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Weekly price shock alert: Lyocell - week ended July 3 ICE cotton advances on US weather concerns, grain market rally Apparel/Garments | Europe's $256 bn apparel shift squeezes low-cost exporters 07 Jul '264 min read Pic: Shutterstock/Emily Marie Wilson Insights Europe's apparel import rebound is no longer a simple win for low-cost exporters. TexPro data showed the region's apparel imports rose to $******.* billion in 2025, but Q12026 slipped *.* per cent year-on-year (YoY). Europe is still buying globally yet more of the value chain is being routed through EU hubs, stricter compliance systems, warehousing networks and parcel-level customs controls. The old sourcing map is breaking For years, Europe’s apparel sourcing story was read as a manufacturing-country race. China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Turkey, India and Cambodia competed on scale, cost and category strength. That reading is now too narrow. CBI’s latest market update showed that the EU imported € * * * . * billion (~$ * * * . * * billion), of apparel in * * * * . But developing-country suppliers accounted for * * . * per cent of EU clothing import value, down from * * . * per cent in * * * * . Their EU apparel exports stood at € * * . * billion (~$ * * . * * billion), below the € * * . * billion (~$ * * * . * * billion), peak of * * * * . Crucially, CBI noted that a large share of intra-EU apparel trade consists of re-exports of garments originally produced elsewhere. That is the Prime-worthy point. Europe is not simply reshoring apparel. It is rerouting control. PRIME Unlimited Access to F2F Prime Content As a first-time user, you can access One Prime Content for FREE Register to unlock PRIME content Already a subscriber? Sign in to access PRIME Learn more about Prime Content Register to read this Prime news for FREE Select Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azarbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bos
