The United States imported home textiles worth $6.002 billion in the first four months of the current year. Notably, made-ups were the most significant product, contributing 26.90 percent to the total home textile imports. During the same period, the inbound shipment of made-ups amounted to $1,776.997 million. Other leading home textile products included bed, floor, bathroom & kitchen, and window items.
Made-ups imports have been consistently declining since 2020. In January-April 2020, the import value reached $3.375 billion, a substantial increase of 90.68 percent from the same period in 2019. However, the imports dropped 23.84 percent to $2.570 billion in January-April 2021. They remained nearly steady at $2.605 billion in the corresponding period of 2022, but then fell sharply by 31.80 percent to $1.776 billion in January-April 2023, according to market report.
Bed-related items were the second most sought-after home furnishing product. These items accounted for $1,256.589 million in imports in the first four months of this year, representing 20.93 percent of the total home textiles imports. Interestingly, bed items have shown a contrary trend to made-ups. In January-April 2020, the inbound shipment of bed items dipped 17.94 percent to $1,030.769 million, but then it rose in the same periods of 2021 and 2022. However, it declined again by 32.35 percent this year.
The import of floor-related items was $833.355 million (13.88 percent), bathroom & kitchen items accounted for $825.320 million (13.75 percent), and window items amounted to $465.683 million (7.76 percent). These top five products contributed around 85.92 percent to the total imports in the US. The next five products were camping-related items, sacks and bags, furnishing articles, tableware, and used/new rags, which contributed another 13 percent to the total imports, as per market report.
