Apparel export to the United States experienced year-on-year growth of 48.57% to $8.46 billion in the January-October period of 2022, according to the most recent data from the Commerce Department`s Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa).
In the same period last year, Bangladesh exported apparel items worth $5.69 billion to the US, the single largest destination of the country`s RMG products, Otexa data said.
Securing the third position, Bangladesh has a 9.74% share in the apparel market of the North American country.
Among the top suppliers to the US market, the y-o-y growth of Bangladesh is the highest, according to Otexa data.
Moreover, Bangladesh exported apparel items worth $7.14 billion to the United States in 2021. But this year, the country managed to exceed the full-yea