The Latest Information Express Of International Spinning And Clothing Industry (8.12)

The United Arab Emirates Spin Trade in goods will be converted to metric system.

In the near future, the UAE textile department will change the unit of measurement in textile trade and replace metric units such as "code" with metric units. According to the Gulf News report, the UAE standard measurement bureau began to apply new metrology regulations in all departments including the textile sector, which will come into effect in 2014 without using metric metering. textile Businessmen will face legal proceedings.

It is understood that the move is part of the broader plan of the unified national measurement and metrology system in the United Arab Emirates, which has been implemented since 2011 and applied to all industrial sectors in the UAE. Up to now, the land measurement unit has been changed from foot to meter, and the petrol metering unit has changed from gallon to litre. The regulation entered the mandatory stage earlier this year, but the UAE standard measurement Bureau agreed that textile traders should adjust to the new system by the end of this year. The UAE standard measurement Bureau said the Dubai textile business alliance called for more time to adjust. Taking into account their request, the UAE National Standard Bureau will extend its grace period to the end of 2013.

　 Thailand expects textile exports to drop this year.

Thailand Federation of industries Textile industry Tsuji, group director, said that the total export volume of textiles in Thailand will be reduced by 5%~10% in 2013. According to the data, in the first 5 months of this year, the export volume of textiles in Thailand has dropped by 4.67%. It is reported that the decline in Thailand's textile exports stems from the policy of the minimum daily wage of 300 baht implemented by the government of Thailand and the impact of the Thai baht appreciation.

Brazil residents spend $102 billion on textile products per year

According to the survey conducted by the Brazil textile Retailers Association (ABUTEX), in 2012, Brazil residents in textiles and clothing Expenditure on products amounted to US $102 billion.

According to the survey data, 45% of the total textile expenditure in Brazil is related to the purchase of women's clothing. 36% of the expenditure is related to the purchase of men's clothing. 17% of the expenditure is related to the purchase of children's clothing, and 2% of the total expenditure is related to textiles and men. Clothes & Accessories Project related. From a regional perspective, statistics show that southeast Brazil has led the consumption trend, of which textile expenditure accounts for 46.3%, followed by the northeast, 20.6%, the South 18.9%, the North 7.2%, and the central and western regions 6.9%. Survey statistics show that in 2012, Brazil's textile chain's gross domestic product (GDP) reached US $38 billion 300 million.

Africa's first quarter exports to the United States increased by 6%

According to the data released by the USAID's South African Economic and Trade Center, Africa's exports of textiles and clothing to the US grew by 6% over the first quarter of this year, under the "African Growth and Opportunity Act" (AGOA).

In January ~3, African textiles and Clothing export The total amount was $210 million 889 thousand, and exports amounted to $197 million 134 thousand in the same period in 2012. In 2012, 17 sub Saharan African (SSA) countries exported textiles and clothing to the United States in the AGOA (for Sub Saharan African countries to provide access to the US market). In the first quarter, only 13 of the 17 countries exported textiles and clothing. According to Paul Ryberg, an expert on the African Growth and Opportunity Act, in 2012~2013, the AGOA tariff rate quota (TRQ) clothing was fixed at 1 billion 735 million square meters, of which 50% was reserved for the clothing produced by the least developed countries to make use of third country fabrics, and the remaining 50% was left to the garments produced by the regional fabrics. In October 1, 2012, tariff quota management was implemented in 2012~2013. As of June 10th this year, the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) reported that a total of 140 million 288 thousand and 104 square meters of clothing entered the United States with tariff free quotas, accounting for only 8.08% of the total tariff rate quotas. Sub Saharan African countries exported under AGOA in 2012. textile The sum of clothing is $815 million 310 thousand.

Exports of garments decreased by 19.3% in the first half of Paraguay

According to Paraguay tailoring Statistics from the Trade Association showed that the total export volume of garment products in Paraguay in the first half of 2013 was about 3 million 760 thousand, representing a decrease of 19.3% over the same period last year. The total value of exports was US $29 million 500 thousand, a slight decrease of 0.93% compared with us $29 million 700 thousand in the same period last year, of which Brazil accounted for 81.8% of the total exports. Followed by Argentina, accounting for 10.8%. The proportion of exports to other countries is relatively small, for example, exports to Uruguay account for 6.4%, exports to Mexico account for 0.2%, and exports to Columbia account for 0.2%.

The association pointed out that since February last year, the Argentina authorities have increased the trade barrier measures signed by Argentina importers before importing imported goods from abroad. Affected by this, Argentina has abolished the control measures of "non automatic import license" before importing imported goods from Argentina in January 25th this year, which is conducive to the export of Argentina exporters by Pakistani exporters. In the first half of this year, the export volume of garments products from Paraguay to Brazil amounted to US $24 million 132 thousand and 746, and exported to Argentina for us $3 million 178 thousand and 363, ranking second in Paraguay, and exported to Uruguay for us $1 million 899 thousand and 842, and exported to Mexico for us $71 thousand and 820. Because of the above trade control measures adopted by the government of Argentina, the textile and garment industry in Pakistan has been affected, especially the small garment manufacturers.