Among the member nations of DR-CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic exports the highest amount of textiles and apparels to the US, with an increase of 6.48% from US$184.9 million to US$196.9 million for January-April 2013, according to ‘Major Shippers Report – U.S. General Imports’ published by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) of the US Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n
Besides Dominican Republic, the other countries under CAFTA-DR are Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Among these countries, Guatemala and Honduras have shown a rise of 4.6% and 1.15%, respectively, in their textile and apparel exports to the US during the first four months of the current year.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the exports of textiles and apparels from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and El Salvador to the US recorded a fall of 20.95%, 5.75%, and 2.87%, respectively during the period under review.<\/p>\n
Although the Dominican Republic has topped the CAFTA-DR list in textiles and apparel exports to the US, it is in 25th position on the US import list, the report shows.<\/p>\n
The US imported textile and apparel worth US$ 31.8 billion from all over the world, during the first four months of 2013. <\/p>\n
www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/textile-news\/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=147146<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Among the member nations of DR-CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic exports the highest amount of textiles and apparels to the US, with an increase of 6.48% from US$184.9 million to US$196.9 million for January-April 2013, according to ‘Major Shippers Report – U.S. General Imports’ published by the Office of Textiles and … <\/p>\n