Trends and Market Reports

Emirates vie for fashion hub status [Extract from an article dated 22 Aug 2008 in TDC's website] The UAE has for long been a trading centre for the clothing and fashion industry in the Middle East - and is currently experiencing astounding growth...

		China's clothing export growth slow down in Jan-Jul [Extract from an article dated 13 Aug 2008 in TDC's website] In the first seven months, China's exports of textiles and garments increased 7.67% year-on-year, a slower rise compared with 24.4% in the same period last year, according to the General Administration of Customs...

		Footwear [Extract from an article dated 31 Jul 2008 in TDC's website] The mainland and Hong Kong agreed in October 2005 to further liberalise the mainland market for Hong Kong companies under the third phase of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA III). Under CEPA III, the mainland agreed to give all products of Hong Kong origin, including footwear, tariff-free treatment starting from 1 January 2006...

		China's shoe exports down 3.6% in Jan-May [Extract from an article dated 28 Jul 2008 in TDC's website] According to statistics from China's General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's shoe exports decreased by 3.6% year-on-year to 3.39 billion pairs in the first five month of 2008, compared with a year-on-year increase of 11.1% in the same period last year...

		Mexico - A Challenging Market with Huge Potential [Extract from an article dated 24 Jul 2008 in TDC's website] With a population of 109 million inhabitants, Mexico is the 2nd largest market in Latin America, behind only Brazil, and Hong Kong's No. 1 export destination in the region...

		Mainland maternity boom begets "baby brands" [Extract from an article dated 11 Jul 2008 in TDC's website] Expectant young mothers on the Chinese mainland are very particular on keeping their looks during pregnancy, so they're willing to spend lavishly on items like maternity undergarments, anti-radiation clothing and fashionable maternity wear...

		China's textile export growth drops to 9.7% in May [Extract from an article dated 10 Jul 2008 in TDC's website] During the first five months, textile and garment exports went up by 15.4% from a year earlier to hit US$66.2 billion. Growth rate was down 0.2 percentage point compared with the same period last year, according to the customs...

		China's luxury consumption market heating up [Extract from an article dated 9 Jun 2008 in TDC's website] China's total consumption of luxury goods such as jewellery, fashion clothing, leather products and perfume, not including private planes and yachts, topped US$8.billion in 2007 accounting for 18% of the total luxury consumption globally, according to statistics from the World Luxury Association.  China is expected to see a growing luxury goods' market in the coming years...