Australian consumers have changed the pattern of home textiles imports

As Covid-19 fear subsided Australian home textiles consumers changed that import pattern of home textiles products reducing the import of made-ups and floor products while increasing the import of bedroom, camping, kitchen, and bathroom products.

Australia imported home textiles (HT)worth $2.381 billion in 2022. The share of bedwear imports increased to $613.499 million which was 25.76 percent of the total home textiles imports. In 2020 the total home textiles imports clocked $3.105 billion, while the bedwear imports totaled 2.

118 million or only 15.85 percent of the total imports.

Camping products import increased to $222.265 million in 2022, which accounted for 9.33 percent of total home textiles imported that year.

In 2020 camping product imports were $136.551 million accounting for only 4.40 percent of total HT imports. The consumers after remaining confined to their homes during covid-19 increased their outdoor activities in 2022.

The share of imported kitchen products also jumped 8.4 percent in 2022 from 4.72 percent in 2020. In value terms, the imports increased from $146.59 in 2020 to $196.902 million in 2022.

Made-ups and floor products imports despite a decrease in 2022, still maintained their position in the total HT imports that year—the top five imported home textiles due to their large import size. Australia imported made-ups worth $690.543 million which was equivalent to 29 percent of the total in 2022. But imports were far less than imports of ,648 million achieved in 2020.

These imports accounted for 53.07 percent of the total HT imports that year. Flooring imports accounted for 10.

38 percent of the total and were $247.264 million in 2022. The share of flooring products was 12 percent in 2020 and the value of imports was $372.791 million.