Mexico'S Return To The Key Role Of Garment Suppliers In The United States

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Gradually concentrated on the products with high added value and diversification, Mexico textile and garment industry has a gradual increase in the US market share. The proportion of the US textile and garment exports to Mexico was 55% and 95% respectively. But since the entry of WTO in 2001, China's share of the textiles and clothing market has been decreasing.

In 2000, Mexico imported the largest supplier of garments to the United States, but it slipped to sixth place at the end of 2010.

According to the US Department of Commerce, textiles and

According to the US Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) data, in 2011, Mexico exported $3 billion 800 million to the US, grew 7.4%, ranked fifth in the supply countries, first in the mainland, and 29 billion 400 million US dollars in the US, but the growth rate was only 5.1%, not as good as Mexico.

In this regard, Miguel Angel Andreu, a professional consultant who has worked with many important textile and garment manufacturers in Mexico, said that Mexico has gradually tried to play its various advantages, especially in terms of low cost and close to the US market.

Manufacturers of Mexico also know the ability to make full use of "flexibility" and "quick turnaround time", especially when buyers in the US are increasingly reluctant to purchase garments from mainland China due to the continued instability in the US market.

At the same time, according to the data of the Mexico Garment Association (Canaive), the wage gap between the mainland and Mexico has been greatly reduced in recent years. In 2002, wages in Mexico were 237.9% higher than that in mainland China, and in 2010 it had shrunk to only 13.8% higher.

Andreu points out that the wage gap is narrowed.

As important as the resurrection of the garment industry, the quality and diversity of Mexico's products is increasing. More and more garment manufacturers are making profits from the bulk of their orders and turning to the niche market of the popular products. Many garment factories mainly rely on short time orders and the production of high quality design products, for example, many Western garment factories have extended their product lines to the popular garment market.

In addition, the cooperative relationship between Mexico garment factories and American brands is becoming more and more close to meet the specific needs. Mexico garment factories, especially cowboy operators (jeans and T-shirts are the main items of the clothing exported to the United States), the industry that can provide full manufacturing services (i.e. Full Package Services) is also increasing. The jeans produced by garment factories are more expensive and innovative, such as the use of wet denim Storm Denim developed by Cotton Incorporated to produce cowboys.

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Andreu stressed that Mexico cloth manufacturers are currently focusing on the supply of high priced functional fabrics.

The Mexico Fits department, which aims to promote Mexico's exports, was composed of a number of related units in 2009, including the Mexico Garment Association (Canaive), the Mexico Textile Association (Canaintex), the Mexico Chemical Industry Association (ANIQ), the Mexico Ministry of economic affairs and ProMexico (promoting Mexico's government role in the global economic role).

The company points out that the number of clothing items produced in Mexico is increasing. Besides jeans and T-shirts, it also includes shuttle, knitted shirts, non denim cotton trousers, dresses, suits, underwear, socks, sportswear, swimsuits and various kinds of knitted garments.

Mariam Yitani, head of Canaive, says there are many.

Major retailers and brands contacted the canal and said they would use the advantage of Mexico to turn back to Mexico to purchase.

Canaive's statement emphasizes that Mexico's clothing industry also aims to promote the export of garments products in other markets, especially those with trade agreements with Mexico, including the European Union.

Canada and most Latin American countries.

It also wants strong growth, though it is closely related to the performance of the US economy.

According to market research firm Fast Market Research, the size of Mexico's garment retail market in 2011 was about $5 billion 400 million, with a composite growth rate of 2.8% in 2007.