Component
Clothing
A basic cut-and-sew garment made from woven or knit cloth. US fabric mills still exist upstream; almost all garments are cut and sewn abroad.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$12
Quality
55 / 100
US saturation
5.0
Made in US
200,000,000 units
Current demand
4,000,000,000 units
US exports
16,000,000 units
Opportunity score
76.5
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$1.5B
Expected extra output: 50,000,000 units per year
Used by
Finished product.