Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the United States declined in the first six months of the year, but the drop was smaller than for China and India, according to a Thursday report by the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel, or OTEXA. The United States is Bangladesh’s largest single-country garment market, receiving about 20 percent of the country’s total apparel exports.

US apparel imports fell 8.04 percent year on year to $35.09 billion from January through June, amid higher tariffs and pressure on global demand. Imports from Bangladesh declined 5.75 percent to $4.01 billion. In contrast, imports from China dropped 37.69 percent and imports from India fell 25.27 percent. Bangladesh’s apparel imports rose 5.74 percent year on year in June alone, reaching $763.57 million.

By volume, US apparel imports from Bangladesh fell 3.69 percent, compared with declines of 26.30 percent for China and 22.74 percent for India. Bangladesh’s average unit price declined 2.15 percent, the same decrease recorded for Vietnam. The price decline was close to Pakistan’s but lower than the declines reported for China and India.