The full-package model and investment in spinning and fabrics
- Sectors and investment opportunities
- Apparel and textiles
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Guatemala runs an integrated textile cluster covering spinning, weaving, garment assembly, printing, finishing and packing — the full-package model — which raises value added and flexibility against competitors that only assemble (FASH455 / Sheng Lu, University of Delaware). New investment is moving towards spinning mills and fabrics: Prensa Libre reports a capacity of 25,000 tonnes a year of synthetic filament and yarn built by the region's largest textile groups, with the finished product exported to the United States for brands such as Adidas and Nike. The competitive advantage the sector claims is not wages but lead time from proximity to the United States.
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- Synthetic filament and yarn capacity
- 25,000 t/year
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