List the ten largest exporters (I am looking for countries not
companies) of clothing to the United States.  In other words, I want
to know which countries export clothing to the U.S. the most.  Also
some numbers would be helpful so as to know how much more the number
one exporter exports than the number 10.

Thanks for asking!


The most recent full year with figures available is 2003. The 10
largest clothing (apparel) exporting countries to the US for 2003
were:

  Country              Amount (in Millions US$)
  ------------------   ------------------------

  China                        2289.847	
  Mexico                       1977.285	
  Honduras                     1151.898	
  Bangladesh                    913.029	
  El Salvador                   856.334	
  Hong Kong                     785.440
  Dominican Republic            750.161	
  Vietnam                       739.175	
  Indonesia                     617.984	
  Taiwan                        590.777	


All other exporters to the US:

  Country              Amount (in Millions US$)
  ------------------   ------------------------

  Korea, South                  575.584
  Philippines                   545.572
  India                         532.069
  Cambodia                      527.683
  Thailand                      496.145
  Guatemala                     444.536
  Pakistan                      443.627
  Sri Lanka (Ceylon)            395.021
  Macau                         375.773
  Turkey                        373.932

  Costa Rica                    331.993
  Canada                        262.083
  Russia                        219.308
  Malaysia                      191.285
  Nicaragua                     150.235
  Egypt                         138.546
  Haiti                         136.659
  Jordan                        135.645
  Colombia                      120.994
  Israel                        119.447
  Lesotho                       103.865
  Burma (Myanmar)                95.494
  Italy                          94.792
  United Arab Emirates           90.108
  Jamaica                        71.663
  South Africa                   70.251
  Peru                           65.180
  Singapore                      57.759
  Mongolia                       54.852
  Kenya                          52.214
  
  Swaziland                      49.164
  Madagascar                     45.635
  Brazil                         45.364
  Mauritius                      45.124
  Brunei                         43.671
  Oman                           41.583
  Maldive Islands                40.374
  Nepal                          39.240
  Bulgaria                       38.650
  Japan                          34.598
  
  Australia                      33.178
  Bahrain                        31.943
  Syria                          28.872
  Qatar                          22.889
  Turkmenistan                   22.527
  United Kingdom                 20.068
  Romania                        19.902
  Moldova                        18.290
  Fiji                           17.629
  Kuwait                         16.753
  
  Morocco                        15.919
  Ukraine                        15.770
  Belize                         15.252
  Uzbekistan                     13.324
  Ecuador                        12.701
  Macedonia                      11.387
  Kazakhstan                     11.174
  Namibia                        10.543
  France                         10.480
  Portuga                        l9.879
  
  Estonia                         7.617
  Guyana                          7.273
  Malawi                          7.049
  Belarus                         6.638
  Lebanon                         6.567
  Bolivia                         6.262
  Ghana                           6.176
  Germany                         6.167
  Malta and Gozo                  6.097
  Poland                          5.811
  
  Kyrgyzstan                      5.740
  Micronesia                      5.567
  Tunisia                         4.929
  Tajikistan                      4.892
  Hungary                         4.617
  Spain                           4.533
  Botswana                        3.051
  Czech Republic                  2.746
  Armenia                         2.745
  Greece                          2.460
  
  St Lucia                        2.303
  Lithuania                       2.212
  Zimbabwe                        1.883
  Sweden                          1.557
  Argentina                       1.492
  Cape Verde                      1.271
  Ethiopia                        1.168
  Panama                          1.133
  Ireland                         1.084
  Georgia                         1.037
  
  Latvia                          0.986
  Switzerland                     0.984
  Slovak Republic                 0.982
  Austria                         0.957
  Uganda                          0.840
  New Zealand                     0.838
  Uruguay                         0.816
  Chile                           0.784
  Norway                          0.745
  Netherlands                     0.574
  
  Cyprus                          0.558
  Venezuela                       0.539
  Denmark                         0.511
  Slovenia                        0.424
  Belgium                         0.410
  Tanzania                        0.345
  Tokelau Islands                 0.250
  Palau                           0.190
  Finland                         0.095
  Nigeria                         0.071

  Saudi Arabia                    0.064
  Western Samoa                   0.048
  Azerbaijan                      0.040
  Bermuda                         0.029
  Iceland                         0.013
  Luxembourg                      0.004


I compiled this listing from the Major Shippers Report (Volume II)
Individual Country Reports. Figure used for each country is the
Aggregate MFA Apparel Total.

Office of Textiles and Apparel | Major Shippers Report
http://www.otexa.ita.doc.gov/ctryname.htm


I hope you find this helpful. Should you have any questions about the
information provided, please, feel free to ask for clarification.

---larre




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