Chinese Exports Of Jeans To EU and US | 2014-2016

1. Chinese Exports Of Denim Apparel To USA

In the competitive  field of denim industry , import of  all denim apparel in 2014 from China was  135.37 million pcs into USA, while the import in the year 2015 was  133.13 million pcs which were almost the same. However, in 2016 there was a drastic fall of about 40% in imports from China to  82.22 million pcs  . The average price , however, over the three years did not show much change and increased by about 5% only from 2014 to 2016.

Year of Import	All Denim Apparel (million pcs )	Total Value (million US$)	Average Price(US$/pc)
2014	135.37	996.67	7.4
2015	133.13	1,001.15	7.5
2016	82.22	642.59	7.8

a.Men’s Denim Jeans

The  import of men’s jeans from China shows the same trend as seen in All denim apparel. The year 2016 saw the fall in imports by more than 30% in 2016 to 20.68 million pcs from over 31 million pcs in 2015 while the price increased by about 4-5%  over the year 2015.

Year of Import	Men’s Denim Jeans (million pcs )	Total Value (million US$)	Average Price(US$/pc)
2014	30.84	236.53	7.7
2015	31.13	247.96	8.0
2016	20.68	165.17	8.0

 

b.Women’s Denim Jeans

The import of Women’s Jeans in 2014 was million 104.53 pcs into USA, similarly the import in the year 2015 was million 102.00 pcs which shows a minor decrease by 2.42 %, when compared with the imports of 2015, whereas the year 2016 saw the lowest import figures of  59.72 million pcs, which shows a substantial decrease in imports by 41.45 % , when compared with the imports of last year.

Year of Import	Women’s Denim Jeans (million pcs )	Total Value (million US$)	Average Price(US$/pc)
2014	104.53	760.14	7.3
2015	102.00	753.19	7.4
2016	59.72	463.54	7.8

c. Denim fabrics

The import of Denim fabrics in 2014 from China was  8.63 million sq.mtrs into USA, similarly the import in the year 2015 was million 10.48 sq.mtrs, which shows a increase of 21.44 % in imports. However, the gains in 2015 were lost in 2016 as the imports again fell to about 7 million sq mtr. We have changed the figures of sq mtrs into linear mtrs with an assumed width of 160 cm. On that width we can see that the price is almost stable with little fall of about 5% in three years.

Year of	Denim Fabrics(mill.sq.mtrs)	Million Lin. mtrs (160 cm width)	Total Value(million US$)	Av. Price CIF(US$/lin.mtr)
2014	8.63	5.39	19.73	3.7
2015	10.48	6.55	22.69	3.5
2016	7.25	4.53	15.26	3.4

2. Exports To EU Of  Jeans From China

The import of  all denim apparel in 2014 was million 115.45 pcs into EU , similarly the import in the year 2015 was million 93.30 pcs, which shows the substantial  decrease of 19.13 %  in imports as compared to 2014 , and the least import was made in the year 2016 for   79.53 million  pcs , which shows substantial decrease of 14.76 % compared with 2015. The average price, however, saw an increase of over 20% in three years signifying that the costs of production in China are increasing and it is difficult for the companies to retain the old prices and hence are losing volumes.

Year of Import	All Denim Apparel (million pcs )	Total Value (million Euro)	Average Price(Euro/pc)
2014	115.45	657.65	5.7
2015	93.30	676.54	7.3
2016	79.53	540.83	6.8

a.Men’s Jeans

The import of  Men’s Jeans in 2014 was million 49.89 pcs into EU , similarly the import in the year 2015 was million 36.18 pcs, which shows a decrease in imports as compared to 2014 by 27.48 %, and the least import was made in the year 2016 for  30.64 million pcs ,which again shows a decrease in imports by 15.31 % when compared from the last year imports of 2015. The average price (Euro/PC) for 2014  was 6.24, similarly the average price (Euro/PC) for 2015 was 7.84  and for the year 2016 the average price (Euro /PC) was 6.95 showing a great fluctuation.

Year of Import	Men’s/Boys Jeans (million pcs )	Total Value (million Euro )	Average Price (Euro/pc)
2014	49.89	311.33	6.24
2015	36.18	283.67	7.84
2016	30.64	212.88	6.95

b. Women’s Jeans

The  import of Women’s Jeans shows the same falling trend and over three years, the imports fell by almost 25%  . Prices also increased substantially in 2015 by about 30%  but reduced a bit in 2016.

Year of Import	Women’s/Girls Jeans(million pcs)	Total Value (million Euro)	Average Price (Euro/pc)
2014	65.56	346.32	5.28
2015	57.12	392.87	6.88
2016	48.9	327.96	6.71

c.Denim fabrics

The import of Denim fabrics from 2014 to 2016 were almost same with a low figure of about 2 million sq mtrs. The prices were again highest in 2015.

Year of Import	Million Lin. mtrs (160 cm width)	Total Value (million Euro)	Av. Price CIF (Euro/lin.mtr)
2014	2.43	6.85	2.82
2015	2.17	7.29	3.36
2016	2.24	6.65	2.96

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