US’ apparel sourcing from Ethiopia surged by 31.96 per cent to $700.09 million during January to May ’22, as per OTEXA.
Ethiopia dethroned Kenya to become the top African apparel export country to the US market in the first two months’ period; however, Kenya picked pace in next three months and regained its top spot.
Kenya shipped $196.92 million worth of apparels to US, noting 13.39 per cent Y-o-Y surge, while Ethiopia could ship just $167.95 million) apparels to US in January to May ’22.
On third spot was Madagascar that shipped $44.78 million worth of apparels to the US in Jan.-May ’22, noting 48.68 per cent yearly increase. Madagascar stayed ahead of Lesotho which shipped $114.89 million worth of apparels to the US in the mentioned period.
