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US' textiles & apparel exports down 5.5% to $17.8 bn in Jan-Sept 2023

Exports of textiles and apparel from the US fell by *.** per cent to $**.*** billion in the period between January and September ****, compared to $**.*** billion during the same months last year. The data was released by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), a division of the US department of commerce.

Among the top ten markets, textiles and apparel shipments from the US to the Netherlands rose by **.** per cent to $***.*** million, and to Belgium/Luxembourg they increased by **.** per cent to $***.*** million in the first nine months of ****. Exports to the United Kingdom also grew by *.** per cent. The outbound shipment to China also increased *.** per cent in the period.