Calendar Year 2020 U.S. Textile and Apparel Import Data Released

On February 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel released December 2020 Textile and Apparel Import Report.

The Office of Textiles and Apparel reported that imports of textiles and apparel were 67,333.9 Million Square Meter Equivalents ("MSME") for the year ending December 2020, a decline of 3.2 percent from year ending December 2019. Imports of textiles were 44,201.1 MSME for the year ending December 2020, an increase of 5.4 percent from the year ending December 2019. Apparel imports for the year ending December 2020 were 23,132.8 MSME, down 16.4 percent from the year ending December 2019.