Total U.S. seaborne imports of apparel, footwear and textiles showed some improvement in September, rising 0.8 percent year-over-year for the first time since September of last year, according to data from Panjiva. By category, shipments of apparel and footwear fell by 1.6 percent and 17.0 percent year-over-year, respectively, while textiles spiked 18.9 percent. Those data…