{"id":3764,"date":"2011-11-09T23:33:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/latest-denim-reports\/denim-data-figures\/us-denim-imports-fall-14-3-till-august-2011\/"},"modified":"2014-01-08T04:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T11:23:32","slug":"us-denim-imports-fall-14-3-till-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/latest-denim-reports\/denim-data-figures\/us-denim-imports-fall-14-3-till-august-2011\/3764","title":{"rendered":"US Denim Imports Fall 14.3% Till August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/us-denim-imports-2011.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"us denim imports 2011\" border=\"0\" alt=\"us denim imports 2011\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/us-denim-imports-2011_thumb.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>There has been a general slackness in the denim and other apparel biz in the US since the beginning of the year . As mentioned in one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/latest-denim-reports\/denim-data-figures\/denim-apparel-import-into-us-falls-in-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous reports<\/a> , the fall in imports of denim apparel into US had been high \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at about 6.3%&#160; in the first two months of 2011. However, when we look at the figures that have come out for the period of Jan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c August \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc2011 , the figures are more disturbing and indicative of a consistent fall in imports. Lets have a look :<\/p>\n<p>Imports of denim apparel into US from Jan-Aug \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc2010 vs Jan-Aug \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc 2011<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#fe9a2e\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"107\"><strong>Imports from<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><strong>2011 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"81\"><strong>Change %<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"107\">World<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">408 million pcs<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">350 million pcs<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"101\"><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c14.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"107\">China<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">132 million pcs<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">101.6 million pcs<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"101\"><strong>-23.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>China has shown the most significant fall in export figures and some other countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia etc also follow but in smaller percentages.<\/p>\n<p>The imports have fallen significantly in 2011 when compared to the same period in 2010.&#160; This fall is significant since we have seen that denim sales have ditched the recessionary pattern in the past&#160; that other apparel products have shown. In 2010 , apparel sales and (correspondingly imports) were falling for most of the products but denim continued to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/latest-denim-reports\/denim-data-figures\/increase-of-14-in-imports-of-denim-jeans-into-usa-during-first-half-of-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">bulldoze its way to growth<\/a> . This was reflective of the need by consumers to substitute other apparel items (specially trousers) with jeans as jeans is a&#160; \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc<strong>Multi Occasion Apparel<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and buying a good pair of jeans actually cuts down the budget of some consumers who wish to substitute a number of other trousers with that jeans.     <br \/>However, the consistent fall this year reflects that there is some saturation point reached due to the continuous increased spending on denim . We need to , however, wait till the beginning of next year to see if this falling trend carries off in the next year.     <br \/>But there are no huge reasons to worry. Denim has always shown a trend where it surges ahead for 3-4 years and then goes down a bit for about 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c2 years and then rebounds sharply. So , what we all can do at the moment is keep our fingers crossed and wait for some good news in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a general slackness in the denim and other apparel biz in the US since the beginning of the year . As mentioned in one of our previous reports , the fall in imports of denim apparel into US had been high \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at about 6.3%&#160; in the first two months of 2011. 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