Indonesia’s imports of ready-to-wear clothing, especially those included in the textile and textile product identification code (HS) group, increased by 10.53 per cent in November 2024. As per Amar Adininggar Widyasanti, Acting Head, Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the largest imports of 42.69 per cent of ready-to-wear clothing came from China.

In addition to China, Indonesia also increased ready-to-wear clothing imports from Vietnam and Bangladesh by 10.48 per cent and 8.95 per cent respectively.

Indonesia's total imports declined by 10.71 per cent to $19.59 billion in November 2024. Imports from China reached $6.53 billion. In addition to China, imports from Japan reached $1.49 billion while those from United States totaled $0.76 billion.