UK is an important market for high fashion denim apparel and jeans. It is estimated that the per capita consumption of denim jeans in UK is over 1.2 jeans per annum. There are a large number of stores in UK and while many of them import jeans directly , others deal with importers based in…

Knitted denims refers to knitted fabrics created with indigo dyed yarns to create fabrics which are knits but have a denim character typically due to the dyeing with indigo. The process normally involves converting of dyed indigo yarn beams to cheese form and then converting into knitted fabrics on circular or other type of knitting…

EU27 countries have been experiencing a continuous fall in their production capacities. This trend has been exarcabated since 2006 when the productions suddenly started closing .  The premium denim wave of 2005 had just peaked and the mills started to find it difficult to maintain their productions at the costs which could be only justified…

US has been the leader in denim fabric production since the 19th century and dominated the scene till the 90s. However, as is well known, the production capacities in US kept on decreasing in the last 2 decades and today the capacities are pale shadow of what they were before. However, it would still be…

Mexico is one of the important centers worldwide producing both denim fabrics and garments. Its proximity to US , benefits of trade agreements like CAFTA and its strategic location between the two Americas also contributed to its growth as a textile and apparel centre  . While we all know that Mexico is a large exporter…

China has become one of the most important markets for denim . Almost all the major denim brands from around the world are present there. While international brands like Levi’s and other brands play an important role in the market, there are a number of local denim brands which have carved out their own niches…

The importance of Japan in the denim industry can never be underestimated. Though Japan never had huge productions , it always played an important role in giving directions and leading denim industry creatively. Though Japan has only a few mills like Kaihara, Kuroki etc doing real production in Japan, all other production units having shifted…

We are giving herebelow the details on the Columbian market. Details of products bought by buyers in Columbia from various suppliers around the world in the period after our last report Prices- showing the prices at which these denim fabrics are bought . We have tried to restrict to higher priced fabrics. Names of companies…

Further to our previous report  on Sri Lanka denim buyers and garment manufacturers, we are listing again herewith the latest suppliers and buyers of denim in Sri Lanka. The report will give detail related to the garment companies who are buying denim fabrics and the companies from various countries around the world who are supplying…

India is one of the BRIC countries and has grown well in the last decade. When it comes to the denim industry , we find that the growth has been tremendous with the denim capacities having doubled in the last 5 years to more than 800 million mtrs now. Indian denim capacities have not grown…