Trends in EU textile and clothing imports, August 2016

August 2016 | 68 pages | ID: T37E418BCD9EN
Textiles Intelligence Ltd

Abstracts

This 2016 update provides indispensable insight for any textile and clothing company supplying goods to international markets in general, as well as to the EU region, and for strategists looking to undertake competitor analysis. In this report, Textiles Intelligence reveals trends in EU textile and clothing imports and prices of textile and clothing imports as a whole and trends in imports and prices in 15 major product categories, namely cotton yarn, fabrics woven from synthetic staple fibres, fabrics woven from synthetic filament yarn, T-shirts, pullovers, women's blouses, men's shirts, women's overcoats, women's dresses, women's skirts, women's suits, men's trousers, men's denim trousers, women's trousers and women's denim trousers. The report notes that EU textile and clothing imports rose in value in 2015. In volume terms imports fell, but they were still at their second highest level on record. Meanwhile, the average price of EU textile and clothing imports rose to its highest level in several years. During the first four months of 2016, imports rose in value and also rose in volume but their average price fell.

Contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Trends in EU textile and clothing imports
Trends in EU textile imports
Trends in EU clothing imports
Leading ten suppliers of EU textile and clothing imports

EU TEXTILE AND CLOTHING IMPORT TRENDS

General trends in EU textile imports
General trends in EU clothing imports
Trends in EU textile and clothing imports by main supplying region
Outlook

EU IMPORTS OF TEXTILES

General trends

EU IMPORTS OF CLOTHING

General trends

EU IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF FABRICS WOVEN FROM SYNTHETIC STAPLE

FIBRES

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF FABRICS WOVEN FROM SYNTHETIC FILAMENT

YARN

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF T-SHIRTS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF PULLOVERS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF MEN’S TROUSERS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S TROUSERS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF MEN’S DENIM TROUSERS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S DENIM TROUSERS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S BLOUSES

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF MEN’S SHIRTS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S OVERCOATS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S DRESSES

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S SKIRTS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

EU IMPORTS OF WOMEN’S SUITS

General trends
The leading ten supplying countries
Best and worst performers
Highest and lowest import prices
Biggest price movements

STATISTICAL APPENDIX

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: EU: imports of textiles and clothing by region and country of origin, 2015
Table 2: EU: leading ten suppliers of textiles, 2002-15
Table 3: EU: leading ten suppliers of clothing, 2002-15
Table 4: EU: leading ten suppliers of cotton yarn (Bull 318), 2002-15
Table 5: EU: leading ten suppliers of fabric woven from synthetic staple fibres (Bull 414), 2002-15
Table 6: EU: leading ten suppliers of fabric woven from synthetic filament yarn (Bull 412), 2002-15
Table 7: EU: leading ten suppliers of T-shirts (Bull 830), 2002-15
Table 8: EU: leading ten suppliers of pullovers (Bull 831), 2002-15
Table 9: EU: leading ten suppliers of men’s trousers (Bull 874), 2002-15
Table 10: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s trousers (Bull 888), 2002-15
Table 11: EU: leading ten suppliers of men’s denim trousers (HS subheading 62034231), 2002-15
Table 12: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s denim trousers (HS subheading 62046231), 2002-15
Table 13: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s blouses (Bull 820), 2002-15
Table 14: EU: leading ten suppliers of men’s shirts (Bull 817), 2002-15
Table 15: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s overcoats (Bull 806), 2002-15
Table 16: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s dresses (Bull 886B), 2002-15
Table 17: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s skirts (Bull 886C), 2002-15
Table 18: EU: leading ten suppliers of women’s suits (Bull 879), 2002-15
Table 19: Trends in average exchange rates against the euro: selected countries, 2014-16