Month: January 2022

Cashmere Fiber and Yarn Prices ( Quarterly)

Cashmere prices soared in the last months of 2021, reflecting a rebound in demand from the low level in retail sales in 2020. Sustainable cashmere is also rapidly emerging on the global market. Our report offers an overall picture of short-term and long-term trends of the cashmere market, including China’s exports of fiber and yarns, with volume, value, and unit prices. Italy’s cashmere imports from China are also displayed. Historical data covering the last two years (China) and five years (Italy) are available for download.

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EU Clothing Imports: Markets

German clothing imports continued plunging in the third quarter, reflecting the negative impact of the Brexit, whereas the pandemic also took its toll on shipments from outside the European Union. Our 5-year data cover the third quarter and the first three quarters over the last five years from 2016. The report reflects long-term European Union clothing market trends, offering a comprehensive review of the EU's imports per destination. The UK is excluded. Our statistical report provides volume, value, and unit value changes released in both euro and US$ terms. The full table is available for download.
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Vietnam Apparel Exports (Country Report)

Vietnam lost significant shares of the global apparel market after being affected by the terrible Covid lockdown of the last summer. Production and sales rebounded in the fourth quarter ahead of a possible disruption by the Omicron variant. Our statistical series provide a comprehensive statistical view of Vietnam's clothing exports per destination in the third quarter of 2021, including volume, value, and unit value changes. Data also include US and EU clothing imports from Vietnam per product category. All data are available for download.
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Sri Lanka Apparel Exports (Country Report)

Our statistical series provides a comprehensive view of Cambodia's clothing exports in second quarters 2016-2021, including volume, value, and unit value changes over the last four years. Data also include US apparel imports from Cambodia per product category over Jan-Sep 2021 and EU clothing imports per category in the first half 2021. All data are available for download.
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Minimum Wages in Apparel Manufacturing Countries

Minimum wages have been slightly increased or were kept unchanged in apparel manufacturing countries, as of January 1st. The pandemic continues limiting any improvement in social standards at apparel plants, as exporters try preserving their competitive advantages. Our report displays minimum wages in low-cost apparel manufacturing countries in Asia, from January 2015 to January 2022, in local currency and US$ terms. A 6-year comparison is available in local currency terms, 2015 US$ terms, and nominal US$ terms. Minimum wages in China are also displayed.
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