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Our content covers fiber, yarn, and apparel prices, with a comprehensive price database and market reports that analyze the latest and future trends.
Apparel Prices
PRICE REPORTS
Our statistical reports display a comprehensive view of the market prices every week, month, or quarter, depending on the products. Market analysis offers prospects for future price trends.Â
Minimum Wages in Apparel Manufacturing Countries
Food inflation is set to accelerate globally. Despite this, minimum wages have largely been stagnant in apparel manufacturing economies. Governments have limited or no capacity to respond due to economic weakness, high indebtedness and political turmoil. Our report displays minimum wages in low-cost apparel manufacturing countries in Asia, from January 2015 to May 2022, in local currency and US$ terms. A 6-year comparison is available in local currency terms, 2015 US$ terms, and nominal US$ terms. Minimum wages in China are also displayed.
Bangladesh Apparel Exports (Country Report)
Apparel exports from Bangladesh surged in the first two months of 2022, after already enjoying a double-digit growth in the fourth quarter of 2021. Our statistical series provide a comprehensive view of Bangladesh's clothing exports in Q4 2017-21, including volume, value, and unit value changes per destination. Annual change per destination in the past months is supplied. Data also include US and EU clothing imports from Bangladesh per product category. All data are available for download.
EU Clothing Imports: Markets (Quarterly)
EU's clothing imports rebounded in the past year, although not returning yet to their level before the pandemic after Brexit boosted direct shipments to the UK. Our 5-year data cover the third quarter and the first three quarters over the last five years from 2016. The report reflects long-term European Union clothing market trends, offering a comprehensive review of the EU's imports per destination. The UK is excluded. Our statistical report provides volume, value, and unit value changes released in both euro and US$ terms. The full table is available for download.
Turkey Apparel Exports (Quarterly Report)
Turkey's apparel exports continued to rise sharply in the last quarter of 2021, with shipments taking advantage of a falling currency and the proximity to the European markets. Our statistical series provide a comprehensive view of Turkey's clothing exports in the fourth quarter of 2017-21, including volume, value, and unit value changes per destination. US and EU import data are released for every product category. The full data are available for download as .csv files.
PRICE DATABASE
Our pricing coverage includes 32 database pages with more than 300 products being followed every day, week, and month. All data are available for download.