U.S. Net Textile and Apparel Imports Decline in 2011

by Leslie Meyer, Stephen MacDonald, and James Kiawu

U.S. net textile and apparel fiber imports decreased in calendar year 2011 as a result of the sluggish U.S. economy. Total fiber product imports reached 17.2 billion raw-fiber-equivalent pounds in 2011, 7 percent below 2010 and the second lowest since 2004. Meanwhile, fiber product exports rose for the second consecutive year to 3.7 billion pounds after a recent low of 3.1 billion in 2009. As a result, 2011 net fiber product imports only reached 13.5 billion pounds, 9 percent below 2010 and one of the lowest since the mid-2000s (fig. 1).

Keywords: forecast, imports, exports, textile, fiber, supply & use, bales, cotton, trade deficit,

In this publication...

• U.S. Net Textile and Apparel Imports Decline in 2011
• Table 1--U.S. cotton supply and use estimates
• Table 2--World cotton supply and use estimates
• Table 3--U.S. fiber supply
• Table 4--U.S. fiber demand
• Table 5--U.S. and world fiber prices
• Table 6--U.S. textile imports, by fiber
• Table 7--U.S. textile exports, by fiber
• Table 8--U.S. cotton textile imports, by origin
• Table 9--U.S. cotton textile exports, by destination
• Table 10 Acreage, yield, and production estimates, 2011
• Table 11--Annual U.S. cotton textile imports, by origin
• Table 12--Annual U.S. cotton, textile exports, by destination

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