Textile And Clothing Import And Export Trade In The United States

Textile World Network

"Recently, the overall economic environment of the United States is improving gradually, and the import and export trade of textiles and clothing has also improved significantly.

Government trade figures for the first quarter of this year showed that yarn exports increased by 23% over the same period in 2009, while fabric exports increased by 19%. Meanwhile, clothing imports increased by 11%, yarn imports increased by 18%, and fabric imports increased by 19%.

Trade

It continues to dominate, accounting for 80% of the increase in clothing imports in the United States, and imports from the Central American Republic and the free trade area of the Republic of Dominica have increased by 9% and imports from Mexico have increased by 9%.

The garments imported from these two regions want to be duty-free, and the products must contain yarn or fabric produced in the United States or other countries in the region.

Clothing import

Most of the trade is concentrated in so-called "sensitive categories", including underwear, trousers and knitted shirts, whose import quotas were abolished in January 2009.

The US imports from China surged by 55%, while global trade increased by only 7%.