US fashion is spreading orders across more countries while preparing to work with fewer suppliers. H* **** TexPro data shows the shift is happening inside a shrinking import market, turning tariff management from a price problem into a redesign of sourcing relationships, assortments and risk.
Tariffs are no longer simply changing what US apparel importers pay. They are changing how much they order, where they place it and how many supplier relationships, they are willing to manage.
According to TexPro, US imports under HS ** and HS ** fell *.** per cent year on year to about $**.** billion in January-June ****, from $**.** billion a year earlier. Knitted apparel fell *.* per cent and non-knitted apparel *.** per cent. The market therefore lost roughly $*.** billion in six months.
