The US’ cotton trousers imports grew over 32.24 per cent to $12.04 billion in 2021, according to OTEXA. As per Apparel Resources, imports also crossed pre-pandemic levels of $11.80 billion. Bangladesh emerged top exporter with exports growing 34 per cent to $2.57 billion. Vietnam occupied the second position with exports growing by 15.09 per cent to $1.98 billion. The third largest exporter was China whose exports grew by 35.60 per cent y-o-y to $1.69 billion. Mexico with exports worth $920.14 million, Pakistan with $ 868.43 million exports, Cambodia $625.48 million and Indonesia $ 610.15 million also reported a robust growth in cotton trousers exports to the US. India was the 8th largest exporter with exports growing by over 66 per cent in 2021 on Y-o-Y basis to clock $365.83 million.
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