Bangladesh’s kidswear exports to the US grew by 20 per cent in H1 2022 to reach $153.30 million.

Kidswear exports from Bangladesh have been on a growth course of late and the USis one of its largest export destinations.

Barrister Shehrin Salam Oishee, Director, BGMEA says, the US’s clothing import and retail sales grew significantly since the middle of 2021. During COVID-19, people had to stay at home for a long period. So after the lockdown, they shopped more. This led to a huge growth in retail sales and imports of the USA in previous months

Datafrom the US-based agency Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) shows, US imported $81.58 billion worth of apparel from the world whereas their import from Bangladesh was $7.14 billion.

US’s imports from Bangladesh increased by 36.69 per cent whereas their global import grew by 27.36 per cent in 2021 compared to the previous year 2020. Also during the first 6 months of 2022, US’ imports from Bangladesh increased by 60.30 per cent compared to the same period of 2021 while their global apparel import grew by 40.14 per cent, Oishee adds,

As per the latest data released by OTEXA, US imported $1.40 billion worth of kidswear in the period. Its kidswear sourcing grew by 26.54 per cent Y-o-Y.