The Changing Landscape of World Textile Trade
Trend #2:
What do fashion brands and retailers think?
Top Asian apparel suppliers contin-
ue to profit from the pressure on
China
•Vietnam – ranks 2nd with 14%
market share
•Bangladesh – ranks 3rd with 7%
market share
•Indonesia – ranks 4th with 4%
market share
•India – ranks 5th with 4% market
share
•Cambodia -- ranks 6th with 3.7%
market share
Trend #3:
Costs are rising from Asian suppli-
ersPerspectives from USFIA’s 2019
Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study
Unit value of apparel imports from
key Asian suppliers
•China – fell from $2.35 in 2018 to
$2.25
•Vietnam – rose from $3.28 to
$3.43
•Bangladesh – rose from $2.79 to
$4.03
•Cambodia – rose from $2.39 to
$2.57
Trend #4:
Duty-free options dominate the hot
new apparel suppliers
The fastest growing suppliers in 2019:
– #12 Haiti – up 13%
– #15 Jordan – up 29%
– #17 Egypt – up 11%
– #21 Turkey – up 17%
– #22 Ethiopia – up 79%
– #23 Myanmar – up 36%
What do fashion brands and retail-
ers think?
Perspectives from USFIA’s 2019
Some highlights of the Fashion Indus-
try Benchmarking Study conducted by
USFIA are presented here:
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