What is really the quantum of apparel and textile imports into US ? How do these imports compare to those made in 2009 and 2010 ? Did the recessionary conditions affect the imports of textile and apparel in 2011 ? How much of these imports were under Free Trade Agreements ? Lets find answer to these questions in the following  table : Import From 2011 (Jan –Nov) 2010 (Jan- Nov) 2009 (Jan- Dec) 2010 (Jan – Dec) World $106.1 billion $96.7 billion $90.5 billion $104.6 ...Read More

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We all know that Tunisia enjoys the EUR1 benefit from  EU. A EUR-1 certificate is an origin form with which a reduction or exemption on the import duties can be obtained in the country of destination. These reductions or exemptions are part of a preferential agreement. The tariff preference on the ground of a EUR-1 Certificate is only granted in those countries with which the European Union have concluded a free trade agreement. These foreign countries are Switzerland Norway Iceland ...Read More

Its time for Denim By Premiere Vision again ! The famed denim show is being held again on Nov 30 and Dec 1, 2011 . Over 80 exhibitors – denim mills, jeans manufacturers , laundries , accessory suppliers etc-  will be exhibiting their Spring/Summer 2013 Collections at the show. The show is expanding with keen interest by denim mills and other companies in the supply chain worldwide to be  a part of the show. Almost all the well known denim mills around the world will be a part of ...Read More

The US imports of denim have been a cause for concern this year. The fall in imports   has been consistently rising and almost touching a negative growth of 14.3% from Jan to Sept  compared to similar period in 2010. The current market  reports coming from EU are not very encouraging .Many  retailers are believed to be holding their purchases or delaying them. In fact , one of the major retailer from EU  is believed to have postponed a major part of a ...Read More

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There has been a general slackness in the denim and other apparel biz in the US since the beginning of the year . As mentioned in one of our previous reports , the fall in imports of denim apparel into US had been high – at about 6.3%  in the first two months of 2011. However, when we look at the figures that have come out for the period of Jan – August ‘2011 , the figures are more disturbing and indicative of a consistent fall in imports. Lets have a look : Imports of denim ...Read More

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The denim brand from U.S – True Religion – beat the impact of cotton prices , low demand and other negative factors to achieve a cool 10.2% growth in the third quarter of 2011.  The company is not depending on the domestic US market for its growth. During the quarter, True Religion said it granted the Envols International Trading Co exclusive distributorship in China and non-exclusive distributorship in Hong Kong through an agreement that extends to December 2016.  Envols, ...Read More

The lawmakers in the US Congress introduced a legislation in July to provide provide duty-free treatment to textile and apparel imports from the 13 least-developed countries that are not currently beneficiaries under any U.S. trade preference programme. These countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, East Timor, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Called the the Asia-South Pacific Trade Preferences Act (S. 1443) , this act , once ...Read More

In UK –in western Wales, a small town charmingly called Cardigan with a population of 4000 once churned out 35,000 pairs of jeans every week for 30 years. In this small town , over 400 people worked in the jeans factory . With the closure of the last denim factory in Britain, these craftsmen have nowhere to practice their skills. Some of them have spent close to 30,000 hours honing these techniques of denim making. A company called HIUT is trying to bring the humming sound of jeans ...Read More

ASEAN region comprises countries like Brunei, Burma(Myanmar), Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos,  Malaysia, Phillipines , Singapore and Thailand . These countries have been getting important in the denim world . Lets see what denim apparel they are exporting to US and at what prices . Here is a snapshot from our data section on the figures of exports to US from ASEAN countries for the last 10 years including the first quarter of 2011. So , we can see  from the above images that ...Read More

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Here is a an interesting article from LA times which shows how the premium denim is still going strong and how Los Angeles is still the mecca for the premium denim manufacturing in the USA. Jerome Dahan , CEO Citizens of Humanity , says that he could make the jeans in China or other places at 30-40% lesser cost ,but he prefers to do so in L.A . Michael Geller , CEO of Paige Premium Denim agrees with him and says the production being in L.A , it is very easy for him to just hop into the ...Read More

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