US’ imports of PPE increased 380.20 per cent on a Y-o-Y basis during the January-February 21 to $382 billion, reports OTEXA. Import of nonwoven disposable apparels grew 290 per cent during the period to 423.31 million under HS Code 6210105000/.The share of these apparels in total PPE import value of the US was 11 per cent.
During the period, US imported face masks, clubbing worth $ 860.44 million. They constituted 22.50 per cent of the total import value of PPE by the country. The import of plastic/rubber gloves valued $2.38 billion and constituted 62.40 per cent of overall PPE import value.
