Textiles & Apparel — item 20 of 20

Secondhand & resale apparel

Sourced World Bank/UNCTAD/WTO WITS (UN Comtrade) HS 6309 'worn clothing' trade data tracks secondhand and resale apparel. World Bank WITS

Secondhand & resale apparel sits within Textiles & Apparel, a universal human need for clothing, and one of the largest employers in the developing world — a category whose own scale remains unverified (no global market-size figure could be confirmed against a primary source). Secondhand & resale apparel is one of 8 of the category's 20 items directly backed by institutional trackers — CIRFS, USDA FAS, IWTO, APICCAPS, EDANA, World Bank WITS — rather than an editorial judgment call.

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Secondhand & resale apparel is 1 of 20 items in Textiles & Apparel. See the full ranked list, or browse all 20 Human Endeavors categories.