Brassieres import of USA tumbled in third consecutive year in 2020 by 14.30 per cent to US $ 1.93 billion, according to OTEXA.
The last time when the import values saw a rise was in 2017 when it was up by 3.43 per cent on Y-o-Y basis. It has been nose-diving since then as it experienced a fall of 13.48 per cent in 2018 over 2017, 2.60 per cent in 2018 over 2019.
As far as major apparel manufacturing countries in brassieres are concerned, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia tumbled in their respective shipment to USA in 2020, while Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Colombia increased their respective brassieres exports to USA during 2020.
Have a look at all 13 countries rank-wise which shipped brassieres to USA in 2020:
Y-o-Y % Change in Value-wise Brassieres Exports to USA from all 13 Countries:
(Comparison between 2019 and 2020)
(Values in US $ million)
Countries | 2019 | 2020 | % Change |
World | 2,257.77 | 1,935.05 | (-) 14.29 |
China | 847.09 | 634.41 | (-) 25.11 |
Vietnam | 319.78 | 359.43 | 12.40 |
Sri Lanka | 239.69 | 198.95 | (-) 17 |
Indonesia | 168.75 | 136.63 | (-) 19.03 |
Thailand | 105.39 | 125.18 | 18.77 |
Bangladesh | 88.88 | 115.76 | 30.24 |
Honduras | 83.21 | 66.56 | (-) 20 |
El Salvador | 81.54 | 57.72 | (-) 29.21 |
Cambodia | 31.80 | 41.83 | 31.55 |
Colombia | 32.15 | 37.71 | 17.31 |
India | 70.84 | 33.64 | (-) 52.51 |
Dominic Republic | 70.77 | 27.33 | (-) 61.38 |
Nicaragua | 16.54 | 11.48 | (-) 30.54 |