USA Imports Over 3 Billion Dollars Worth Of Clothes From Africa

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Believe it or not, Africa is becoming a manufacturing hub for the west. According to Fibre2Fashion.com, Africa exports $3.491 billion worth of garments to the United States Of America last year.

In 2022, trousers and shorts were the dominant products among the total apparel imported by the US from the African continent. In the country’s total imported garments worth $3.491 billion, trousers and shorts grabbed a share of 45.20 percent, valued at $1.578 billion. Jerseys, shirts, T-shirts, and innerwear were the other top five products.

The imports of trousers and shorts jumped more than 55 percent in the last two years after a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. US imports of trousers and shorts slipped 14.21 percent to $1.014 billion in 2020 but bounced back up by 32.88 percent to $1.347 billion in 2021. Inbound shipments from African countries further jumped by 17.09 percent to $1.578 billion in the recently the concluded year 2022, according to trade data obtained from Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

The import of jerseys was $529.307 million in the last year, which was 15.16 percent of the total. Similarly, the imports of shirts were $446.874 million (12.80 percent), T-shirts were $319.666 million (9.16 percent), and innerwear was $134.645 million (3.86 percent). The top five products contributed more than 86 percent to the total inbound shipment of the US, as per TexPro.

The other top five apparel products imported by the US in 2022 were dresses (2.23 percent), jackets and blazers (2.07 percent), babywear (1.89 percent), coats (1.38 percent), and sportswear (1.26 percent).

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