# Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS2 60) Sector Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Knitted or crocheted fabrics at HS2 60, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The knitted or crocheted fabrics sector recorded $38.2B in reported global trade in 2024, with +2.4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $38.2B |
| Latest annual change | +2.4% |
| Active exporters | 175 |
| Active importers | 198 |
| Active HS6 products | 44 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $10.9B | 3,752 | 44 |
| 1996 | $11.4B | 3,972 | 44 |
| 1997 | $12.6B | 4,092 | 44 |
| 1998 | $13.0B | 4,305 | 44 |
| 1999 | $13.4B | 4,470 | 44 |
| 2000 | $14.8B | 4,855 | 44 |
| 2001 | $14.1B | 5,002 | 44 |
| 2002 | $15.4B | 4,991 | 44 |
| 2003 | $16.9B | 5,276 | 44 |
| 2004 | $18.5B | 5,137 | 44 |
| 2005 | $18.7B | 5,225 | 44 |
| 2006 | $20.4B | 5,347 | 44 |
| 2007 | $22.5B | 5,497 | 44 |
| 2008 | $23.3B | 5,559 | 44 |
| 2009 | $20.0B | 5,511 | 44 |
| 2010 | $23.9B | 5,480 | 44 |
| 2011 | $27.9B | 5,597 | 44 |
| 2012 | $27.9B | 5,719 | 44 |
| 2013 | $30.1B | 5,744 | 44 |
| 2014 | $31.4B | 5,858 | 44 |
| 2015 | $30.6B | 5,960 | 44 |
| 2016 | $30.2B | 6,052 | 44 |
| 2017 | $32.6B | 6,003 | 44 |
| 2018 | $35.1B | 6,055 | 44 |
| 2019 | $34.0B | 6,146 | 44 |
| 2020 | $30.4B | 6,072 | 44 |
| 2021 | $40.3B | 6,284 | 44 |
| 2022 | $40.6B | 6,606 | 44 |
| 2023 | $35.7B | 6,466 | 44 |
| 2024 | $38.2B | 6,449 | 44 |

## Growth and market structure

- Trend: Stable
- Three-year CAGR: -1.7%
- Five-year CAGR: +2.3%
- Historical peak: $40.6B in 2,022
- Positive-growth years: 72.4%
- Exporter concentration HHI: 2,806
- Importer concentration HHI: 1,053.4
- Trade volatility coefficient: 0.4

## Leading corridors

| Rank | Exporter | Importer | Trade value | Growth | HS6 products | Distance | FTA |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | China | Viet Nam | $4.6B | -1.5% | 44 | 2,732 km | Yes |
| 2 | China | Cambodia | $2.6B | +2.3% | 43 | 2,763 km | Yes |
| 3 | China | Bangladesh | $2.0B | +2.2% | 39 | 3,168 km | No |
| 4 | Viet Nam | Cambodia | $868.1M | +3.1% | 34 | 211 km | Yes |
| 5 | China | India | $851.5M | +8% | 42 | 4,252 km | No |
| 6 | China | Indonesia | $842.8M | -1.9% | 43 | 4,425 km | Yes |
| 7 | Taiwan | Viet Nam | $819.0M | -4.2% | 39 | 2,221 km | No |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | Viet Nam | $726.5M | -5.9% | 43 | 3,599 km | Yes |
| 9 | China | Myanmar | $660.6M | +6.3% | 42 | 3,017 km | Yes |
| 10 | China | Egypt | $547.8M | +4.3% | 38 | 8,370 km | No |

## Leading exporters

| Rank | Country | Exports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | China | $22.4B | 193 | 44 |
| 2 | Taiwan | $1.9B | 118 | 44 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | $1.7B | 120 | 44 |
| 4 | Turkey | $1.7B | 154 | 44 |
| 5 | Viet Nam | $1.6B | 109 | 44 |
| 6 | Italy | $1.0B | 143 | 44 |
| 7 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $614.4M | 139 | 44 |
| 8 | Germany | $581.2M | 123 | 44 |
| 9 | India | $555.8M | 151 | 44 |
| 10 | Malaysia | $458.5M | 78 | 42 |

## Leading importers

| Rank | Country | Imports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | Viet Nam | $6.7B | 65 | 44 |
| 2 | Cambodia | $4.1B | 37 | 43 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | $2.3B | 42 | 43 |
| 4 | Indonesia | $1.8B | 87 | 44 |
| 5 | India | $1.0B | 69 | 44 |
| 6 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $966.7M | 89 | 44 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | $892.4M | 57 | 44 |
| 8 | Mexico | $877.8M | 50 | 44 |
| 9 | Russia | $829.5M | 36 | 44 |
| 10 | Jordan | $778.0M | 47 | 41 |

## HS6 products

- Fabrics: long pile fabrics, knitted or crocheted (HS6 600110)
- Fabrics: looped pile fabrics, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (HS6 600121)
- Fabrics: looped pile fabrics, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (HS6 600122)
- Fabrics: looped pile fabrics, of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted (HS6 600129)
- Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of cotton, knitted or crocheted (HS6 600191)
- Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (HS6 600192)
- Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding ""long pile"" and loop pile), of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted (HS6 600199)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics), 30cm wide or less, containing 5% or more by weight of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread (HS6 600210)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics), 30cm or less wide (HS6 600220)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics), wider than 30cm, containing 5% or more by weight of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread (HS6 600230)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 60.01, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread (HS6 600240)
- Fabrics: warp knit, (including those made on galloon knitting machines, excluding pile fabrics), of wool or fine animal hair (HS6 600241)
- Fabrics: warp knit, (including those made on galloon knitting machines, excluding pile fabrics), of cotton (HS6 600242)
- Fabrics: warp knit, (including those made on galloon knitting machines, excluding pile fabrics), of man-made fibres (HS6 600243)
- Fabrics: warp knit, (including those made on galloon knitting machines, excluding pile fabrics), of fibres n.e.s. in item no. 6002.4 (HS6 600249)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 60.01, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread (HS6 600290)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics and warp knit), of wool or fine animal hair (HS6 600291)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics and warp knit), of cotton (HS6 600292)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics and warp knit), of man-made fibres (HS6 600293)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted (excluding pile fabrics and warp knit), of fibres n.e.s. in item no. 6002.9 (HS6 600299)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, of wool or fine animal hair (HS6 600310)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, of cotton (HS6 600320)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, of synthetic fibres (HS6 600330)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, of artificial fibres (HS6 600340)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, other than of wool and fine animal hair, cotton, synthetic or artificial fibres (HS6 600390)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread (HS6 600410)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 60.01, of a width exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, (HS6 600490)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of wool or fine animal hair (HS6 600510)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, unbleached or bleached (HS6 600521)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed (HS6 600522)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, yarns of different colours (HS6 600523)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, printed (HS6 600524)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, bleached or unbleached (HS6 600531)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed (HS6 600532)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, of yarns of different colours (HS6 600533)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, printed (HS6 600534)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter (HS6 600535)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, bleached or unbleached (HS6 600536)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed (HS6 600537)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, yarns of different colours (HS6 600538)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, printed (HS6 600539)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, bleached or unbleached (HS6 600541)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, dyed (HS6 600542)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, of yarns of different colours (HS6 600543)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, printed (HS6 600544)
- Fabrics: warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, excluding those made from cotton or synthetic or artificial fibres (HS6 600590)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of wool or fine animal hair (HS6 600610)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, unbleached or bleached (HS6 600621)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed (HS6 600622)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, of yarns of different colours (HS6 600623)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, printed (HS6 600624)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, unbleached or bleached (HS6 600631)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed (HS6 600632)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, of yarns of different colours (HS6 600633)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, printed (HS6 600634)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, unbleached or bleached (HS6 600641)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, dyed (HS6 600642)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, of yarns of different colours (HS6 600643)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of artificial fibres, printed (HS6 600644)
- Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04,and other than those made of wool, fine animal hair, cotton, synthetic or artificial fibres (HS6 600690)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS2. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024. The data release was refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:08.

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