Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts (regardless of source materials) during 2018.

1. China: US$8 billion (17% of total T-shirt exports)
2. Bangladesh: $6.3 billion (13.3%)
3. Turkey: $2.8 billion (6%)
4. Germany: $2.5 billion (5.3%)
5. India: $2.5 billion (5.2%)
6. Vietnam: $2 billion (4.2%)
7. Belgium: $1.7 billion (3.6%)
8. Italy: $1.7 billion (3.5%)
9. Spain: $1.4 billion (3%)
10. Netherlands: $1.4 billion (3%)
11. Cambodia: $1.1 billion (2.4%)
12. France: $1.1 billion (2.3%)
13. Portugal: $1 billion (2.2%)
14. Mexico: $931.6 million (2%)
15. Honduras: $931 million (2%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped about three-quarters (75.1%) of global T-shirt exports in 2018.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing T-shirt exporters since 2014 were: Honduras (up 154,293%), Italy (up 28.5%), Netherlands (up 28.3%) and France (up 22.6%).

Four countries posted declines in their exported T-shirt sales namely: Turkey (down -21%), China (down -21.4%), India (down -9.7%) and Cambodia (down -1.1%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Cotton

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cotton T-shirts during 2018.

1. Bangladesh: US$5.4 billion (17.9% of exported cotton T-shirts)
2. China: $3.9 billion (12.7%)
3. India: $1.8 billion (5.9%)
4. Turkey: $1.7 billion (5.5%)
5. Germany: $1.6 billion (5.3%)
6. Italy: $1.3 billion (4.2%)
7. Netherlands: $1.1 billion (3.5%)
8. Vietnam: $994.9 million (3.3%)
9. Spain: $941.3 million (3.1%)
10. Portugal: $782.7 million (2.6%)
11. Belgium: $771.5 million (2.5%)
12. France: $732.6 million (2.4%)
13. Honduras: $686.2 million (2.3%)
14. Hong Kong: $612.2 million (2.0%)
15. Mexico: $586.8 million (1.9%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped about three-quarters (75.2%) of cotton T-shirts exported in 2018.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing cotton T-shirts exporters since 2014 were: Honduras (up 163,290%), Spain (up 52%), Italy (up 49.8%) and France (up 40%).

Four countries posted declines in their exported cotton T-shirts sales namely: China (down -20.4%), Hong Kong (down -8%), Turkey (down -6.6%) and India (down -2.3%).

T-shirt Exports by Country: Non-Cotton Textiles

Below are the 15 countries that, during 2018, exported the highest dollar value worth of T-shirts made from textile materials other than cotton.

1. China: US$4.1 billion (24.9% of total non-cotton T-shirts exports)
2. Turkey: $1.1 billion (6.7%)
3. Vietnam: $955.6 million (5.8%)
4. Belgium: $931.1 million (5.6%)
5. Germany: $883.1 million (5.3%)
6. Bangladesh: $816.5 million (4.9%)
7. India: $672.4 million (4%)
8. Cambodia: $615.7 million (3.7%)
9. Spain: $481.6 million (2.9%)
10. Italy: $381.7 million (2.3%)
11. Mexico: $344.8 million (2.1%)
12. Netherlands: $339.2 million (2%)
13. France: $332.5 million (2%)
14. Indonesia: $275.3 million (1.7%)
15. Portugal: $260.3 million (1.6%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped roughly three-quarters (75.6%) of globally exported non-cotton T-shirts in 2018.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing non-cotton T-shirts exporters since 2014 were: Cambodia (up 137%), Indonesia (up 65.6%), Netherlands (up 42.1%) and Belgium (up 38.9%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported non-cotton T-shirts sales were led by: Turkey (down -36.7%), India (down -24.8%), China (down -22.3%), Spain (down -19.1%) and Italy (down -13.2%).

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.