Surpassing overall apparel imports, US’ jeans imports surged 32 per cent to $607.3 million in February this year, reveals Commerce Department’s Office of Textile & Apparel (OTEXA) data. Imports from all top five denim apparel suppliers surpassed 20 per cent year-over-year in February. Imports from Bangladesh increased 29.07 per cent to $122.82 million, while shipments from Mexico rose 22.45 per cent to $107.11 million.
Imports from Vietnam surged 33.68 per cent compared to February 2021 while those by Pakistan jumped 66.28 per cent year over year to $71.44 million, while shipments from China surged 21.34 per cent to $59.89 million. Imports from Egypt more than doubled to $34.46 million as Bill Curtin, Owner, BPD Wash House, struck a deal with Egyptian denim mill Sharabati Denim to lead its US East Coast and Canada sales.
Other notable second tier suppliers–Cambodia, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Turkey and India–also posted substantial increases in their denim exports to the US.
