Analysis: Bangladesh’s Apparel Exports to EU (January to May 2018)

Currency depreciation of over 7 per cent in 2018 coupled with low wages and rising trend of automation helped Bangladesh capture a larger share of the European market in the first 5 months of 2018.

However, particularly in May, Bangladesh (€ 1.22 billion) was surpassed by China (€ 1.31 billion) in apparel exports to EU as the latter successfully restricted itself from repeating April month’s performance where Bangladesh clocked € 1.44 billion while China’s exports was just € 1.15 billion. Bangladesh noted over 15 per cent drop in May as compared to April this year which surely is not a good sign for the country.

Total apparel import (Quantity) by the European Union
 6.62% (1,887.98 mn kg)

Total apparel import (Value) by the European Union
 2.10% (€ 32,115.94 mn)

Total import of Knitted Garment
Quantity
 5.22% (1,025.12 mn kg)
Value
 2.72% (€ 15,271.35 mn)

Total import of Woven Garment
Quantity
 8.32% (862.85 mn kg)
Value
 1.53% (€ 16,844.59 mn)

[The information has been extracted from EU custom site and further analyzed].

Value wise share of top exporting countries

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Order XYZ has the following details:

Order Quantity	Pcs	Fabric received	Metres	(Actual Production Markers)	Small	Medium
Required cut quantity	1859 pcs.	Cut quantity	2860 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	120	200
Consumption stated by CAD		Fabric used by cutting	250 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	40	300
	1915 pcs.	Cut quantity	2860 metres		120	400
Required cut quantity	1915 pcs.	Fabric used by cutting	250 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	30	500
Consumption stated by CAD	1859 pcs.	Cut quantity	250 metres		120	500
Required cut quantity			2860 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	80	14
Consumption stated by CAD	1859 pcs.	Cut quantity	28 metres		120	57
Required cut quantity	1859 pcs.		28 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	120	04
Required cut quantity	1915 pcs.	Fabric used by cutting	2860 metres	Estimation vs Actual production requirement	50	52

Apparel imports of the EU: selected countries

Country/Category	'Jan.-Feb. 2016		'Jan.-Feb. 2017		% increase / decrease		UVR	UVR
	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	2016	2017
WORLD
Knitted	420.16	6747.92	405.67	6704.54	-3.45	-0.64	16.06	16.53
Woven	353.87	7529.64	331.23	7148.11	-6.40	-5.07	21.28	21.58
Total	774.03	14277.56	736.90	13852.65	-4.80	-2.98	18.45	18.80
CHINA
Knitted	142.28	2177.78	136.37	2074.52	-4.16	-4.74	15.31	15.21
Woven	146.71	2816.10	132.22	2555.78	-9.88	-9.24	19.19	19.33
Total	289.00	4993.88	268.58	4630.30	-7.06	-7.28	17.28	17.24
INDIA
Knitted	28.06	482.57	27.71	474.72	-1.27	-1.63	17.20	17.13
Woven	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54
Total	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54
BANGLADESH
Knitted	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54
Woven	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54	18.54
Total	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21
BANGLADESH
Knitted	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
Woven	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
Total	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
PAKISTAN
Knitted	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
Woven	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
Total	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
VIETNAM
Knitted	69.70	112.21	112.21	112.21	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70
Woven	69.70	112.21	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70
Total	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70	69.70

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