Chinese Exports Of Denim Jeans To EU 2010-2020

Further to our last report on 10 year details of exports of jeans from Bangladesh to EU , in this report, we have done a detailed analysis of the imports of denim jeans into EU from China over the same period . Particularly interesting is the imports in 2020 compared to 2019. The same fell by over 50% – more or less as expected . Besides other, the report contains the following :

PARTICULARS

Table And Graphs showing total jeans imports from China

Table And Graphs showing men’s jeans imports from China

Table And Graphs showing women’s jeans imports from China

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1.TOTAL JEANS IMPORTED FROM CHINA DURING 2010-2020

As we can see from the table below, China has decreased its share of EU imports significantly over the last 10 years. From a 42% share in 2010, it gradually decreased to 8% in 2020 . This is also logical as China’s cost of production has been rising continuously and it has not been able to keep pace with the costs of Bangladesh , Pakistan and other countries. Though , if we compare with our report on Bangladesh , we find that the price difference is hardly there with Bangladesh being almost as expensive in prices as China. However, the biggest difference comes due to GSP – which gives BD a straight advantage of about 12% and that is huge !

YEAR	VALUE IN MILLION EUROS	QUANTITY IN MILLION PCS	PRICE IN EURO / PIECE	TOTAL EU IMPORTS(QTY)	% SHARE
2010	1113.34	211.79	5.26	505.97	42
2011	1020.87	195.03	5.23	507.24	38
2012	840.22	150.6	5.58	477.66	32
2013	712.09	142.69	4.99	505.56	28
2014	658.77	115.68	5.69	533.02	22
2015	676.84	93.43	7.24	545.09	17
2016	549.18	80.28	6.84	586.79	14
2017	495.62	76.97	6.44	587.83	13
2018	435.8	85.01	5.13	619.97	14
2019	353.55	61.87	5.71	569.14	11
2020	204.23	32.07	6.37	399.6	8

2.MEN’S JEANS IMPORTED TO EU

In 2010 China exported the highest number of men’s jeans with a total volume of about 97.42 million pieces at an average price of EURO 5.99. Export of men’s jeans constantly decreased from 42% to 13 % during 2010-2017. It showed a little rise in 2018 (14%) but due to pandemic in 2020, it fell drastically around 50% since 2019.

YEAR	VALUE IN MILLION EUROS	QUANTITY IN MILLION PCS	PRICE IN EURO / PIECE
2010	583.4	97.42	5.99
2011	528.53	85.57	6.18
2012	413.66	63.91	6.47
2013	369.81	65.89	5.61
2014	311.63	49.97	6.24
2015	284.28	36.23	7.85
2016	215.93	30.9	6.99
2017	192.45	26.71	7.21
2018	194.45	33.36	5.83
2019	151.69	21.71	6.99
2020	92.96	11.51	8.08

1. The below graph shows how much value of men’s jeans was exported during 2010-2020

2. The graphs below show the Men’s Jeans imported to Europe during 2010-2020. It is clear that there was a clear and continuous fall over a period of 10 years (2010-2020).

3. In the following graph, it’s visible that the price was low in 2018 because of which we saw a little rise in imports of men’s jeans. and it peaked in 2020.

2. WOMEN’S JEANS IMPORTED TO EU

In 2010 China imported the highest number of women’s jeans with a total volume of about 114.37 million pieces at an average price of EURO 4.63. Compared to 2018, 2019 imported fewer jeans, and due to pandemic in 2020, it fell drastically around 50% since 2019 – almost the same fall that Men’s jeans also experienced.

YEAR	VALUE IN MILLION EUROS	QUANTITY IN MILLION PCS	PRICE IN EURO / PIECE
2010	529.94	114.37	4.63
2011	492.34	109.46	4.5
2012	426.56	86.69	4.92
2013	342.28	76.8	4.46
2014	347.14	65.72	5.28
2015	392.56	57.2	6.86
2016	333.25	49.38	6.75
2017	303.18	50.26	6.03
2018	241.35	51.64	4.67
2019	201.86	40.17	5.03
2020	111.27	20.56	5.41

As we can see from all the tables and charts above, China is no longer a force in jeans exports to EU and has been constantly losing steam. It has been very strong in women’s jeans – due to its efficiency and speed – but its now losing out due , not only because of costing, but various global dynamics which make it difficult for China to remain as a strong candidate in this export industry.

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