Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts (regardless of source materials) during 2016:

1. China: US$8.7 billion (20.2% of total T-shirt exports)
2. Bangladesh: $5.6 billion (13.1%)
3. Turkey: $2.9 billion (6.8%)
4. India: $2.8 billion (6.4%)
5. Germany: $1.9 billion (4.4%)
6. Vietnam: $1.5 billion (3.6%)
7. Belgium: $1.5 billion (3.5%)
8. Italy: $1.3 billion (3%)
9. Spain: $1.2 billion (2.9%)
10. Cambodia: $1 billion (2.4%)
11. Portugal: $924.4 million (2.1%)
12. Netherlands: $901.2 million (2.1%)
13. Mexico: $895.8 million (2.1%)
14. France: $872.3 million (2%)
15. Hong Kong: $828.9 million (1.9%)

The listed 15 countries shipped over three-quarters (76.5%) of global T-shirt exports in 2016 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing T-shirt exporters since 2012 were: Cambodia (up 94.1%), Vietnam (up 33.5%), Belgium (up 33.4%) and India (up 31.6%).

Five countries posted declines in their exported T-shirt sales: Hong Kong (down -27%), Turkey (down -5.1%), Netherlands (down -4.3%), Spain (down -2.6%) and Germany (down -1.4%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Cotton

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cotton T-shirts during 2016:

1. Bangladesh: US$4.9 billion (18.4% of total exported cotton T-shirts)
2. China: $4.3 billion (16.2%)
3. India: $1.7 billion (6.5%)
4. Turkey: $1.6 billion (5.9%)
5. Germany: $1.1 billion (4.2%)
6. Italy: $883.3 million (3.3%)
7. Vietnam: $734.8 million (2.7%)
8. Belgium: $730.3 million (2.7%)
9. Spain: $687.8 million (2.6%)
10. Netherlands: $659.8 million (2.5%)
11. Portugal: $646.2 million (2.4%)
12. El Salvador: $641.5 million (2.4%)
13. Hong Kong: $623.2 million (2.3%)
14. United Kingdom: $542.3 million (2%)
15. France: $523.9 million (2%)

The listed 15 countries shipped three-quarters (75.4%) of global cotton T-shirts exports in 2016 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing cotton T-shirts exporters since 2012 were: United Kingdom (up 36.4%), Italy (up 29.9%), France (up 16.1%) and Belgium (up 11.9%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported cotton T-shirts sales were led by: Hong Kong (down -20.4%), Netherlands (down -15.1%), Turkey (down -11.8%), Germany (down -11.6%) and El Salvador (down -11%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Non-Cotton Textiles

Below are the 15 countries that, during 2016, exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts made from textile materials other than cotton:

1. China: US$4.4 billion (26.8% of total exported non-cotton T-shirts)
2. Turkey: $1.3 billion (8.2%)
3. India: $1 billion (6.3%)
4. Vietnam: $803.3 million (4.9%)
5. Germany: $793.8 million (4.8%)
6. Belgium: $777.2 million (4.7%)
7. Bangladesh: $722.1 million (4.4%)
8. Cambodia: $596.3 million (3.6%)
9. Spain: $559.6 million (3.4%)
10. Italy: $397.6 million (2.4%)
11. Mexico: $375.3 million (2.3%)
12. France: $348.4 million (2.1%)
13. Sri Lanka: $298.9 million (1.8%)
14. Portugal: $278.2 million (1.7%)
15. Indonesia: $267.8 million (1.6%)

The listed 15 countries shipped almost four-fifths (79.3%) of global non-cotton T-shirt exports in 2016 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing non-cotton T-shirts exporters since 2012 ranged from Bangladesh (up 252.0%), Cambodia (up 217.1%) and India (up 130.1%) down to China (up 15.6%), Italy (up 4.9%) and Turkey (up 4.3%).

Not one country posted a decline in its non-cotton T-shirt exports.

T-shirt Exporting Companies

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

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

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