{"id":26068,"date":"2025-12-08T03:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/australian-apparel-trade-steadies-despite-slight-jul-oct-dip\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T03:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:44:41","slug":"australian-apparel-trade-steadies-despite-slight-jul-oct-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/australian-apparel-trade-steadies-despite-slight-jul-oct-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian apparel trade steadies despite slight Jul\u2013Oct dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/306\/adobestock-1697035342_318555.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Apparel imports (code <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) eased marginally by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion), compared with Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion a year earlier. Retailers continued to operate with tighter stock-management strategies amid soft discretionary spending. The conservative buying behaviour stems from persistent cost-of-living pressures, extended inventory cycles from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, and a shift towards just-in-time replenishment to reduce carrying costs. Despite muted year-to-date activity, October strengthened as imports rose <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent year-on-year to Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion), reflecting earlier inventory planning for November promotions and festive-season demand. Stronger October inflows also signal improved consumer confidence heading into peak trading months.<\/p>\n<p>Imports of textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles (code <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) remained a key growth area, rising <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion). October shipments under this category climbed to Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, up from Au$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million in October <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, indicating stable production cycles across apparel, upholstery, and technical textile applications. The increase reflects steady demand from domestic manufacturers and continued recovery in local garment and home textile production hubs, which are replenishing raw materials after earlier supply-chain constraints.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/australian-apparel-trade-steadies-despite-slight-jul-oct-dip-306967-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparel imports (code **) eased marginally by *.** per cent to Au$*.*** billion (~$*.*** billion), compared with Au$*.*** billion a year earlier. Retailers continued to operate with tighter stock-management strategies amid soft discretionary spending. The conservative buying behaviour stems from persistent cost-of-living pressures, extended inventory cycles from ****, and a shift towards just-in-time replenishment to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}