US Apparel Imports Perked Up in November—Barely

U.S. apparel imports continued to recover in November, after dramatic declines throughout the year, with shipments up 9.5 percent in volume to 2 billion square meter equivalents (SME) compared to a year earlier, according to new data released Thursday by the Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles & Apparel (OTEXA). The value of apparel imports into…