Australia’s garment imports from Vietnam grew 35 per cent in 2021 compared to 2020.

Imports of T-shirts and innerwear grew 70 per cent year-on-year last year.Trousers and shorts, shirts and jerseys were also among the top five products but witnessed a lower growth. Imports of T-shirts were ten per cent of total apparel imports. Imports of innerwear were eight per cent of total apparel imports. Imports of innerwear grew by 87 per cent in 2021 over the preceding year. Imports of T-shirts also noted an impressive growth of 74 per cent over imports in 2020. Imports of trousers and shorts were 22 per cent of total garment imports and up 27 per cent from 2020. Shirt imports were 13 per cent during 2021, which increased by 43 per cent over the preceding year. Jerseys were the fifth highest imported item with a share of seven per cent. Jersey imports grew 43 per cent on year-on-year basis.

Besides these top five items, Australia’s imports of apparel products included jackets and blazers (three per cent of total garment imports), coats (three per cent), dresses (two per cent), accessories (two per cent) and socks (one per cent).

Australia had imported apparel worth $303.813 million in 2019, $265.828 million in 2018 and $212.758 million in 2017 from Vietnam.