In 2022, imports rose to $132.201 billion, up from $113.938 billion in 2021, following a sharp decline in 2020, when imports fell to $89.596 billion, compared to $111.033 billion in 2019.
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