In April 2016, the total value of textile and apparel imports into the United States was US$7.392 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 20.76% and a month-on-month decrease of 19.62%. Among them, textile and clothing imports from China were US$1.918 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 39.71%, a month-on-month decrease of 43.15%, accounting for 25.95% of the total import share of the United States, a decrease of nearly 11 percentage points from the previous month; textile and clothing imports from Vietnam were US$739 million, a year-on-year decrease of 24.16 %, a month-on-month decrease of 26.82%, accounting for 10.00% of the total share, a decrease of nearly 1 percentage point from the previous month; textile and clothing imports from India were US$694 million, a year-on-year decrease of 2.87%, a month-on-month increase of 1.81%, accounting for 9.38% of the total share, The proportion increased by nearly 2 percentage points from the previous month.
From January to April 2016, the United States imported a total of US$25.271 billion in textiles and clothing, a year-on-year decrease of 2.54%. Among them, the cumulative textile and clothing imports from China were US$8.672 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 7.30%; the cumulative textile and clothing imports from Vietnam were US$2.727 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.10%; the cumulative textile and clothing imports from India were US$1.971 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.91%. The United States imported US$7.392 billion in textiles and clothing in April
