A Fibre*Fashion analysis of TexPro data uncovers a startling reversal in key garment categories. Cambodia has overtaken India, China’s August rebound masks a much deeper retreat, and higher tariffs are failing to produce predictable sourcing winners.
America’s apparel sourcing map is shifting but not where tariff headlines alone would suggest. Between January and August ****, Cambodia moved ahead of India across nine garment categories after an approximately $*** million reversal in their relative import values. Meanwhile, China’s August recovery concealed a sharp cumulative decline.
The findings, drawn from *,*** monthly TexPro observations, come as the effective apparel tariff rate in the United States (US) reached **.* per cent in August, up from **.* per cent in July, according to the Census-based Effective Tariff Rate Index (ETRX).
