China Still Ranks First In Importing Garments In The United States

It is reported that although international clothing and accessories brands and buyers plan to find more manufacturers from Burma, Vietnam and Bangladesh, China still ranks first in the competition with mature supply chains and higher quality products.

The data show that China's suppliers are more high-end brands, looking for lower cost countries for the mass market and fast fashion.

It is "have to do it".

In September 2014, the US business department published a data showing that although the cost of each small and medium-sized enterprise increased by 2.2%, compared with the total amount of US $62 billion in the same period last year, the US total in 1-9 months.

Imports rose by 2.8%.

Total imports increased by 3.1%.

The data also showed that

Clothing imported from Vietnam has been gaining more and more market share, up from 10% in the first 9 months of last year to 11.3% this year.

In September, the United States imported a total of $914 million of clothing from Vietnam, an increase of 22.7% compared with the same period last year.

The garments that China and Vietnam export to the United States mainly consist of women's knitted jackets, women's and men's cotton trousers, women's man-made fiber knitted blouses and skirts and cotton underwear.

By contrast, the share of Chinese clothing exports to the US market has declined: from 37.1% to 36.2%, which means that the Chinese garment industry has suffered a certain loss.

In terms of two aspects of import volume and quantity, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia all share a share of China's and Vietnam's share of imported clothing, but China still ranks first in the US Apparel importing countries.

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Statistics from the Ministry of industry and Commerce of the Ministry of industry and export of Paraguay show that, due to the strong momentum of economic growth in Paraguay at the beginning of (2014), accelerating the pace of outsiders to invest in processing exports in Paraguay, it is expected to continue to expand and grow.

In the year of 2014, Paraguay's exporters made use of the export incentives for processing exports, with a total value of US $250 million 69 thousand and 115, a sharp increase of 57% over the same period of 154 million 411 thousand and 560 US dollars in 2013 and a record high.

In December 2014, the export volume of Paraguay processed products was $19 million 376 thousand and 649, a sharp increase of 73% compared with the US $11 million 220 thousand and 20 in 2013. The export market of the main processed products is still in the Southern Common Market countries, such as Brazil and Argentina, accounting for 83% of the total value of processing exports in the same month. The remaining 17% are sold to countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Chile, the United States, Vietnam and France, especially auto parts.

In 2014, the main processing export products of Paraguay were auto parts (27.8%), textile garments (20.5%), leather and leather products (19%), plastic products (12%) and other products.

The report also pointed out that Paraguay's export processing industry (Maquila) flourished in recent years, and the main export markets were members of the southern common market. Paraguay's processing export industry was 95% for outsiders, most of which came from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Over the years, the Paraguay processing export industry commission has approved 75 businesses, including 49 operators.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce and industry of Paraguay, the industry has created 8618 people with direct employment (3220 in 2014, 146% in 2013 compared with 1308 in 2013).

Paraguay is an attractive country for investment and processing exports, meaning that Paraguay has become an international investment potential for OEM industry.