Having received the figures for the complete year 2012, it is rather heartening to note that hte fall in imports of denim apparel in 2012 was only 3.5% less than that in 2011. The early 2012 had shown large reductions in imports and due to improved market conditions in US, these were set off in the latter part with the shortfall remaining at only about 3.5% . Going by the way the market has picked up , it would not be an improbability that 2013 may show higher imports than 2012 and 2011. Time ...Read More

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The first five months of 2012 have seen an interesting trend in the US market. Whereas , the imports of denim apparel have been down 10.4% , the imports of denim fabric has been up 25% !! The imports of denim apparel into US are not showing any signs of recovery. There is a continuous fall in imports since late 2011 and it continues well into May 2012. There has been a fall in the volumes , though the prices continue to rise – showing the continued effect of rising costs of production in ...Read More

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The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law on in May 2000 as Title 1 of The Trade and Development Act of 2000. The Act offers tangible incentives for African countries to continue their efforts to open their economies and build free markets. AGOA provides duty-free and quota-free treatment into US  for eligible apparel articles made in qualifying sub-Saharan African countries through 2015. Qualifying articles include: apparel made of U.S. yarns and fabrics; apparel ...Read More

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The last year had not been a great year for the US denim market. The retail sales were not so great and for the first time since 2007, the imports of denim apparel fell by a large number – 14% over those in 2010. First lets see how were the imports of denim apparel into US were faring in the last 5 years from 2006 to 2010. As we can see below, the imports only fell in 2007 and thereafter there has been a steady increase in the quantities of imported products. However, the average price did ...Read More

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US has a number of special programmes which provide duty free and other benefits to regions for exporting of various textile and apparel items into US. These programmes are many – eg AGOA Act , Andean Act, CBTPA Act,DR- Cafta Act , NAFTA and other special arrangements that US has with countries like Israel, Jordan etc. How are these special regions performing in comparison to each other when it comes to exporting denim apparel to US in 2010 and 2011 . And how are individual countries within ...Read More

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Here is our latest in the series of  subscriber reports for  China : Table for import quantities, prices and values of all denim apparel from China into US from 2000-2010. Graph of  prices denim apparel from China into US from 2000-2010. 3 large suppliers of denim apparel from China and their contacts and some of their buyers’ details. Table for import of denim apparel into China from Jan – Oct 2011 as compared to the same period last year . Table for import ...Read More

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Subscriber Report Contents: a) Denim Apparel exports from Vietnam to US : 2000-2010    table showing including values, quantities and prices. For 2011, the same details for Jan – Sept are provided in comparison to same period in 2010 b) Men’s Jeans exports from Vietnam to US : 2000-2010 table including values , quantities and prices. c) Women’s Jeans – with same details as b above.  d) It would be interesting to see how denim fabrics from EU are being ...Read More

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Bangladesh is one of the major exporter of denim jeans and apparel in the world. If fact, it is one of the fastest growing manufacturing base of denim apparel in the world. With duty free benefits to EU and impending duty free benefits to US , this country is already the third largest exporter of denim apparel to US and second largest to EU. The country has among the lowest wages in the world and for sure lowest in Asia. According to ILO report the minimum wages of $58 is the lowest in Asia ...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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Here we are listing some of the importers of denim fabrics in US who are importing denim fabrics into US for reselling and for converting to apparel on behalf of their customers. We are also listing 1-2 main sources from where they are sourcing their denim fabrics. Rest of the report is visible to our paid subscribers. In case you wish to contact us for more info at , send email at mktg@balajiinternational.com . To see all protected reports titles,visit this page ...Read More

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