US’ jeans imports dropped 5.36 per cent to a value of $251.8 million in January 2021 compared to a year earlier before the affects of coronavirus were felt in the United States. As per OTEXA, US’ jeans imports from Bangladesh increased by 73 per cent to a value of $56.4 million, imports from Mexico rose by 1.31 percent to $42 million after declining 40 percent for the year through January.

Imports from Pakistan also increased by 21.54 percent to $26 million, while those from Nicaragua increased by 39.35 percent in the month to $7.16 million and from Lesotho, they climbed to 64.9 percent to $8.27 million. On the other hand, imports from China declined 16.42 percent to $28.44 million, those from Vietnam by 34.49 percent to $24.97 million, Cambodia by 9.1 percent to $14.63 million, Egypt by 41.86 percent to $8.82 million and imports from Sri Lanka declined by 35.95 percent to $3.84 million. Among Tier-II suppliers, imports from Madagascar jumped 153.97 percent to $5.05 million and shipments from Turkey increased by 40 percent to $4.4 million.