The Kingdom of Lesotho is a unique country in Southern Africa. Completely surrounded by its only neighbour South Africa, land-locked and geographically small, Lesotho is classified as a Least Developed Country (LDC) by the United Nations. Together with Botswana, Namibia,  South Africa and Swaziland, Lesotho forms the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) – the oldest customs union in the world.  Historically, Lesotho’s export capacity has been small, ...Read More

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What is really the quantum of apparel and textile imports into US ? How do these imports compare to those made in 2009 and 2010 ? Did the recessionary conditions affect the imports of textile and apparel in 2011 ? How much of these imports were under Free Trade Agreements ? Lets find answer to these questions in the following  table : Import From 2011 (Jan –Nov) 2010 (Jan- Nov) 2009 (Jan- Dec) 2010 (Jan – Dec) World $106.1 billion $96.7 billion $90.5 billion $104.6 ...Read More

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In a previous report we mentioned that Imports of Women’s/Girls Jeans into US in the period from Jan-June 2009 increased over 6.34% over the same period in the year 2008. Lets see how this category fared over the entire last year and whether the same trend continued towards the end of the year or not.   From 2007 (million pcs) 2008 (million pcs) 2009 (million pcs) % inc. in 2009 over 2007 % inc. in 2009 over ...Read More

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As I mentioned in my previous report, there was a fall of about 10% in the first quarter for the total jeans imported into US. However, we now see a decent 7% improvement in the second quarter corresponding to the same quarter last year.. Here is a chart comparing the two years data by quarter.. Mens Jeans Imports into US 2007 & 2008 – Quarter wiseNew Page 1 Quarter 2007(million pcs) 2008(million pcs) Fall/Rise(%) First ...Read More

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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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