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Category: US Denim Imports
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Vietnam is getting to be one of the most important countries when it comes to exports of denim. A number of large manufacturing units have been developed which are working for large retailers and brands. The FTA with the EU has further strengthened exports from the nation. However, the US continues to be the dominant…
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The first half of this year ( period Jan-May 2009) has seen a drop of 34% in the imports of Denim Fabrics into US. This is surprising if we consider that the sales of Jeans in during this period has actually increased by 2.3 %. But as mentioned in this previous report , sales Super…
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In this report, we will have a look at the imports of denim fabrics into US for the last four years ie from the year 2005 to 2008 . As you will note from the report, the imports had peaked in the year 2005 when the premium denim trend had caught on very strongly resulting…
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A report by CottonInc brings out the latest facts and trends in the jeans consumption in the US. It corroborates our previous report that the consumption and imports of Jeans in the US in 2008 was about 5% more than that in 2007. Here are some interesting facts from the report: a) US consumers:Own about…
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Has the impending recession affected the imports of Denim into USA? Apparently no – if we go by the figures that have come. The imports of jeans into US has increased by 5% for the three quarters ended September 2008 as compared to the same period last year. It is also interesting to note that…
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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..…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 New Page 1…
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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,…
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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…