T-shirt imports by the US grew 37.97 per cent Y-o-Y to $ 9.78 billion during the January-June ’21 period, reports OTEXA. As per Apparel Resources, the volume of these imports surged by 46.37 per cent on a Y-o-Y basis to 287.62 million dozen during the period. Vietnam emerged the top exporter with exports surging by 21.82 per cent to $1.72 billion while exports from China grew by 43.59 per cent Y-o-Y to $1.56 billion. Exports from India grew by 35 per cent Y-o-Y to $494.44 million in value while the volume of India’ shipment stood jumped by 55.2` per cent to 14.62 million from the same period of 2020. The volume of Bangladesh’s exports increased to 19.18 million dozen while value increased to $471.19 million, noting 62.85 per cent surge in values on yearly note.
