The import of dressing gowns by the USA buyers has remained positive in the first 2-month period of 2021, as per data released by OTEXA.
The country imported US $ 80 million worth of dressing gowns in Jan.-Feb. ’21 period, marking 1.88 per cent growth on Y-o-Y basis.
60 per cent of this total value was contributed by China and Vietnam together. China shipped US $ 35.84 million worth of dressing gowns to USA in the mentioned period, noting 7.59 per cent yearly growth.
On the other hand, Vietnam got severely affected as its shipment of the commodity dropped massively by 40 per cent to US $ 12.77 million in the review period.
Next in line were Cambodia, Turkey and India with shipment value of US $ 9 million, US $ 4.12 million and US $ 4.86 million, respectively. All three countries upped their respective exports of dressing gown to USA by 77.23 per cent, 52.34 per cent and 8.54 per cent on Y-o-Y basis.
By analysing data, it seems that Bangladesh has significantly started tapping dressing gown market of the USA as former has seen 157.60 per cent yearly growth of its shipment to latter in Jan.-Feb. ’21 period, valuing US $ 4.33 million as compared to US $ 1.68 million in Jan.-Feb. ’20.