The European Union increased its imports of women’s garments by 16.30 per cent volume-wise from January to April 2018 period. EU imported 72.43 million kg of garments worth € 363.31 million worldwide noting 3.26 per cent surge in value-terms. UVR in the first four months of 2017 was € 26.59 per kg of women’s garments whereas in the same period this year it registered a remarkable fall of € 24.58 per kg of women’s garments. The fall in unit prices boosted the growth in the segment.

India exported € 269.16 million worth of garments to the EU marking a 10.40 per cent growth on yearly basis, while shipment in volume-terms went up 12.08 per cent during the period. Bangladesh, which was lagging behind India in exports to EU in the same period last year, surpassed this year to ship 11.09 million kg of garments among the 28-nations bloc, growing 29.84 per cent. On the other hand, its values jumped 14.17 per cent and Bangladesh exported €152.90 million worth of dresses to EU in the review period.