Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts (regardless of source materials) during 2017:

1. China: US$8.2 billion (18.5% of total T-shirt exports)
2. Bangladesh: $5.9 billion (13.3%)
3. Turkey: $2.9 billion (6.5%)
4. Germany: $2.3 billion (5.1%)
5. India: $1.9 billion (4.4%)
6. Vietnam: $1.7 billion (3.8%)
7. Belgium: $1.5 billion (3.4%)
8. Italy: $1.5 billion (3.3%)
9. Spain: $1.4 billion (3.1%)
10. Netherlands: $1.2 billion (2.6%)
11. Honduras: $1.1 billion (2.4%)
12. Cambodia: $1 billion (2.4%)
13. Portugal: $985 million (2.2%)
14. France: $932.8 million (2.1%)
15. Mexico: $882.4 million (2%)

The listed 15 countries shipped about three-quarters (76.2%) of global T-shirt exports in 2017 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing T-shirt exporters since 2013 were: Honduras (up 400,999%), Bangladesh (up 27.7%), Italy (up 25.5%) and Vietnam (up 20.8%).

Four countries posted declines in their international T-shirt sales: India (down -25%), Turkey (down -12.2%), China (down -9.8%) and Spain (down -6.3%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Cotton

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cotton T-shirts during 2017:

1. Bangladesh: US$5.1 billion (18.3% of total cotton T-shirts exports)
2. China: $4 billion (14.2%)
3. Turkey: $1.7 billion (5.9%)
4. Germany: $1.4 billion (5%)
5. India: $1.2 billion (4.4%)
6. Italy: $1.1 billion (3.8%)
7. Spain: $884.6 million (3.2%)
8. Vietnam: $832.8 million (3%)
9. Netherlands: $829.5 million (3%)
10. Honduras: $823.9 million (2.9%)
11. Portugal: $726 million (2.6%)
12. Belgium: $694.7 million (2.5%)
13. Hong Kong: $669 million (2.4%)
14. El Salvador: $602.9 million (2.2%)
15. France: $586.3 million (2.1%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped three-quarters about (75.5%) of cotton T-shirts exported in 2017.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing cotton T-shirts exporters since 2013 were: Honduras (up 306,194%), Italy (up 42.1%), France (up 17.6%) and Bangladesh (up 16.9%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported cotton T-shirts sales were led by: India (down -33.8%), El Salvador (down -18.1%), Spain (down -13.6%), Belgium (down -12%) and China (down -8.7%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Non-Cotton Textiles

Below are the 15 countries that, during 2017, exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts made from textile materials other than cotton:

1. China: US$4.2 billion (25.8% of total non-cotton T-shirts exports)
2. Turkey: $1.2 billion (7.5%)
3. Germany: $866.4 million (5.3%)
4. Vietnam: $856.6 million (5.3%)
5. Belgium: $811.7 million (5%)
6. Bangladesh: $748.8 million (4.6%)
7. India: $703.1 million (4.3%)
8. Cambodia: $611 million (3.8%)
9. Spain: $504.4 million (3.1%)
10. Italy: $404.4 million (2.5%)
11. France: $346.4 million (2.1%)
12. Mexico: $341.2 million (2.1%)
13. Netherlands: $324.5 million (2%)
14. Sri Lanka: $292.2 million (1.8%)
15. Indonesia: $269.9 million (1.7%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped over three-quarters (76.9%) of global non-cotton T-shirt exports in 2017.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing non-cotton T-shirts exporters since 2013 were: Bangladesh (up 243.4%), Cambodia (up 211.4%), Netherlands (up 75.6%) and Vietnam (up 58.9%).

Four countries posted declines in their international non-cotton T-shirts sales namely Turkey (down -17.7%), China (down -10.8%), Italy (down -4.1%) and India (down -3.3%).

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.