Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts (regardless of source materials) during 2019.

1. China: US$7.4 billion (15.7% of total T-shirt exports)
2. Bangladesh: $6.7 billion (14.1%)
3. Turkey: $2.73 billion (5.8%)
4. India: $2.66 billion (5.6%)
5. Germany: $2.4 billion (5.1%)
6. Vietnam: $2.2 billion (4.7%)
7. Italy: $1.8 billion (3.8%)
8. Netherlands: $1.5 billion (3.1%)
9. Spain: $1.44 billion (3%)
10. Belgium: $1.43 billion (3%)
11. Cambodia: $1.2 billion (2.4%)
12. Honduras: $1.1 billion (2.2%)
13. France: $1.1 billion (2.2%)
14. Portugal: $972.4 million (2.1%)
15. Mexico: $905 million (1.9%)

The listed 15 countries shipped 74.8% of global T-shirt exports in 2019 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing T-shirt exporters since 2015 were: Honduras (up 227,010%), Netherlands (up 75%), Italy (up 59.1%) and Germany (up 29.1%).

Four countries posted declines in their exported T-shirt sales namely: China (down -22%), Turkey (down -8.5%), India (down -6.9%) and Cambodia (down -2.1%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Cotton

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cotton T-shirts during 2019.

1. Bangladesh: US$5.8 billion (18.3% of exported cotton T-shirts)
2. China: $3.7 billion (11.7%)
3. India: $2 billion (6.2%)
4. Turkey: $1.8 billion (5.5%)
5. Germany: $1.6 billion (5.1%)
6. Italy: $1.4 billion (4.5%)
7. Vietnam: $1.2 billion (3.8%)
8. Netherlands: $1.1 billion (3.6%)
9. Spain: $1 billion (3.2%)
10. Honduras: $782.2 million (2.4%)
11. France: $765.7 million (2.4%)
12. Belgium: $755.1 million (2.4%)
13. Portugal: $734 million (2.3%)
14. United States: $634.7 million (2%)
15. United Kingdom: $613.2 million (1.9%)

The listed 15 countries shipped 75.3% of global cotton T-shirts exports in 2018 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of cotton T-shirts since 2015 were: Honduras (up 168,115%), Italy (up 92.6%), Netherlands (up 79.1%) and Spain (up 73.1%).

China was the lone top supplier to post a decline in its exported cotton T-shirts sales via an -18.1% drop.

T-shirt Exports by Country: Non-Cotton Textiles

Below are the 15 countries that, during 2019, exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts made from textile materials other than cotton.

1. China: US$3.7 billion (23.9% of exported non-cotton T-shirts)
2. Vietnam: $998.5 million (6.5%)
3. Turkey: $973.1 million (6.3%)
4. Bangladesh: $823.8 million (5.4%)
5. Germany: $795.3 million (5.2%)
6. Belgium: $670.2 million (4.4%)
7. India: $667.7 million (4.3%)
8. Cambodia: $580.8 million (3.8%)
9. Spain: $418.8 million (2.7%)
10. Italy: $351.4 million (2.3%)
11. Netherlands: $345.7 million (2.2%)
12. Mexico: $306.8 million (2%)
13. France: $292.5 million (1.9%)
14. Indonesia: $285.2 million (1.9%)
15. Honduras: $280.7 million (1.8%)

The listed 15 countries shipped 74.6% of global non-cotton T-shirts exports in 2019 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of non-cotton T-shirts since 2015 were: Honduras (up 9,355,533%), Bangladesh (up 164.3%), Cambodia (up 97.2%) and Netherlands (up 62.6%).

Those countries that posted sales declines in their exported non-cotton T-shirts were led by: India (down -38.1%), Turkey (down -33.6%), China (down -26.2%), Spain (down -22.9%) and Mexico (down -17.8%).

T-shirt Exporting Companies

According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of established T-shirt companies:

• Fab Collections Limited (Bangladesh)
• Herbert Georg Santura (Portugal)
• Idea Group IGM SRL (Italy)
• Luxiberg (France)
• Nanchang Dongshen Knitted Garment Co, Ltd (China)
• NFS Trade International (Germany)
• PBM Polytex Limited (India)
• Ruma North America Group S de RL de CV (Mexico)
• Sky Apparel Limited (Turkey)
• Vietgo Company Limited (Vietnam)

The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.