Latin American Exports Of Denim To US | 2014 To 2017

With over 25 countries, Latin America includes countries like Mexico and most of the important countries in  in South American continent . All these countries have always played some role in the US apparel Industry in terms of being a part of supply chain in some way or the other. Countries like Mexico have been very important to US for their denim supplies , though some other countries like Nicaragua, Guatemala , Colombia etc have also played their role in the past.

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a. All Denims Apparels

The imports of denims apparels into USA from Latin America  for the three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016 has been falling continuously in the range of 3% – 5%. The imports for the year 2014 was 143.83 million pcs with an average price of USD 8.8/Pc , however the imports fell about 5% in the year 2015 to 135.91 million pcs at an average price of USD 8.7/Pc. The imports further fell about 3% to 130.66 million pcs at an average price of USD 8.2/Pc. The imports for the first nine months of 2017 was 81.40 million pcs at an average price of USD 9.1/Pc and if the same trend continues the imports are likely to touch about 108 million pcs at the end of the year 2017 .

b. Men’s Jeans

The imports of mens jeans into USA from Latin America for the year 2014 was 124.21 million pcs at an average price of USD 8.6/Pc , however the imports fell about 2 % to 121.48 million pcs with an average price  of USD 8.5/Pc in the year 2015 . The imports fell further about  4% to 116.53 million pcs at an average price of USD 7.9/Pc in the year 2016. The imports till Sept 2017 was 79.45 million pcs at an average price of USD 8.6/Pc and if the same trend continues the imports is likely to touch about 105 million pcs at the end of the year 2017. It is also to be seen that the imports of mens jeans was much more than the womens jeans .

c. Women’s Jeans

The imports of women’s jeans into USA from Latin America for the year 2014 was 19.62 million pcs at an average price of USD 9.6/Pc , however the imports fell about 26% to 14.44 million pcs at an average price of USD 10.7/Pc in the year 2015. The imports further fell about 2% to 14.02 million pcs at an average price of USD 10.8/Pc in the year 2016 . The imports till Sept 2017 was 9.82 million pcs at an avergae price(usd/pc) of 11.3 and if the same trend continues the imports is likely to be about 15 million pcs at the end of the year 2017.

d. Denim Fabrics

The imports of denimm fabrics into USA from Latin America for the year 2014 was 4.09 million.sq.mtr with an average price of USD 3.4/lin.mtr however the imports increased about 50% to 6.32 million.sq.mtr at an average price of USD 3.4/lin.mtr in the year 2015. The fabrics imports further increased about 40% to 9.08 million.sq.mtr at an average price of USD 3.0/lin.mtr. The imports for till sept 2017 was 7.15 million.sq.mtr and if the same trend is followed the imports is likely to touch about  9 million.sq.mtr at the end of the year 2017.

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