The bar chart depicts the average prices per kilometer of apparel imported into the EU from Argentina, Brazil, Japan, China, India, and Bangladesh in 1997 and 2003.
Overall, Argentina led in imports in both years. Additionally, while the costs in Brazil remained stable, Bangladesh consistently remained the lowest. Those in China and India increased significantly.
The average price of clothing imported from Argentina was the highest and reached a peak of 28 while the figure decreased to 26 after a decade. The moderate costs per kilometer in Brazil stood unchanged during the period.
There was a decline of 2 in the price per kilometer of clothing in Japan, falling from 15 to 13 between 1993 and 2003.
Concerning those countries with affordable costs, China’s prices for the transportation of clothing accounted for 10 in 1993, with this figure increasing to 17 in the last year shown. These figures in India were 7 in the initial year, which was followed by a growth of 5 throughout the period. Bangladesh in which the reasonably priced delivery of clothing is provided, stood at 3 in 1993, which nearly doubled in the last year given.