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Indonesia: an apparel force to reckon with

With an export volume of close to 12.5 billion US dollars in 2012 and a workforce of almost two million people, the Indonesian garment and textile industry has firmly secured a spot for itself among the world’s top ten garment exporters (if not the top five depending on the source). Like for Vietnam and India portrayed earlier, some argue that...

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Vietnam: from strength to strength – a portrait

Vietnam, currently the world's no. 4 in terms of garment exports, is poised to overtake Bangladesh in due time. The small but powerful Southeast Asian nation is benefiting from the fact that many buyers are looking for alternatives to China and Bangladesh. Orders are coming in, mainly from the US, but also other traditional markets like the EU...

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Indian garments: second only to textiles

India's garment industry employs about eight million workers, of which 70 percent are women. The top ten garment importers from India are the United States, China, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, Germany, Bangladesh, Italy, France, Spain and Turkey. Though garment exports grew by a sturdy 18 percent from 2008/2009 to 2011/2012 to 12.95 billion...

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Bangladesh: overready garments at a price

If China is the garment king in terms of export volume, then Bangladesh is the jack of all trades in terms of services provided, prioritizing the garment industry over all others and trying to fulfill customer orders as fast, efficient and cheap as possible. In the fiscal year till June 2013, Bangladesh's garment exports increased by 11 percent...

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China, the garment king: a portrait

With almost 255 billion US dollars in exports in 2012, China is the undisputed textile and garment export champion of the world. According to the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT), the lion’s share of 44.8 percent goes to the Asian countries, followed by Europe with 23.3 percent and North America with...