As Compared to 2006 , the imports of Men’s Jeans into US has fallen 6.82% from 293 million pieces to about 273 million pieces in 2007. The fall was consistent through the various quarters of 2007(as I mentioned last year) . The table below shows the figures of imports from various countries IMPORTS OF MEN’S JEANS INTO USA (IN 2007) FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES Country Country Million Pcs Percentage Share ...Read More

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Evisu Deluxe Spring Summer ‘09 collection follows the first voyage of a Japanese ship sailing to America (in 1860).It draws from the historical references of the time and tries to combine the best of Japanese and American tailoring..As the Evisu blog mentions, the ‘tailoring is inspired by the naval details such as shaped patch pockets,a high buttoning reefer jacket,sailor collars and wide legged cuffed trousers’ . The denim collection is also inspired by the LEE brand(H.D ...Read More

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The appreciation of the Rupee against the USD has taken its toll on the exports of all textile and apparel products from India. There has been a general fall in exports of apparel items across the board.. Lets have a look at how the rupee appreciation has affected the exports of Mens and Boys jeans from India to USA.. I have also taken comparative figures from Bangladesh to see how it fares vis-a-vis India.. Exports of Mens/Boys jeans from India and Bangladesh to USA in 2006 and ...Read More

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The imports of Mens/Boys Jeans into US seems to have slowed down since the second quarter of this year. The total imports under this category is down by 6.8% .. This fall is significant in view of the boom that Denim was going through.. US Import figures for M/B Jeans in 2007 Year Ist Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd quarter Total % change 2006 4.2 6.2 7.6 18.1   2007 4.1 5.7 7.0 16.8 -6.8% All figures are in Million Dozens. Source : US Customs Interesting… ...Read More

It is very interesting to see the figures of imports of DENIM FABRICS into the US. As we all know, US has seen the boom in Premium Denim labels market in the 3 -4 years. As a result the main manufacturing of Jeans in the US is for these labels only. For price concious buyers, all the Jeans have to be imported as US is not competitive to do so. The figures of Imports of Denim for the periods Jan-Sept 2006 and 2007 are EXACTLY SAME.. This shows that the slowdown expected in the production of ...Read More

We all know about the importance of fit in the buying decision of a premium denim. It is estimated in various polls that fit contributed almost 85% to a buying decision related to Premium Denim. I think then its in place to know which brand - out of so many out there - provides the maximum satisfaction related to fits. Though I know that this is a subjective question - since a brand providing a good fit for one may not be good for other - it would be good to know which brand takes the most ...Read More

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US is the most important market for the Jeans. US imports huge quantities of denimwear from around the world. The following figures will reveal how big this market is really. I am giving herebelow the figures of only the Mens/Boys Jeans and Breeches into the US from the year 2000 to 2006. Year Qty (Million pieces) Value (USD Billion) Average ...Read More

It may be interesting to see how much Japan exports to the US and the EU. I did an analysis and here are the results.The results are not very surprising because exports to both the markets show some similar trends. The year 2004 & 2005 have been the best for exports to both EU and US. Though for exports to US , 2006 has also been the best The prices have been more or less stable over a period of time . In EU also the prices /kg have been more or less stable and so is the case in US. ...Read More

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Lets have a look at the import figures of Japanese denim into EU over a period of 7 years from 1999 to 2006 YEAR Import Value(Million Euros) Quantity(100 kgs) Value/Kg (Euros) 1999 9.96 9895 10.06 2000 5.19 4847 10.72 2001 2.80 2504 11.19 2002 3.56 4637 7.68 2003 5.66 6035 9.38 2004 14.37 15811 9.09 2005 14.49 14357 10.09 2006 8.98 9120 9.85      TOTAL IMPORT  : About USD 65 million over 7 years       Source : ...Read More

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Here are some quick facts of the US denim industry : 2006 US Jeans sales : USD 15.8 billion % of total apparel sales : 12.7% (thats a lot isn’t it?) Premium denim as % of total Jeans sales : 4.3% in 2006 Growth of Premium denim sales in 2006 : 23% ! Average price of jeans purchased by 19-24 years old : USD 32.88 Average price of Jeans purchased by 25-34 years old : USD 28.29 Average pairs of jeans with the US women : 8.1 and they wear it 4.19 times a week .. WHEW.. ...Read More