India topped among the countries exporting children’s wear to the US between January to July 2018. India’s export earnings in the period grew 1.50 per cent and volumes grew 19.87 per cent. During the seven-month period, US volumes of junior wear imports grew 3.07 per cent while values were up 1.76 per cent from the same period of the prior year.

India is the only country that saw a surge in both volumes and value terms, surpassing China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia as far as percentage growth is concerned. Bangladesh and Vietnam, India’s close competitors in the children’s category, fell in value terms and grew in volumes but stayed far behind the growth tapped by India. While Bangladesh’s earnings were down two percent, Vietnam’s export value fell 1.90 per cent from the previous year.

While Bangladesh’s volume of children’s wear exports to the US grew by 1.83 per cent, Vietnam managed to witness a decent growth of 5.29 per cent in exports of children’s wear. China’s volumes fell by 1.74 per cent and values of exports dipped 2.74; Indonesia too drastically noted a decline by 8.29 per cent in value and 10.12 per cent in volumes of junior wear exports to the US.