Clothing exports from Bangladesh were up by 11.5% in the country's 2018/19 financial year (July 2018-June 2019).During July 2019-February 2020,however,they were down by 5.5%.In the whole of 2019,there were increases in clothing exports to several markets-including Australia,Canada,Chile,India,Japan,Mexico,Russia,South Korea and the USA.However,there were declines in clothing exports to Brazil,China,the EU and Turkey.Textile and clothing exports from India were up by 2.0% in the country's 2018/19 financial year (April 2018-March 2019).During April 2019-January 2020,however,they were down by 6.5%.These trends reflected trends in exports of textiles alone-which were up during 2018/19 but were down during April 2019-January 2020.Clothing exports,by contrast,were down during 2018/19 but were up slightly during April 2019-January 2020.The rise in textile and clothing exports during 2018/19 reflected increases in sales to a number of geographical markets,including Asean countries,Bangladesh,China a,and the USA.However,there were declines in exports to the EU,Pakistan,Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Meanwhile,production of textiles in India was down by 1.9% in 2019 but clothing production was up by 10.3%.Textile and clothing exports from Pakistan were down by 1.4% in the country's 2018/19 financial year (July 2018-June 2019)but during July 2019-March 2020 they were up by 4.2%.Furthermore,sales in the EU import market-Pakistan's most important market-were up by 6.7% in 2019 after remaining more or less static in 2018 and sales in the US import market were up by 6.6% after rising by a slower 3.5% in 2018.However,production of textiles in Pakistan was little changed during 2018/19 and during July 2019-February 2020.Textile and clothing exports from Sri Lanka were up by 6.0% during January-November 2019,reflecting a 5.6% increase in clothing exports and an 11.3% jump in exports of textiles.The rise in textile and clothing exports was due in part to an 11.4% increase in sales in the EU import market in 2019 as a whole,and sales in this market are likely to do comparatively better than those from many other suppliers in the coming years following the reinstatement of Sri Lanka's GSP+ status under the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)in May 2017.Sales in the US import market,meanwhile,were up by 3.9% in 2019 while sales in the Canadian import market were up by 19.2%.
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