Key Figures 2016 - The EU-28 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2016

In 2016, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-28 represents a turnover of €171 billion  and investments of €4.8 billion. Thanks to a revival of the EU activity, the 177,700 T&C companies still employ over 1.7 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with almost €45 billion of T&C products exported and €110 billion imported from Third markets.

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Key Figures 2015 - The EU-28 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2015.

In 2015, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-28 represents a turnover of 169 billion € and investments of around 4 billion €. Thanks to a revival of the EU activity, the 174,000 T&C companies still employ over 1.7 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 45 billion € of T&C products exported and 109 billion € imported from Third markets.

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Key Figures 2014 - The EU-28 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2014.

In 2014, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-28 represents a turnover of 165 billion € and investments of around 4 billion €. Thanks to a revival of the EU activity, the 173,000 T&C companies still employ over 1.6 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 43 billion € of T&C products exported and 99 billion € imported from Third markets.

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Key Figures 2013 - The EU-28 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2013.

In 2013, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-28 represents a turnover of 166 billion € and investments of around 4 billion €. Thanks to a revival in 2010 after the critical year of 2009, the 173,000 T&C companies still employ over 1.7 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 42 billion € of T&C products exported and 92 billion € imported from Third markets.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2012.

In 2012, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-27 represents a turnover of 165 billion € and investments of around 5 billion €. Despite the strong impact of the global economic recession in 2009, the 181.000 T&C companies still employ over 1,7 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 42 billion € of T&C products exported and 90 billion € imported from Third markets.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2011.

In 2011, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-27 represents a turnover of 179 billion € and investments of around 5 billion €. Despite the strong impact of the global economic recession in 2009, the 146.000 T&C companies still employ over 1,8 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 39 billion € of T&C products exported and 93 billion € imported from Third markets.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2010.

In 2010, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-27 represents a turnover of 172 billion € and investments of around 5 billion €. Despite the strong impact of the global economic recession the previous year, the 127.000 T&C companies still employ over 1,9 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 34 billion € of T&C products exported and 84 billion € imported from Third markets.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2009.

In 2009, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-27 represents a turnover of 167 billion € and investments of around 5 billion €. Despite the strong impact of the global economic recession, the 128.000 T&C companies still employ over 2 million workers. EU external trade was less dynamic than the previous year with 30 billion € of T&C products exported and 75 billion € imported from Third markets.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2008.

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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2007.

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