Often people wonder why of all the places Los Angeles became the Premium Denim capital of the world. How did the process of globalisation reverse in case of premium denims where the production sent overseas came back to US ? L.A had a very developed denim production and large scale productions were done for companies like Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Pepe,Abercombie & Fitch,Calvin Klein etc.. Alongwith stitching, the facilities for washing and designing were quite developed.. However, as the ...Read More

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In continuation of the figures that I provided on the imports of Mens/Boys Denim trousers in US, I think the next step was to clarify the status of imports of Women/Girls Denim Trousers(commonly known as Jeans!) into US. The figures are again quite interesting. The total imports in this category is LESS THAN THE IMPORTS OF MENS/BOYS Jeans.. Amazing isn’t it..There is a general impression that the women and girls buy more jeans. However, when we delve deep into the figures , we find that ...Read More

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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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

The denim market in the US has been shrinking given the closure of many factories of both Denim Fabrics and the Garments due to high cost of production. The factories in US have not been able to bear the onslaught of the imports of cheaper garments from the Asian countries and have been closing down or relocating. What is the total market of Denim Fabrics in the USA? The total market for the fabric consists of the DOMESTIC PRODUCTION + IMPORTS of Denim(exports are negligible and have not been ...Read More

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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Normally denim is referred to by the most common HTS Code 520942 . However, the Category 225 for imports of Denim into USA, contains many more HTS codes which are used to determine the aggregate imports of Denim there. Have a look : HTS CODE DESCRIPTION ———- ————————————————– 5209.42.0020 WOV FAB GT=85% COT GT 200 & LT=360 G/M2 YR D C B 5209.42.0040 WOV FAB ...Read More

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2006 TARIFFS on imports from Tariff Rates 1 MFN Countries(Now called 8.40% Normal Trade Relations - NTR) 2 Non- NTR 20.90% 3 AGOA countries 0% 4 CBI (Caribbean Basis Initiative) Countries 0% 5 Morocco 3.30% 6 Jordan 0% 7 Singapore 0% 8 Chile 0% 9 Australia 0% 10 Bahrain 0% 11 CAFTA Countries 0% 12 Andean Agreement Countries 0% 13 NAFTA countries 0% Source- USITC ...Read More

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