Badly hit by Brexit and COVID-19 pandemic, UK’s apparel imports have been on a decline since 2019.
As per a Textile Today report, UK’s apparel imports peaked in 2018 at $26.502 billion, compared to $24.308 billion in 2017.
The decline started since 2019 when the import value was $25.809 billion. In 2020, it further decreased to $22.943 billion and 20.886 billion in 2021.It stood at $7.634 billion in the first four months of this year.
However, home textiles imports decreased only last year to $4.212 billion in 2021 from its peak of $7.974 billion in 2020.
The value of imports was almost at the same level in the preceding three years – $5.364 billion in 2017, $5.548 billion in 2018 and $5.593 billion in 2019. The figure stood at $1.274 billion in January-April 2022, according to analysis.
