China has been dominating the textile industry scene for over 2 decades. The low cost , high volume model of Chinese manufacturing did wonders for the Chinese economy as well as enabled the retailers worldwide to provide cheap clothing to their consumers year after year. It also enabled China to create huge clusters of textile and garment manufacturing – eg Xintang – which is supposed to be producing and processing over 1 billion mtrs of denim ! However, all is not so well in China ...Read More

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The era of Cheap Chinese denim is over – says a report by Telegraph , UK. The rising labour costs in China coupled with the effect of Cotton price is killing the Chinese denim exports. The retailers who had a great time buying very cheap denim and retailing them as low as $5 – $10 will now have to shelve out much more amounts to get similar quantity . Xintang , the Denim capital of the world – with over 260 million pieces of denim production and a very large quantity of jeans ...Read More

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The Chinese denim market is  growing   at a fast pace with almost all major world denim brands having established a presence there to tap the increasing disposable incomes of the growing middle and upper middle class. Being the largest producer of denim fabric and apparel has helped in the penetration of the denim apparel in China.  A  report by USFDA brings out various aspects of the patterns of consumption of denim apparel in China. Because of smaller housing in ...Read More

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China is a major exporter of denim jeans – men’s and women’s to the EU. China is very competitive price wise and seems to have been continuously investing in improving quality also. The exports from China to EU have been continuously rising and China is currently the largest exporter of denim jeans/breeches to EU27. Let’s have a look at the figures of exports of denim jeans/breeches from China  to EU27  Year Jeans Exported  (million  pcs ) Total Value ...Read More

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Hong Kong and Taiwan started to produce denim fabric and apparel in the mid-70’s. To take advantage of cheaper labor cost and abundant resources, Hong Kong manufacturers later relocated their factories to the mainland, mainly in Guangdong, Shanghai and Jiangsu province, about three decades ago. The Guangzhou No. 1 Cotton Textile Factory and the Shanghai Shenshi Textile Company were the first two Chinese companies that manufactured denim fabrics and apparel from cotton. With about three ...Read More

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CNN reports that the  Pearl river on the banks of Chinese town of Xintang  in Guangzhou– also known as the Blue Jean capital of the world – looks like this when seen from a satellite.. The river  has actually turned blue black with a large portion of denim production wastes being discarded into the river. The town is an amalgamation of thousands of textile, denim and dyeing facilities. The denim is also being made here by traditional dyeing methods where cotton yarns ...Read More

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