Bangladesh’s swimwear export in the USA witnessed massive growth in the first month of 2022. According to the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) data, Bangladesh exported $11.84 million worth of swimwear in January 2022. Witnessing a whopping 136.33% jump in January 2022, this jump has led Bangladesh into third place.
While the OTEXA data showed that the USA imported $175.50 million worth of swimwear in the first month of 2022, China holds the biggest stake of 45.76% among the swimwear exporting nations. China shipped $80.32 million worth of swimwear to the USA, witnessing a 70.
43% increase in January 2022. While Vietnam’s swimwear export to the USA endured a trapped mode as it could just raise 2.85% Y-o-Y growth and earned $40.98 million in January 2022. Among the other countries, Indonesia ($9.89 million; down by 6%), Cambodia (.
75 million; up by 20.82%), Sri Lanka ($5.92 million; up by 42.75%), and Egypt ($ 3.17 million; down by 41.91%).
Pakistan is nowhere in this race. However, the country has the technology and potential to produce high-quality swimwear for the US and other countries. For this category, polyester, nylon, and elastane fibers are preferred, already in use in Pakistan. Exports of commodity group 6112 “Track suits, ski suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted.
” amounted to 0.167% of total exports from Pakistan, which could be increased further to uplift the country’s economy.
