Local versus imported textile inputs
- Sectors and investment opportunities
- Apparel and textiles
- not audited
Local fabric and yarn supply is growing with investment in spinning (25,000 t/year of synthetics reported by Prensa Libre), but the remaining trims and accessories are still largely imported. No quantitative breakdown of local versus imported inputs was found. FUNDESA's 2024 apparel and textile benchmark, which compares labor costs with Asia, returned a 403 error in this session and must be downloaded manually during the verification phase.
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Figures
- Local synthetic filament and yarn capacity
- 25,000 t/year
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Sources
Organizations named in the answer
Related records
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