{"id":29969,"date":"2026-07-01T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/eu-apparel-imports-reach-205-6-bn-amid-supplier-squeeze\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:39:19","slug":"eu-apparel-imports-reach-205-6-bn-amid-supplier-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/eu-apparel-imports-reach-205-6-bn-amid-supplier-squeeze\/","title":{"rendered":"EU apparel imports reach $205.6 bn amid supplier squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/311\/chatgpt-image-jul-1-5_322956.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h3>\tThe buyer\u2019s market is back<\/h3>\n<p>The EU remains the largest apparel import market by value, with apparel imports of \u20ac<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion, or about $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion, in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>. That was above <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> levels but still below the <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> peak of \u20ac<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion, about $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion, showing that Europe is large but not expanding fast enough to absorb every exporter\u2019s growth plan without pricing damage.<\/p>\n<p>The real pressure is visible in the value-volume split. Eurostat-based industry data show EU apparel imports from external suppliers rising only <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent in value in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, while volumes jumped <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent and average unit prices fell <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent. In plain terms, Europe took more garments but paid less per unit. That is the foundation of the next margin squeeze.<\/p>\n<h3>\tChina has not left the battlefield<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/eu-apparel-imports-reach-205-6-bn-amid-supplier-squeeze-311368-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The buyer\u2019s market is back The EU remains the largest apparel import market by value, with apparel imports of \u20ac***.* billion, or about $***.* billion, in ****. That was above **** levels but still below the **** peak of \u20ac***.* billion, about $***.* billion, showing that Europe is large but not expanding fast enough to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29969","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\/29969","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=29969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}