Competing with China

CHINA: Ten-month textile trade surplus tops $105bln

China’s textile trade has registered a trade surplus of US$105.4bn in the first ten months of the year according to…

ANALYSIS: How producer countries are faring against China

With China hamstrung by temporary quota restrictions for another year or two and expected to be less competitive afterwards, and…

PAKISTAN: Textile Mills Association fears loss of trade to China

China’s increasing textile exports to Pakistan are threatening the latter’s industry, Akbar Sheikh, spokesman for All Pakistan Textile Mills Association,…

Indian apparel exporters record dramatic gains

Now that India is no longer constrained by quotas, its intrinsic competitiveness is being revealed. Even though China has made…

Indonesian makers face an anxious future

Safeguard measures against Chinese imports into the EU and US continue to protect other apparel producing countries from the full…

ASIA: China competitors cash in on EU quotas

European Union (EU) clothing and textile import figures show that China’s Asian competitors in the sector’s global export market have…