The amount of clothing imported into the UK in February 2023 was £ 1.294 billion (US $ 1.62 billion), an 11.51 per cent reduction from the £ 1.443 billion total for the same month last year. According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), clothing imports also fell month over month, reaching £ 1.384 billion in January 2023.
Clothing imports into the nation totaled £ 21.256 billion (US $ 25.86 billion) in 2022, a 23.50 per cent rise over the £ 17.034 billion in 2021.
The UK imported £ 462 million worth of textile fabric in February 2023, down 4.94 per cent from £ 486 million in February 2022. Moreover, these imports declined month over month, decreasing from £ 469 million in January 2023. According to ONS data, imports of textile fabric totaled £ 6.359 billion between January and December 2022.
The UK imported textile fibres worth £ 39 million in February 2023 compared to £ 45 million in the same month of 2022. In January 2023, imports of textile fibre fell by £ 35 million. Imports of textile fibres totaled £ 545 million in 2022.
In February 2023, the UK exported apparel worth £ 296 million, down from £ 323 million in February 2022 and £ 306 million in January 2023. Exports of clothing declined yearly, falling to £ 3.931 billion in 2022 from £ 4.263 billion in 2021. The value of textile fabric and fibre exports in 2022 was £ 2.716 billion and £ 616 million, respectively.
