The Market Situation Of Mexico Textile And Garment Industry In The US Market

In the 3 articles published by the economist in Mexico in February 8th, "Asian industry makes Mexico products inferior", "Mexico clothing lost the US market" and "fragility of the textile industry", other Asian countries compete more than Mexico, except Mexico, and Mexico's textile and garment industry is weak in front of its rival China.

The article said that 10 years ago, Mexico was the main supplier of textiles and clothing in the US market. In 2000, it accounted for 14.7% of the textile and clothing imports in the United States, but its share in the US market dropped to 4.9% in 2011.

After China's accession to the WTO, it opened up the US market, increased its share of textile and clothing imports from 9.3% to 40.1%, and exports to the United States increased from 1 billion 934 million US dollars in 2001 to US $11 billion 238 million.

Mexico has lost the US market not only because of China's competition, but also to other Asian competitors.

The main reason for the lack of competitiveness of Mexico's textile and clothing industry is the continuous improvement of industrial integration, technological upgrading, training of talents and enhancement of labor productivity in Asian countries.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of economic affairs of Mexico, the largest decline in Mexico's manufacturing exports in 2001 was the textile and clothing industry, with a drop of 28% in -2011.

The proportion of Mexico's manufacturing exports has shrunk from 7.9% to 2.9%.

China's accession to the WTO and the competitive improvement of Chinese products have brought great pressure to Mexico's textile and garment industry.

To this end, the Mexico chamber of Commerce asked for amendments to the relevant provisions of the origin of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), allowing the use of raw materials from Asian countries when demand exceeds supply.

At the same time, it is believed that the urgent problem to be solved in the industry is to obtain loans, improve the flexibility of trade with the United States, resist the illegal actions of the customs, and introduce advanced technology and strengthen the industry in Mexico.