July 7, 2022
FROM: CONTACT:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
TEXTILES AND APPAREL IMPORT REPORT
OFFICE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
BECKY L GEIGER (202) 482-3117
Do not Release to the Public until July 7, 2022
The Office of Textiles and Apparel reported today that imports of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blends, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textile and apparel products totaled 10,682.8 million square meter equivalents (MSME) in May 2022, an increase of 42.7 percent compared to May 2021. Imports of textiles were 7,909.3 MSME in May 2022, up 51.9 percent from May 2021. Imports of apparel were 2,773.5 MSME in May 2022, up 21.6 percent from May 2021.
Imports of textiles and apparel were 46,955.7 MSME for the year-to-date May 2022, an increase of 44.9 percent from year-to-date May 2021. Imports of textiles were 33,152.9 MSME for the year-to-date May 2022, an increase of 55.1 percent from the year-to-date May 2021. Apparel imports for the year-to-date May 2022 were 13,802.7 MSME, up 25.0 percent from the year-to-date May 2021.
https://otexa.trade.gov/PDFs/Monthly%20Press%20Release/Press%20Release%20May%202022%20Data.pdf
