{"id":30603,"date":"2026-08-19T10:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/uk-apparels-242-mn-gap-is-widening-what-happens-next\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:29:58","slug":"uk-apparels-242-mn-gap-is-widening-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/uk-apparels-242-mn-gap-is-widening-what-happens-next\/","title":{"rendered":"UK apparel\u2019s $242 mn gap is widening. What happens next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/312\/chatgpt-image-aug-19-3_324342.jpg\" \/><br \/>UK apparel imports reached $8.16 billion in January-May 2026, up 1.7 per cent, with Bangladesh at $1.94 billion and China at $1.70 billion.<br \/>\nBangladesh\u2019s lead widened to $242.1 million from $34.6 million a year earlier, while Vietnam and Cambodia also rose.<br \/>\nThe UK rejected a simplified tariff schedule and confirmed a low-value import fee, making origin and classification more important.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/uk-apparel-s-242-mn-gap-is-widening-what-happens-next--312765-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK apparel imports reached $8.16 billion in January-May 2026, up 1.7 per cent, with Bangladesh at $1.94 billion and China at $1.70 billion. Bangladesh\u2019s lead widened to $242.1 million from $34.6 million a year earlier, while Vietnam and Cambodia also rose. The UK rejected a simplified tariff schedule and confirmed a low-value import fee, making&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30603","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\/30603","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=30603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}