Value of the 5 fastest growing markets for U.S. apparel exports 2021

In 2021, Burkina Faso was the fastest growing market for US apparel exports, with a value of approximately 23.88 million U.S. dollars.

Overview of the U.S. apparel market

In 2019, the size of the apparel market in the United States was approximately 368 billion U.S. dollars. Although the size of the U.S. apparel market has been steadily increasing, online retail of apparel has accounted for a larger share of the market each incoming year. In 2019, the value of clothing e-commerce sales was almost 80.4 billion U.S. dollars, up from 72.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.The change in consumer behavior has threatened other traditional forms of retail, as consumers begin to prefer shopping online. With this rise in online retail, however, consumers around the world are now able to shop U.S. apparel more easily.

U.S. Apparel market worldwide

The U.S. apparel market is the largest single country apparel market, and is only behind the EU-28 in size. As of 2019, Mexico was the largest importer of U.S. apparel by market value, at approximately 5.9 billion U.S dollars. Canada was close behind at 5.3 billion U.S. dollars. The demand for U.S. apparel around the world has seen considerable differences, however. While Europe and the Middle East have remained strong importers of U.S. apparel, other regions such as Asia, Africa, and South America saw more variability. Compared to other goods, apparel is often seen as optional, and can explain why the U.S. apparel market is so dynamic worldwide.