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China slips to third place as source of jeans for the EU

04/06/2014

Figures for 2013 show that the European Union imported almost 500 million pairs of denim jeans; the total figure was 494 million. These garments had a value of almost €3.7 billion. Between 2007 and 2013, imports of jeans into the EU increased by 36.2%, compared to growth of all clothing imports of 14% over the same period. The figures come from...

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