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US' textiles & apparel exports down 5.5% to $19.8 bn in Jan-Oct 2023

*.*pt"> Exports of textiles and apparel from the US fell by *.** per cent to $**.*** billion in the period between January and October ****, compared with $**.*** billion during the same months in the previous year, as per data released by The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), a division of the US Department of Commerce. 

*.*pt"> 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 ten months of ****. Exports to the United Kingdom also grew by *.** per cent. Additionally, the outbound shipment to China increased by *.** per cent during the period.