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 ...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

I have previously given the figures of the exports of M/B Denim trousers from India into EU. Now, the figures for Women/Girls Cotton Denim Trousers are given below. These figures clearly show some trends and we can have a look at them EXPORT OF W/G JEANS FROM INDIA TO EU 2000-2006 YEAR Units Exported Value in Euros Price/Jeans ...Read More

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Its very interesting to compare the import figures for 6 years of Men/Boys Jeans into EU from two South-Asian countries -India and Bangladesh..First lets see the figures and then we will discuss the same YEAR .. INDIA .. BANGLADESH 2000 .. 377718.. 11710979 2001 .. 617787.. 18325115 2002 .. 921928.. 21693769 2003 .. 538237.. 29984007 2004 .. ...Read More

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Everyone knows that the US denim industry has been sliding continuously due to rising costs due to which the US denim is becoming uncompetitive. But while this is true for the competition coming from the Asian countries, where does US stand against the EU ? EU fabric is not cheap and the American fabric should be able to compete with them. But it does not …. US Denim fabric loses out to the denim from EU on fashion. The US denim mills are not fashion oriented and are not able to compete ...Read More

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Turkey has been gaining in strength in terms of its denim industry over the last 5 years. It has replaced some Asian countries in terms of its importance for this product for EU. Turkey has not only created a big denim production base, but it has become an important Conversion base – where denim is imported from EU for conversion into garments which are re-exported. Some of these garments also find their way into the local market which is quality concious and fashion oriented.. What is ...Read More

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