US’ imports of industrial textiles increased in the second quarter

US’ imports of industrial textiles increased in the second quarter compared to $720.832 million in the first quarter of the current year, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. However, the imports witnessed a downtrend in the preceding quarters. They were at $752.101 million in the fourth quarter and $765.800 million in the third quarter of last year. The country imported industrial textiles worth $752.054 million in the second quarter of last year, crossing the $700 million mark for the first time in 6 quarters.