{"id":716,"date":"2009-08-03T03:19:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T10:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/denim\/34-fall-in-denim-fabric-imports-in-usa-in-2009-a-report\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T16:40:07","slug":"34-fall-in-denim-fabric-imports-in-usa-in-2009-a-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/latest-denim-reports\/us-denim-imports\/34-fall-in-denim-fabric-imports-in-usa-in-2009-a-report\/716","title":{"rendered":"35% Fall In Denim Fabric Imports In USA in 2009 – A report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first half of this year ( period Jan-May 2009) has seen a drop of 34%<\/strong> in the imports of Denim Fabrics into US. This is surprising if we consider that the sales of Jeans in during this period has actually increased by 2.3 %<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But as mentioned in this previous report<\/a> , sales Super of Premium Denim Jeans <\/strong>( $200 + Jeans) in the US has taken a knock. And the same is reflected in lower production of Premium Denim Jeans in US and thus lower imports of denim fabrics . Lets analyze these figures :<\/p>\n

Consolidated Data for Denim fabrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                                    Jan-May 2008            Jan- May 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imports in US<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Linear mtrs)         13 Million Mtrs          8.6 Million Mtrs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Here I am giving the figures of  denim fabrics reflecting the exports of Denim Fabrics from various countries during this period.<\/p>\n

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Imports of Denim Fabrics In USA in Jan- May 2009<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nJan-May 2008<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nJan-May 2009<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n%Change<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/td>\n(Figures   in <\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n1000 mtrs )<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/strong><\/td>\n4,362<\/strong><\/td>\n2,568<\/strong><\/td>\n-41%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/strong><\/td>\n2,085<\/strong><\/td>\n1,022<\/strong><\/td>\n-46%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taiwan<\/strong><\/td>\n1,720<\/strong><\/td>\n1,903<\/strong><\/td>\n+10%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico <\/strong><\/td>\n1,639<\/strong><\/td>\n1,682<\/strong><\/td>\n+3%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey<\/strong><\/td>\n1,505<\/strong><\/td>\n305<\/strong><\/td>\n-80% !<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/strong><\/td>\n456<\/strong><\/td>\n540<\/strong><\/td>\n+18% .Good !<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovenia<\/strong><\/td>\n397<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n-100% !<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahrain<\/strong><\/td>\n373<\/strong><\/td>\n203<\/strong><\/td>\n-45%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan <\/strong><\/td>\n140<\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n–88%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spain<\/strong><\/td>\n87<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\n-89%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong<\/strong><\/td>\n56<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\n-81%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/strong><\/td>\n88<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n-100%<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/strong><\/td>\n+161% <\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Int\u00e2\u20ac\u2122l Trade <\/font>Commission.However
square mtr figures have been converted to Linear mtrs(1m=1.55sq m average) for easy understanding.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

This fall in the imports of Denim fabrics into US coincides with an increase<\/font><\/p>\n

in sales of Jeans. This can indicate the following:<\/font><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Manufacturing of Premium jeans in US has taken a knock.
b)<\/strong>Some of the Premium Denim Brands may have actually shifted part of their productions overseas to reduce costs.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

It is also interesting to see that where countries like China , Italy  and Turkey have lost<\/font><\/strong> substantial volumes, others like  Taiwan, Mexico and Japan have gained<\/font> .  <\/strong>Here, however, it should be noted that Premium Denim brands have a marked preference for Japanese denim fabrics . However, these fabrics may not always come directly from Japan only.They are sometimes  routed through China and Hongkong also . <\/font><\/p>\n

Taiwan <\/strong>is a quiet but regular exporter of denim fabrics. It does not figure anywhere as a large denim manufacturing country  , but it does manufacture very specialized denim fabrics and US has always been its regular buyer . And for the last few years, Premium Denim manufacturers have been using its fabrics in volumes.<\/font><\/p>\n

Italy and Turkey<\/strong> are two other major countries to have their exports reduced.  However, with improving market in US, their exports might pick up a bit.<\/font><\/p>\n

Other countries are really so small in their export figures that % changes in their figures hardly make a difference. <\/font><\/p>\n

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The first half of this year ( period Jan-May 2009) has seen a drop of 34% in the imports of Denim Fabrics into US. This is surprising if we consider that the sales of Jeans in during this period has actually increased by 2.3 %. But as mentioned in this previous report , sales Super […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[355,91],"tags":[316,1422],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-denim-reports","category-us-denim-imports","tag-denim-report","tag-us-denim-imports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}