Sporting goods and athletic footwear imports flatten out
13/03/2002
The dollar value of sporting goods imported into the U.S. decreased by 0.5% in 2001. Imports also declined by 3.9% from 1997 to 1999, but grew by 7% from 1999 to 2000. These are the main findings of the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association’s (SGMA) newly-released analysis of the US Commerce Department’s statistical data on imports of athletic footwear, jogging/warm-up apparel, and 14 sports equipment categories.
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