Textile Imports From India Outpacing China Through November

China lost the most share of US year-to-date dollar textile imports as of November, off .45 percentage points compared to a year ago, according to data released by The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA). Mexico and Canada were next, each down .1 percentage points. 

India and Vietnam have gained the biggest shares so far this year, at .7 and .4 percentage points, respectively. Vietnam has also enjoyed the biggest increase in textile square meter equivalent unit volume to the U.S. so far this year.

The dollar value per unit (SME) of imported apparel from Pakistan and Indonesia have increased the most of any top country, at up 26.3 and 25%, respectively.  

 

Textile Imports: YTD 11/2011      
MM Dollars and Units        
  Dollars SME % Chg % Chg % Chg
   Millions   Millions  Dollars SME $/SME
World 21,906 27,619 8.5 -2.7 11.5
China 10,442 14,276 7.6 -1.1 8.9
Canada 873 1,114 4.9 -5.6 11.1
India 2,413 2,223 15.7 5.2 10.0
Pakistan 1,586 1,721 9.3 -13.4 26.3
Mexico 894 1,497 6.9 -2.3 9.5
Vietnam 505 1,032 34.0 16.1 15.4
Korea 627 1,116 13.8 -2.8 17.1
Indonesia 250 432 17.9 -5.7 25.0
Taiwan 410 591 9.3 -3.9 13.8
Turkey 529 487 19.1 12.7 5.7
Rest of World 3,377 3,130 1.3 -13.1 16.5
  OECD 3,740 4,001 10.1 -1.2 11.4
  CAFTA-DR 74 106 13.8 6.0 7.4
  South Asia 4,168 4,159 13.1 -4.7 18.6
  ASEAN 1,088 1,874 20.4 2.4 17.5
  CBI 75 107 13.6 5.9 7.3