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Sportswear Manufacturers Turn To Apparel Production In The US And China

2011/12/24 9:47:00 13

Sportswear manufacturers such as Adidas (ADS) are turning to Central America.

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Regard it as a supplement outside China.

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The source is mainly due to the proximity of the United States to the region, allowing garment manufacturers to make quick turnover orders in the rush season.

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As manufacturers increasingly produce more clothing for their growing middle class and wage increases in China, many companies have begun to shift their clothing production to central and Caribbean countries.

Like the Central American countries, the Caribbean countries are benefiting from the tax-free access to the US market.

Gregg Nebel, head of social and environmental affairs in Adidas, the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world, said Adidas plans to increase the clothing output in the US and China by five times to 45 million by 2015.

"For us, the real change is driven by shortening the demand for the delivery cycle," he said.

We have been reconfiguring our production volume, shifting more capacity back to Central America, and withdrawing some capacity from Asia. "

Nike (NKE) spokesman Marie Remuzzi (Mary) also issued a statement saying that the company is considering the possibility of purchasing from Nicaragua's "few strategic partners."

According to the data released by the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the US Department of Commerce, in the 12 months ended October, the volume of clothing imports from the 6 member states of the Sino US free trade agreement (DR-CAFTA) in the United States increased by 2.6% over the same period last year, while the volume of imports from the Chinese market dropped by 3% in the same period of October.

The last drop in clothing imports from the US came from China in 2008, when the economic downturn led to the drying up of Global trade.

At present, China's share of clothing imports in the United States is about 41%, down from 42% last year, and the proportion of countries in the Dominica Sino US free trade agreement is about 13%, up from 12% in 2009.

Carlos Arias, chairman of Guatemala textile and clothing exporters association, expects that Chinese and American producers will benefit from the last minute inventory replenishment during the shopping season after the holidays and holidays up to the end of January next year, Carlos Arias.

Apparel manufacturers also say that rapid turnover is also important in other peak shopping stages.

It takes only two to three days to pport goods from Central America to the United States by sea, while it takes about two weeks from the Chinese market.