In 2020, China's share of American clothing imports dropped sharply due to the imposition of tariffs by the United States. Due to the sharp drop in the unit price of China products, the decline in US clothing imports to China is obviously greater than the decline in imports.

In terms of quantity, American clothing imports from China decreased by 23.3% year-on-year, while imports from other countries decreased by 1 1.7%. In terms of currency, the clothing imported by the United States from China decreased by 39.2% year-on-year, while the clothing imported from other countries decreased by 16.8% year-on-year. In terms of import volume, China's share of American clothing imports dropped from 39.9% to 36.6%, and in terms of import volume, China's share dropped from 29.8% to 23.6%.

In 2020, the decline of American cotton clothing imported from China is more obvious than that of chemical fiber clothing. From the monetary point of view, the import proportion of China cotton clothing in the United States has dropped to 15.4%, and the proportion of some categories has dropped to 10% (such as men's/boys' cotton woven shirts) or men's/boys' chemical fiber knitted shirts.

In 2020, the unit price of clothing in China dropped sharply, by more than 20% in dollar terms, while that in other producing areas only dropped by 5.8%. The United States imposed tariffs on clothing imported from China, which directly hit the import demand of the United States, and buyers began to turn to other categories with low prices and little impact from the tariff increase.

With the United States strictly prohibiting the import of cotton products in Xinjiang, the United States will further reduce the import of clothing from China in the future.