Export markets

Can Bangladesh pinch China’s crown as the largest garment exporter? Part 2

Following on from part 1, where we looked at Bangladesh's focus on sustainability, upskilling its workforce and providing a value…

Re-exports drive Hong Kong’s apparel trade in 2006

Hong Kong’s clothing exporters managed to put in a commendable performance last year. Helped by the re-imposition of quotas on…

COLOMBIA: Clothing exports to US drop 12% in 2006

Colombian clothing exports to the US fell 12% to $520.3m in 2006, compared to $591m in 2005, according to the…

US: Government to study Haiti’s apparel trade benefits

The US government is to study Haiti’s textile and apparel trade as part of a pledge to decide whether the…

US: Files WTO case against China’s “illegal” subsidies

The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over what it alleges are China’s illegal subsidies…

MALAYSIA: Apparel groups want duty cuts in US FTA talks

Apparel trade groups from the US and Malaysia are calling for the “immediate and reciprocal elimination of duties” between the…

What happens next in global apparel trade?

What’s likely to happen when anti-China quotas lapse in the EU at the end of 2007 and in the US…

CHINA: Textile exports to grow 15-20% in 2007, says official

Chinese textile exports will grow 15-20% in 2007, said Sun Jiwen, deputy director of the Foreign Trade Department of the…

BANGLADESH: Clothing exports to US, EU up 24%

Bangladesh has enjoyed a 24% jump in ready-made clothing exports to the US and the EU during this fiscal year…