Clothing Demand From Emerging Markets – An Opportunity For LDC Suppliers

With decreasing demand in the traditional markets in the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada for apparels, the new-book “Clothing Demand From Emerging Markets – An Opportunity For LDC Suppliers” launched by International Trade Centre comes at an opportune time. It gives in-depth markets insight for suppliers, apparel manufacturers in the countries like India, China, Malaysia, Brazil and South Africa to do business among themselves; and at the same time least developed countries to have trade ties with these countries. 

Developing countries’ imports of clothing have grown faster (at 6.5% per year) over the last decade than those of developed countries (4.7 %). However, to have substantially increase export and import of apparels among the developing countries - India, China, Malaysia, Brazil and South Africa – two aspects need to be addressed: Knowledge and Market access. With these, here the book comes handy, with complete procedures, practices, agreements, tax structure required to do business in these countries. 

The book, as a guidebook, work for clothing manufacturers of developing countries which usually suffers from insufficient knowledge (of market opportunities in other developing countries) and the capacity to develop market strategies. Secondly, the book comes with picture-clear preview of the supply-side constraints and other allied cautionary measures required to have foothold in the markets of the developing countries. 

The comprehensive study written from a market perspective is laden with statistical figures, and has been meticulously designed to provide a macro and micro perspective and it contain specific recommendations for suppliers of developing countries on possible niche product groups that they could target in each other markets. 

However, readers will find each chapter besides being devoted to a particular country, is supported with important and useful contacts and addresses of that country. So, if you are a new Indian apparel exporter and planning to export your products to China or Malaysia, Brazil or South Africa, a quick peek into the book would suffice you with required knowledge and information. 

To begin with the first time exporter/ importer, the book is of well importance to students, economists, journalist, and whoever in interested in the apparel sector or countries. 

Interested FISME (Federation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise) members can avail the photocopy of the book. To send the request, do mail at ||publications@fisme.org.in|| with complete postal address.  

Leather and footwear products' export made easy

By RK Rishikesh Sinha, Joint Secretary (Publications), FISME

If the profile of your products is leather and footwear and you wish to export it to the niche markets of European countries and in the countries like Denmark, USA, Hong Kong/ China and UAE/ Australia, then the handbook published by FISME (Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises) is a guide that you ‘must’ lay your hands on.

Global market is changing and so are the norms and regulations related to leather and footwear. Now each and every country has its own standards for imported goods -mandatory and voluntary.

A prior knowledge to this nitty gritty would definitely go a long way to accentuate your prospect to export to these countries. The handbook titled “Mandatory and Voluntary Standards on Leather and Footwear Products” caters to the necessary information that is required in the major international markets.

The handbook which is a outcome of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, DFID (Department for International Development) and UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) collaboration, brilliantly highlights in a user friendly method voluntary requirements of various countries/ Union, quality specification for leather, test methods and social accountability and environment management.

The book not only works as a guidebook, it comes as a ‘nutshell’ book brilliantly embedding the history of the Indian leather and footwear industry, its growth prospect and the difficulties pertaining to this industry.

The handbook is a must read for exporters, journalist, economists and those related to this industry.

You can read it online and even download the handbook.