What this is US apparel imports under HS 61 and HS 62 by supplier country, in dollars at the US customs value, from United Nations Comtrade: the twelve months August 2025 to July 2026 against the twelve before them, and July 2026 on its own.
How to read it The sentence above the table gives all countries together over the twelve months, splits it between knitted and woven clothing, and then gives July 2026 alone. In the table each row is one supplier country: first the dollars of clothing the United States bought from it over the twelve months (B means billions, M millions), then the change on the twelve months before, then July 2026 on its own and its change on July 2025. A green plus is growing business for that country, a brown minus is shrinking business. A country whose twelve month change is better than the all countries figure is winning share.
What moves it Retail demand in the United States, tariff changes, and brands shifting programmes between countries.
How to use it See whether your supplier country is holding its share of US business. Share moving away usually appears here months before anybody mentions it to you.
The trap Customs data arrives about two months late and is revised afterwards. One month swings with the shipping calendar, so judge a country on the twelve months and use the latest month only to see which way it is turning. These are values at the foreign port, before freight, insurance and duty, so they sit below any landed cost.
