Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia Exports To US From 2014 To 2017

The three ASEAN countries Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia are all having a developed apparel export base. However, all three are at different levels of their developments. They have different levels of labor costs with Cambodia being the cheapest and Indonesia being the costliest. Levels of skills also differ in the three countries . Also the cultural and political milieu makes a great difference to the working of the industry.
In the report below , we check how these three countries have performed in last 4 years when it comes to exporting denim apparel to US. This will also give us an idea to the direction in which these countries are moving.

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1. All Denim Apparels

a. Indonesia

Indonesia , despite being much more expensive than all others is showing a positive growth over the last 4 years – though there was a fall in 2016. On the whole, if we look, the exports grew by about 30% in 4 years from 9 million pcs to 12 million pcs.

Exporting Country	Year of Import	All Denim Apparel (Million Pcs)	Total Value (Million USD)	Average Price (USD/PC)
Indonesia	2014	9.01	75.99	8.43
Indonesia	2015	13.62	108.10	7.94
Indonesia	2016	10.64	89.31	8.39
Indonesia	2017	12.06	98.61	8.18

b. Vietnam

Vietnam , on the other hand , grew impressively in the last 4 years from 19 million pcs to 25 million pcs . The base is also larger than Indonesia and the growth is also bigger at about 40% is 4 years. The country is expected to grow at a still higher rate in the coming years as new treaties like CPTPP , EVFTA and others get implemented.  Already  , Vietnam at $32 billion is bigger than Bangladesh in terms of overall exports of apparel .

Exporting Country	Year of Import	All Denim Apparel (Million Pcs)	Total Value (Million USD)	Average Price (USD/PC)
Vietnam	2014	18.95	170.49	9.00
Vietnam	2015	19.13	162.20	8.48
Vietnam	2016	20.65	176.95	8.57
Vietnam	2017	25.37	212.82	8.39

c. Cambodia

Cambodia is facing strong internal problems specially labor ones. The labor is restive and strikes and opposition to management are common in the country. This reduces the possibilities of growth of the apparel industry. Already many units run by expats have been closed down due to these reasons. The country has shown negative growth from 15 million pcs to 12 million pcs whereas 4 years back Vietnam and Cambodia were almost at similar levels and now Vietnam exports almost double the quantity of Cambodia.

Exporting Country	Year of Import	All Denim Apparel (Million Pcs)	Total Value (Million USD)	Average Price (USD/PC)
Cambodia	2014	15.29	130.30	8.52
Cambodia	2015	15.00	117.35	7.82
Cambodia	2016	14.93	114.73	7.69
Cambodia	2017	12.44	94.38	7.58

 

2. Men’s Jeans

a. Indonesia

Negative growth of men’s jeans exports shows that Indonesia is not focusing on this segment.

b. Vietnam

Vietnam has shown growth in men’s jeans exports of about 15% is 4 years. Again does not look very focused on men jeans.

c. Cambodia

Men’s jeans exports have gone down by almost 50% in 4 years. !

3.Women’s Jeans

a. Indonesia

Very strong growth of about 40% in women jeans exports shows that Indonesia is shifting its exports to this segment.

b. Vietnam

Vietnam shows a higher growth in women jeans exports compared to men’s jeans growing over 50% .

c. Cambodia

Cambodia has grown a little in women jeans segment .

Overall we can say that Vietnam is showing the biggest growth and Cambodia the lowest. Women jeans segment is the one to be in !

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