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Embroidery: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in embroidery totaled $1.5 billion (118 thousand tonnes). China accounted for 60% of exports, followed by India (10%) and Thailand (4%); the top importers were the United States (8%), the United Arab Emirates (6%) and Indonesia (6%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 11%.

Summary

World trade
$1.5billion
Tonnes
118thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$13,054
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. China$933 million · 60.4%
  2. India$154 million · 9.9%
  3. Thailand$56 million · 3.6%
  4. Turkey$52 million · 3.4%
  5. Hong Kong$36 million · 2.4%
    re-exports
  6. France$36 million · 2.3%
  7. Austria$34 million · 2.2%
  8. Taiwan$32 million · 2.1%
  9. Italy$28 million · 1.8%
  10. Mexico$26 million · 1.7%
  11. Switzerland$17 million · 1.1%
  12. Germany$14 million · 0.91%
  13. Japan$13 million · 0.85%
  14. Spain$13 million · 0.83%
  15. Myanmar$10 million · 0.64%
  16. South Korea$9 million · 0.61%
  17. United States$9 million · 0.6%
  18. United Kingdom$7 million · 0.44%
  19. Romania$6 million · 0.39%
  20. Vietnam$6 million · 0.39%

Top importers

  1. United States$123 million · 8%
  2. United Arab Emirates$93 million · 6%
  3. Indonesia$89 million · 5.7%
  4. Italy$88 million · 5.7%
  5. Vietnam$73 million · 4.7%
  6. Senegal$72 million · 4.6%
  7. Nigeria$69 million · 4.5%
  8. Morocco$68 million · 4.4%
  9. Iraq$53 million · 3.4%
  10. France$50 million · 3.2%
  11. Brazil$49 million · 3.2%
  12. Turkey$41 million · 2.7%
  13. Spain$39 million · 2.5%
  14. Hong Kong$29 million · 1.9%
    re-exports
  15. Afghanistan$28 million · 1.8%
  16. Bangladesh$27 million · 1.8%
  17. Japan$25 million · 1.6%
  18. Germany$23 million · 1.5%
  19. Mexico$23 million · 1.5%
  20. United Kingdom$23 million · 1.5%

Trend

Who sells it

China was the top exporter throughout the period

Value in USD millions. The five largest exporters in 2024.

  • China 933
  • India 154
  • Thailand 55.6
  • Turkey 52.1
  • Hong Kong 36.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
China79.5933
India21.9154
Thailand42.455.6
Turkey10.152.1
Hong Kong33.536.4

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne fell 66% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $13,054

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$37,857
1996$30,785
1997$26,315
1998$28,372
1999$29,024
2000$25,926
2001$21,743
2002$23,001
2003$20,574
2004$16,819
2005$18,382
2006$14,694
2007$14,341
2008$16,125
2009$16,921
2010$17,070
2011$19,292
2012$14,123
2013$16,311
2014$15,655
2015$18,867
2016$24,645
2017$16,403
2018$15,546
2019$12,417
2020$11,779
2021$12,273
2022$11,971
2023$12,308
2024$13,054

What it includes

  • 5810 · Embroidery

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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