BULLETIN 3 | 2019 24 rue Montoyer - Box 10 B-1000 Brussels e-mail: [email protected] www.euratex.eu Follow us on Twitter: @euratex_eu LinkedIn: EURATEX Copyright: EURATEX 2 BULLETIN 3 | 2019 BULLETIN 3 | 2019 Situation in the Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2018 and outlook for 2019 Economic situation written by associations present in : EU-28 Member States EFTA countries Other world countries 3 | 2019 BULLETIN 3 Summary 1. E.U. COUNTRIES AUSTRIA GERMANY Fachverband der Textil-, Bekleidungs-, Schuh- und Gesamtverband der deutschen Textil- Lederindustrie – TBSL 8 und Modeindustrie – GTMI 34 BELGIUM GREECE Fédération Belge de l'Industrie Textile, du Bois et Hellenic Fashion Industry Association – SEPEE 48 de l’Ameublement – FEDUSTRIA 10 HUNGARY BULGARIA Association of Hungarian Light Industry – AHLI 49 Bulgarian Association of Apparel and Textile ITALY Producers and Exporters – BAATPE 13 Federazione Tessili Moda – SMI 55 CROATIA POLAND Croatian Chamber of Economy PIOT – Federation of Apparel & Textiles Croatian Employers’ Association, Industry Employers 63 CEA Textile and Leather Industry Association 17 PORTUGAL Associaçao Têxtil e Vestuàrio de Portugal – ATP 66 CZECH REPUBLIC Associação Nacional das Indústrias de Vestuário e Asociace Textilniho Odevniho Confecção – ANIVEC APIV 71 Kozedelneho prumyslu – ATOK 23 SWEDEN FINLAND Swedish Textile & Clothing Finnish Textile & Fashion 28 Industries’ Association - TEKO 76 FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM Union des Industries Textiles - UIT The United Kingdom Fashion and Union Française des Industries de Textiles Association - UKFT 78 l’Habillement et de la Mode - UFIHM 31 2. OTHER COUNTRIES NORWAY TURKEY Association of Textile, Footwear and Sporting Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association & Turkish Goods – Norwegian Industry 108 Clothing Exporters’ Association TUTSIS – Türkiye Tekstil Sanayii Isverenleri Sendikasi - SWITZERLAND Turkish Textile Employers’ Association Gesamtverband der Schweizerischen ITKIB – Turkish Textile and Apparel Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie 111 Exporters’ Association 114 4 BULLETIN 3 | 2019 3. WORLD COUNTRIES BRAZIL SERBIA ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DA INDÚSTRIA TÊXTIL ASSOCIATION OF TEXTILE, GARMENTS, E DE CONFECÇÃO – ABIT 120 LEATHER AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY 151 IEMI – BRAZILIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY 125 SOUTH AFRICA TEXTILE FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA 153 EGYPT SRI LANKA TEXTILE CONSOLIDATION FUND 127 TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDIA DATA : AH.H. SAHEED 155 THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION TAIWAN OF INDIA 139 TAIWAN TEXTILE FEDERATION 163 JAPAN TUNISIA JAPAN CHEMICAL FIBERS ASSOCIATION – JCFA 143 CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU TEXTILE – CETTEX 173 KOREA USA KOREA FEDERATION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES – AMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION – KOFOTI 148 AAFA 182 3 | 2019 BULLETIN 5 24 rue Montoyer - Box 10 B-1000 Brussels e-mail: [email protected] www.euratex.eu Follow us on Twitter: @euratex_eu LinkedIn: EURATEX Copyright: EURATEX.