The data describes the main five global import markets for clothing coming from outside the European Union-28, ranked by their value from 2015 to 2017. China ranked as the main clothing supplier, with imports to the EU valuing at approx. 27.2 billion euro in 2017.
Among the various EU countries, the UK had the third highest value of clothing imports in 2016, following Germany and France. This is likely to be due to the prominence of leading clothing retailers, such as Primark and Next, which have a strong store presence in the country.
